Supercharger - Arvada, CO - W 56th Ave

[Mrbrock]

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The accessible spot concrete is done. No transformer or additional SC stalls or cabinet installed yet. Site looks like not much is actively happening atm

Looks the same as last weeks photos, just that the concrete has dried/cured, I don’t think any additional work has been done.

There won’t be additional stalls at this time. Permit is for 8 with expansion later. The post on the left (2A) will be removed from the PSU and placed onto the conduit stub in the ADA cutout and the stalls will be restriped according to the plans. The right portion of that current middle stall will be an ADA crosswalk coming towards the camera.

 

[electrons4u]

The ADA crosswalk is going to connect to the sidewalk of the Residence Inn Arvada Denver West by Marriott, which Google Maps still doesn't show in either map view or satellite view (though a slightly misplaced hotel marker is now showing up where the new parking lot is). It's interesting because Google Maps Street View shows the construction of the Residence Inn in August 2022. It took Google Maps 2 years to add a major 4-way intersection after I submitted it to them back in 2008, so who knows how long it will take them? Sad that the Residence Inn links to Google Maps, which doesn't even show their hotel.

Time to add it to OpenStreetMap, which at least does have updated parking lot mapping but no Residence Inn yet and some trees where the hotel now is.

 

[electrons4u]

Though it's still over a year out of date, Apple Maps via DuckDuckGo has more recent satellite imagery that shows construction in the area. That's consistent with recent info that Apple Maps has been buying more satellite imagery than Google Maps, at least from a certain commercial satellite company.

 

[electrons4u]

Was in the area last Friday (May 24), and 2 very nice dark green metal trash bins have made their appearance, but not placed exactly as on the plans. Not worth a photo. No transformer yet.

 

[gsmith123]

No transformer yet but otherwise looks pretty done.

 

[electrons4u]

Nice, they've relocated post 2A from the PSU to the conduit stub in the ADA cutout. Now we wait on Xcel Energy for the transformer.

 

[Mrbrock]

And restriping. That relocated stall is ADA and needs a much wider spot than what is there. At least a removal of the center line there and then the walkway to the hotel. when two spots become 1.

 

[electrons4u]

Will also be interesting to see what they do - if anything - to protect the future-expansion SC and L2 spots. The whole thing is still fenced off.

 

[Mrbrock]

Will also be interesting to see what they do - if anything - to protect the future-expansion SC and L2 spots. The whole thing is still fenced off.

Protect how? They will just be regular parking spots for now.

 

[electrons4u]

Protect how?

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I didn't mean the parking spots themselves but the conduit stubs. Will they do anything to *help* prevent people from walking on or kicking the conduit stubs (and possibly cracking them). The SC stubs are short but the L2 stubs are over a foot long. Maybe put a little cover on them.

 

[Mrbrock]

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I didn't mean the parking spots themselves but the conduit stubs. Will they do anything to *help* prevent people from walking on or kicking the conduit stubs (and possibly cracking them). The SC stubs are short but the L2 stubs are over a foot long. Maybe put a little cover on them.

Hmm, the fact that the bases are in would point towards them being installed now. Usually when things like that are in a permit as Phase 2, they don’t get built during Phase 1. The permit lists them as a separate S.O.W. (scope of work) so for them to be built out means that permit also has to be active. Since the phase 1 stalls were PSU they came right away. The other equipment may be in he pipeline and will show up soonish.

 

[electrons4u]

The other equipment may be in he pipeline and will show up soonish.

That would be cool. Aurora just got a transformer yesterday, so maybe Arvada's is coming soon since both use Xcel Energy.