I’m interrupting my planned sequence of blogs to bring you some breaking news.

Late yesterday afternoon, I noticed a new, shallow trench being dug from the Millennium Bridge along the CML tracks. During my routine photo-tour around the project today, I bumped into one of Kiewit’s employees. Just like all the others I’ve talked with, he was very friendly and eager to answer my questions. The trench turns out to be the start of the light rail station and train platform. It appears that they finished the digging work a few minutes ago. Soon, they will start the shoring wall for the LRT platform. The trench is along the left side of this photo that I took  from the Millennium Bridge at about 1:00 today.

Another new phase of the project is the removal of the granite sidewalk along 16th Street between the Millennium Bridge and Wewatta Street. Notice the granite slabs stacked on pallets on the left side of the photo. I’ll talk more about this process in a subsequent blog.