Was at the Portage La Prairie site a couple days ago. Figured I'd snap some shots...
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Supercharger - Portage la Prairie MB
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navguy12
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It may also be relevant that Hydro One Networks serves more customers, over a larger area, than Manitoba Hydro.
IIRC, HON has something like eight million metered customers.
navguy12
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It will be interesting to see if this station's position, so close to the merchant's front doors, becomes an ICEing issue.
From the few times I've been there - it's a small town and that's about as far from the doors as this parking lot gets. Might be a problem on Saturday afternoon shopping days? When do the farmers come in from the fields?
SammichLover
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LOL
Seriously though, the only concern is probably a few holidays like just ahead of Christmas Eve. The above photos <edit>on wait there's one that <edit> that this is well South about equidistance between the Boston Pizza front door (with the door being on the South side of BP) and the Soby's.
This isn't a monster parking lot that a lot of people are used to seeing in highly populous areas.
If you were worried about ICE-ing you should see the position of the Chademo/CCS/J-1774 stalls at Polo Park in Winnipeg, very close to the Starbuck and SE Mall entrance. I don't know if MB has any anti-ICEing parking laws yet?
Polo Parks Chademo has never been ICEd when I was there, but PlugShare originally showed LOTS of complaints about it. Signage seems to have resolved it. Plus a bit of time to develop an awareness. EVs are newer in the Peg.
Crossiron in Calgary originally had the same problem.
Yes, the Polo Park one originally had almost no signage and people were used to parking there - it looked like a regular spot with something on the pillar. Now it has the entire parking spots painted green and prominent signage, and I haven't seen it ICE'd since then.
SammichLover
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True, I was struck this summer by how visible they’d made it.
I’m surprised that Crossiron had an issue, those stalls are a good distance out. Maybe initially mall employees there for the day used to parking there and just assuming the stalls wouldn’t get used anyway?
What’s the state of law in AB about towing from private property of vehicles that ignore signage?
Keeping in mind that being Canada a truly polite explanatory note left can clear up a lot of these things, by itself.
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Manitoba Keith
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Looking like something will be happening in PLaP & Brandon. Both now have fencing.
Fencing in Brandon was supplied by a local company. Didn't check the supplier in Portage.
Fencing in Brandon was supplied by a local company. Didn't check the supplier in Portage.
From looking at your picture above, the same company supplied this fence (J&M Industries of Brandon) and the fence in Brandon
Manitoba Keith
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You are VERY observant, as I missed the "J&M" on the one in Portage. Just a lucky picture for me to get their name in it.
Sorry might not have posted that properly. The equipment arrived in Portage today.
Manitoba Keith
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Same as in Brandon. Probably got there about 11:00. Thinking they are either in Prawda or in Winnipeg getting ready to pour concrete.
Possibly someone in the Winnipeg / Prawda areas can check. They still have to pull wire in PLaP, Brandon and Prawda, but it looks like it is getting close
Possibly someone in the Winnipeg / Prawda areas can check. They still have to pull wire in PLaP, Brandon and Prawda, but it looks like it is getting close
The crew is there today doing install work. I will take a pic and give more details when I am able to stop out there and get a first hand look.
Manitoba Keith
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I stopped by Sunday night to check on the progress, it looks like they're nearly done.
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