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New piece of walkway underway
'Closing the loop' in core
Ironworkers from Merit Iron set into place the first steel truss at the Delta Winnipeg at St. Mary Avenue and Carlton Street Sunday morning. (RUTH.BONNEVILLE@FREEPRESS.MB.CA )
IT'S taken more than 30 years, but Winnipeg's downtown skywalk is nearly done.
"We're closing the loop," Delta Winnipeg manager Helen Halliday said Sunday after a crane placed a 25-metre steel truss over the Japanese gardens on the west side of the hotel.
The skywalk that now runs from the Winnipeg Convention Centre over Carlton Street to the hotel will wrap the front of the Delta, cross Hargrave Street and connect to 330 St. Mary Avenue, then cross St. Mary to the roof of the cityplace mall with an entrance to its food court.
By spring, the project will be complete, said Bob Eastwood, principal of Number TEN architectural group. The builders have to work around traffic on the busy downtown street and the hotel's peak times and guests.
"It's not a huge project but it's as complex as it gets," said Eastwood.
Getting the three levels of government and the three property owners involved onside has taken nearly three decades, said Halliday.
Government is pitching in more than $6 million, with the Delta, cityplace and LaSalle Investment Management contributing $2.4 million.
All three of the properties the walkway connects have new owners, including cityplace, which is now owned by Manitoba Public Insurance, said Halliday.
The main impetus for the walkway's completion has been the construction of the MTS Centre, said Halliday.
"The neighbourhood's continued to improve."
The all-weather walkway means her guests in town for events at the MTS Centre will be able to leave their coats in their hotel rooms and head to the concert without braving the elements, said Halliday.
The skywalk will have a new street-level entrance beside the hotel at St. Mary Avenue and Carlton Street with a staircase and elevator enclosed in glass.
The glass walkway in front of the hotel will be lit with coloured lights that can change -- blue and gold if Winnipeg hosts another Grey Cup, said Halliday.
For now, though, people are going to see traffic interruption.
Over the next week, six more sections of skywalk steel will be put in place.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 23, 2009 B1
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