The City of St. Thomas is located west of Toronto, approximately 30 minutes south of London, Ontario. The City is undergoing major plans to develop Volkswagen Electric Vehicle Battery Cell Gigafactory, and an accompanying Industrial Park planned to increase peak hour traffic volumes by over 3,000 vehicles. As a result, the City needs to upgrade their infrastructure to accommodate this development, specifically in the surrounding area including Highbury Avenue and South Edgeware Road. RVA was hired by the City to undertake an environmental assessment, which included a grading feasibility study, ecological assessment, traffic study, and road / roundabout designs to determine the viability of these developments.

Presenter:

Martin Van Haren is a Project Manager and Transportation Engineer at R.V. Anderson Associates Limited (RVA), located in our London Office. Martin has over 15 years of experience in the design of urban and rural roads, interchanges, and intersections. Martin has managed several environmental assessments, preliminary and detailed design transportation projects, highway, and construction staging design, roadside safety review, utility relocations, cost estimating and contract document preparation. Martin has considerable experience working with the Ministry of Transportation and has experience working in the City of Ottawa for several municipal projects in the past.