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REPORT
Report To: Development & Technical Services Committee
Date of Meeting: October 15, 2007
Submitted By: John McBride, Director of Transportation Planning
Prepared By: Stephanie Brasseur, Traffic Project Co-ordinator (741-2373}
Wards} Involved: All
Date of Report: October 2, 2007
Report No.: DTS- 07-159
Subject: HOMER WATSON BOULEVARD KW EXPRESSWAY
STRUCTURE REPAIRS -NOISE EXEMPTION
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Ministry of Transportation and its contractor(s) be exempt from the provisions
of Chapter 450 Noise of the City of Kitchener Municipal Code Article 6 Construction Work
during the structure repairs on the KW Expressway overpass at Homer Watson
Boulevard in the City of Kitchener. The request for the noise by-law exemption is only
between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. for the period of two consecutive weekends
in November 2007.
BACKGROUND:
In order to complete the work and minimize traffic disruption for this project, weekend work must
take place in order to complete the project in the time allotment. This exemption is requested in
order to complete the work as required. This work is proposed fortwo weekends in the month
of November 2007, to be selected by the Contractor in consideration of weather forecasts. The
work is required to pre-empt an emergency situation which could require complete closure of
the Expressway to travel at this location, causing serious traffic disruption. Traffic interference
will be minimized by working at night when volumes are lower, but must complete the work
while asphalt plants in the area are still in operation, and thus cannot delay until the winter
months.
SCOPE OF WORK:
The work involves repairs to the deck surface of the westbound Homer Watson Boulevard
overpass structure at the the K-W Expressway. The work involves scraping and chipping off
(with jackhammers) the delaminated overlay from the deck surface, application of a
waterproofing membrane and then asphalt patching of the repair areas. The work will be
conducted in two stages such that one lane of westbound traffic will be maintained while the
other lane is under repair.
TYPE OF NOISE:
The majority of the noise will be created by removal of the overlay in the areas of delamination,
which will require a sawcut around each area, then scraping and/or chipping off(with small
jackhammers) the unsound concrete to complete the removal. This work will be undertaken at
the outset (first day) of each stage, to prepare for the much quieter waterproofing and paving
operations to follow on the second-third days of each stage of the work.
DURATION
This work is intended to take place on two consecutive weekends in November, 2007 when
good weather conditions are forecast. The work for each stage will commence at 7:OOam on
Saturday and continue until completion by 11:OOam on Monday so that two lanes of westbound
traffic can be restored on the K-W Expressway. Stage 2 will commence on the following
Saturday at 7:OOam (weather permitting), following the same procedure as in Stage 1 so the 2
westbound lanes will be fully restored by 11:00 am of the second Monday of work.
Noise protocol will be followed, which covers administrative measures such as scheduling of
noisy activities at times of least impact, selection of haulage routes to minimize close proximity
to neighbours, and maintaining contact with residents.
In order to expedite the construction and allow extended hours of work to take place for this
project, thereby minimizing traffic impacts, we recommend that this request for a noise by-law
exemption be granted.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
COMMUNICATIONS:
The Ministry of Transportation and its contractor will communicate the expectation of extended
working hours to area residents and have been actively advising of any changes as they
develop.
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CONCLUSION:
In order to expedite the construction and allow extended hours of work to take place for this
project, thereby minimizing traffic impacts on these arterial roadways, we recommend that this
request for a noise by-law exemption be granted.
John P. McBride, Director
Transportation Planning
Stephanie Brasseur, C.E.T.
Traffic Project Co-ordinator
Transportation Planning
Ken Carmichael, C.E.T.
Supervisor of Traffic & Parking
Transportation Planning
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