July 25, 2019

I checked VanMap, and Robson Street outside is supposed to only have a 200mm "distribution main" running up it, serving the buildings with water. We came home to find huge construction going on, putting in a 900mm (36 inch) ductile iron main, called a "feedermain" as it is a water highway, not serving local buildings, but sending huge amounts of water eastward into Vancouver and on to Burnaby and other cities.

The job is noisy, but it has already passed our building and is next door; with a little luck, the Barrett family will arrive in four days to find it way down the street. It doesn't get noisy until nearly nine in the morning, fortunately, they seem to need an hour of messing around before they really get rolling. I can sympathize.