urbancog
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Toronto Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown West Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx
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GenerationLee
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The Eglinton Flats (at Jane), Sunday, sooo, 5 days ago.
Monarch Butterfly
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For patrons wanting NOT to go to Mt. Dennis Station, they'll have to cross the stroad intersection to transfer buses. We DO NOT have a pedestrian refuge island, just a useless misnamed "safety island" that has no "beg button" on it for those who get caught halfway crossing.
Excuse? Will be only used until the Eglinton West LRT extension opens. There is no opening date implied or suggested or dreamed about.
GenerationLee
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Yeah, I'm thoroughly disappointed by the decision making here, and at Martin Grove. I get trying to keep costs down, but this is not you build transit. Making it an inconvenience to transfer from one order of transit to another, despite these modes of transit intersecting (as a system*) is not right.
Especially since Jane is already a major corridor in the city, we should really be working on reducing car dependency and encouraging alternative, less traffic inducing methods of travel.
Especially since Jane is already a major corridor in the city, we should really be working on reducing car dependency and encouraging alternative, less traffic inducing methods of travel.
fanoftoronto
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Heads up, the open house for the West Extension specifically related to the station boxes will happen on 24-Sep. This may be a good time to go in person to request more clarity on the lack of second exits on the opposite sides of the stations. I will try to attend the meeting if possible as well.
https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projec...west-extension-open-house---september-24-2025
In person at 5080 Commerce Blvd, Mississauga
https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projec...west-extension-open-house---september-24-2025
In person at 5080 Commerce Blvd, Mississauga
Allandale25
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Monarch Butterfly
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In which year?
T3G
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Clearly, the 'top' 'minds' of Metrolinx went to the George R. R. Martin school of vapourware projects.
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fanoftoronto
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A few snippets from the slide deck from the Open House yesterday:
Looking at the project timeline, if 2028 is final testing and commissioning, could the ECWE be the first Metrolinx project that's currently ahead of schedule? The public opening date they've provided is 2030-31 and the Stations, Rail, and Systems is the final part of the construction that needs to be completed. Cautiously optimistic?
Or maybe I just jinxed the whole thing by saying this!
The full slide deck can be found here.
Looking at the project timeline, if 2028 is final testing and commissioning, could the ECWE be the first Metrolinx project that's currently ahead of schedule? The public opening date they've provided is 2030-31 and the Stations, Rail, and Systems is the final part of the construction that needs to be completed. Cautiously optimistic?
Or maybe I just jinxed the whole thing by saying this!
The full slide deck can be found here.
Monarch Butterfly
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From the above PDF...
Of course, with Doug Ford being so against the environment, he will NOT consider solar panels...
Of course, with Doug Ford being so against the environment, he will NOT consider solar panels...
Solar fences in Germany are cheaper than wood—and generate electricity too
See https://www.startupselfie.net/2025/06/25/vertical-solar-fences-germany/
reinventingthewheel
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These walls are temporary for the construction duration, there’s zero case to make for solar fences.
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generalcanada
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Thats actually a crazy timeline.
Dan416
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Crazy fast or crazy slow?