In addition, according to the latest information on Rick Satterfield most excellent LDS Church Temples website, new information that has come to his attention has led him to indicate that the Urdaneta Philippines temple is stalled in the planning and approval phase. That temple, announced over six years ago in October 2010, is the temple that is the oldest announced that has yet to have a groundbreaking. It is frustrating to contemplate the way that this temple has been delayed from construction commencement repeatedly. No reason has been provided for the continuing delay, but I gather it may be due to governmental regulations and local opposition. It's just a gut instinct based on past observation of similar delays.
But when contemplating the other exciting developments which I read about today, I couldn't think of a better topic to continue with in view of this new year. Here goes! Comments are always most welcome and appreciated. Thank you so much for your readership and support.
Temple Construction Progress Report (current as of 1/3/17)
Current Temple Status: 155 operating; 1 scheduled for dedication; 11 under construction; 1 scheduled for rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 10 announced; (NOTE: Up to 3 additional temples may soon have a groundbreaking announced).
Current Temple Status: 155 operating; 1 scheduled for dedication; 11 under construction; 1 scheduled for rededication; 2 undergoing renovation; 10 announced; (NOTE: Up to 3 additional temples may soon have a groundbreaking announced).
Dedication scheduled:
156. Paris France Temple: Exterior lighting system operating; interior work underway; scheduled to be dedicated on Sunday May 21, 2017.
Under Construction:
157. Meridian Idaho Temple: Light fixtures hung; interior trim underway; completion anticipated sometime in late 2017.
158. Cedar City Utah Temple: Fencing progressing; entrance plaza created; landscaping areas defined; hanging drywall; completion anticipated sometime in late 2017.
159. Tucson Arizona Temple: Pouring walkways; erecting fencing; installing art glass windows; hanging drywall; completion anticipated sometime in late 2017.
160. Rome Italy Temple: Interior work progressing; completion anticipated sometime in early-to-mid 2018.
161. Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Building the exterior walls; completion anticipated sometime in early-to-mid 2018.
162. Concepcion Chile Temple: Attaching building wrap to exterior walls; adding landscaping structures; completion anticipated sometime in mid-2018.
163. Durban South Africa Temple: Pouring temple foundation; setting rebar for missionary housing walls; palm trees planted along entrance road; completion anticipated sometime in mid-2018.
164. Barranquilla Colombia Temple: Pouring walls for steeple base; completion anticipated sometime between late 2018 and early 2019.
165. Winnipeg Manitoba Temple: Groundbreaking held Saturday December 3, 2016; completion anticipated sometime between late 2018 and early 2019.
166. Fortaleza Brazil Temple: Second floor exterior walls poured; completion anticipated sometime in 2019.
167. Lisbon Portugal Temple: Excavation underway for temple and utility building; structural framing going up for meetinghouse; completion anticipated sometime in 2019.
Scheduled for rededication:
8. Idaho Falls Idaho Temple: Closed for renovation; finish work underway; rededication scheduled for Sunday June 4, 2017.
Undergoing Renovation:
20. Jordan River Utah Temple: Closed for renovation; rededication anticipated sometime between late 2017 and early 2018.
41. Frankfurt Germany Temple: Closed for renovation; some exterior stone removed; foundation exposed; old meetinghouse razed; rededication anticipated sometime between early and mid 2018.
Announced:
168. Harare Zimbabwe Temple: Approval and construction preparation phase; official site announcement anticipated in early 2017, with the groundbreaking anticipated to take place shortly following the site announcement.
169. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple: Governmental approval phase; preliminary environmental license issued in November 2016; groundbreaking pending.
170. Arequipa Peru Temple: General contractor selected; groundbreaking pending.
171. Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
172. Bangkok Thailand Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
173. Urdaneta Philippines Temple: Stalled in planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement.
174. Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement.
174. Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement.
175. Quito Ecuador Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement.
176. Belem Brazil Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement.
177. Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple: Planning phase; awaiting official site announcement.
Key:
Bolded numbers and text denote temples whose numbers already exists (for renovations), or is certain due to a scheduled dedication, as well as information that is certain, such as dedication or groundbreaking dates.
Italicized numbers and text denote temples whose numbers may change based on the order in which future dedications and groundbreakings are scheduled.
Underlined numbers and text denote temples whose numbers may change based on progress towards planning, approval, and groundbreaking.
Red text denotes changes from the last posted temple progress update.
The urdanetta originally had issues with the original planned site. Now I guess there are additional issues. But most times the have been resolved on the past. The original plans for the Hartford Conn temple were scrapped and in place of two temples. One in Boston and one on New York. Later the New York temple plans were changed. But now a couple of decades later we finally got the Hartford temple reannounced and dedicated. There were issues with the temple in Nashville and plans later altered to make it a smaller temple with several other small temples that ended up covering the original temple district boundaries. The same thing happened with the Monterrey temple in Mexico where a larger temple that face opposition became several smaller temples.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that insight, Chris! I can always count on your thoughtful feedback. The reason for the delay in progress on the Urdaneta temple has not been made public. If it were, the LDS Church Temples website would have indicated as much. As it is, no reason was outlined, and that may simply be because no further information is available yet on that point. Thanks for the insight about temple announcements changing. I get that in a big way. Part of the fun I have in reporting on such developments and offering up my educated guesses regarding the timeline for future milestones and the location of future temples is the unpredictability element of it all. I would never have guessed when ground was broken in Star Valley that the construction would be completed there and a dedication held within a year and a half of its groundbreaking and site dedication. By the time the Rome temple is completed, assuming no further delays, construction there will have lasted roughly 8 years. As a further illustration of unpredictability surrounding temple progress, a look at the temples that had ground broken last year is illuminating. Kinshasa, home to the first temple groundbreaking of 2016, is anticipated to be completed sometime in early-to-mid 2018, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if that temple was completed even before Rome is. Barranquilla, where ground was broken a mere 8 days after Kinshasa, is projected to be completed late next year or early the year following. Durban is a city familiar to my mother (a South African native), and in spite of her assurances that the work ethic of South Africans, especially those in the construction business, is sketchy at best, construction seems to be on track for completion in the middle of next year. Winnipeg is unique in several ways. There was a mere 2 1/2 weeks between the groundbreaking announcement and the event itself, the shortest such period of which I am aware in the history of the Church. The groundbreaking, a month ago today, for the temple that, at present, is being built to serve only one stake currently, marks the commencement of construction that is anticipated to last roughly 20 months, which puts it well within contention to perhaps be dedicated either before or around the same time as Barranquilla. And of course, we have the assurance on the LDS Church Temples website that a site announcement for the Harare Zimbabwe temple will be made very soon and a groundbreaking is anticipated to follow shortly thereafter. This means that, for the very first time in Church history, 3 temples will simultaneously be under construction on the African continent. It is a most wonderful time for temple progress, which is why I can't help following such milestones and reporting them as soon as I can after learning of them. I have been told by someone who would know, much to my great surprise and delight, that this blog is one of the top Google search results for all facets of temple developments, whether that is construction progress reports or estimations for potential timelines by which future temple-related events might be announced and scheduled. That is at once humbling and more than a little frightening. When I started keeping regular record here of such things, I never could have dreamed of such a wonderful result. And that is not so much a credit to what I write about that subject, but rather a testament to the value behind the comments left on this blog. Each time anyone leaves a comment on such posts, I am so grateful for their insight. Your comments in particular, Chris, have been amazing and inspiring. I can always count on your thoughtful feedback, and that means so much more than I can ever say or show. Thank you very much, my friend!
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