Tim MacDonald
Senior Member
Yesterday
At this time, 2 lanes in all direction until next year where it will be a single lane in all direction again to build the guideway across Dundas in about 6 weeks while building haft at a time.Does anyone know how Hurontario Street looks through the Dundas Street area these days? Is Hurontario reduced to 1 lane per direction or 2? Any turn restrictions?
Latest update I could find is Google Streetview from August 2023.
No restrictions, at least two lanes open.
Yesterday
At this time, 2 lanes in all direction until next year where it will be a single lane in all direction again to build the guideway across Dundas in about 6 weeks while building haft at a time.
A major push to get as much civil work done before the Dec shut down if they do what the did last year to have all lanes open for the winter months. No turning restriction at this time nor next year until the guideway work starts.
With the current Dundas BRT plan, I can see some turning restrictions happening.
Yes, I'm surprised we haven't migrated to the red square, yellow diamond, and green circle lights to improve this.Another consideration is the relative prevalence of red-green colour blindness. The position of the signal in traffic lights does provide information, but it is reduced in dark. I'm not saying this is the reason why only green and yellow arrows are allowed in Ontario.
That right turn will backup traffic badly with the amount of pedestrian crossing the intersection. City is hoping traffic will use King or Hillcrest to bypass this intersection that will see backup traffic as well.You guys are amazing, thanks so much.
With the BRT going in I understand that Dundas is going down to one lane per direction, with only right turns from Hurontario onto Dundas permitted.
This is like me hoping my kids clean their room, don’t fight with each other, use nice words, and get ready in time. I mean it’s a nice dream but it is not going to be reality. And I would think city building would be built with more realistic expectations than hopes and dreams.That right turn will backup traffic badly with the amount of pedestrian crossing the intersection. City is hoping traffic will use King or Hillcrest to bypass this intersection that will see backup traffic as well.
No idea as I am not over there that much in the first place. No work taking place on Rathburn or Hurontario that requires water work.@drum118 what has happened to hurontario near square one. There’s a Niagara Falls situation over there.
There was at least a foot of water on the west side of hurontario all the way from burnamthorpe to the 403 bridge. It was just gushing out and all the cars had to merge to the furthest lanes not to float away.No idea as I am not over there that much in the first place. No work taking place on Rathburn or Hurontario that requires water work.
Nov 30
I have a laughing session when I heard the latest update for the test bed for testing the new fleet. The plan test bed was Topflight to Matheson and it is now Eglinton. The great laugh for it, it is to be ready by Feb 2024 As today visit, no OS up in the yard nor on the poles from the yard to Topflight.. Still no more poles from where the poles end or even to Hurontario. Then there are no poles up to Matheson let alone Eglinton.
Sump pump pouring the road base under the trackwork that still needs to be splicing let alone level or form for concrete to be pour the northbound lanes for Topflight intersection. The southbound track that will cross the intersection still in many pieces and it and the intersection will not be ready to open this year. A scissor lift is being used to place the ties for the crossover, but until Topflight is open, can't built the guideway from it to the crossover.
So much trackwork to be down as well the crossover at Trader, its a laughable to think trackwork will be ready for Feb, let alone the OS. Not my field, but what I know, it will take a least minimum of 4 months to get poles up as well the OS that we are looking End of March at the earliest, depending on the weather to see it in place as well an LRV testing it.
What was to happen for Derry Station this week is behind schedule with material on site and only 3/4 of the roof installed for the northbound track.
What I am also hearing, lack of permits by the city is not helping, but the big issues is the engineering drawings are arriving late and only at 80% to allow work to take place to the point, it ends up been wrong when the final drawings show up that things have to be torn out. IBI Group now Arcadis not being up to par.
The southbound lanes from Sq One Dr to Burnhamthorpe maybe open by the weekend or early next week. The northbound lanes should be open next week.
Photos to follow
Looking at the tarp over the tracks at the New Englewood bridge yesterday, still have to pour concrete on the north side with the rest exposed. What have they being doing since you too this photo and now???