Johnny Au
Superstar
Happy belated 30,000th post to this thread!
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generalcanada
Senior Member
or this Star articleOf course, UT knew that back on January 12th, from this post:
Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis
Hopefully the TTC is willing to open this Line mid-board period if Feb 8 is missed, just like they did with Line 6urbantoronto.ca
One could even have inferred in on January 9th via @DSCToronto 's post.....
Toronto and province were at odds over Eglinton Crosstown LRT opening date, sources say
At a private meeting on Dec. 5, the provincial and city transit agencies disagreed on when the long-awaited LRT should open to the public.
www.thestar.com
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
FINALLY! Just hope this means the City will get those long promised bike lanes installed this spring given that was contingent on the LRT opening.It is confirmed
Eglinton Crosstown LRT opening on Feb. 8, TTC reportedly tells Doug Ford
Construction on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which will operate as Line 5 Eglinton, began in 2011. It was supposed to be done in 2020.toronto.citynews.ca
Northern Light
Superstar
This was supposed to go to this week's meeting of Executive Ctte.
However, that has been cancelled and not rescheduled.
It may go to TTC next week or it could directly to Council I suppose.
Currently, there is no Executive Ctte meeting scheduled til Mid April.
TTC agenda should be up tomorrow, Council should be up Wednesday.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
Bike lanes may have been promised 10 years back when we still had a pro bike Premier... but this government outlawed bike lanes...
McGillicuddy
Active Member
Now that Doug Ford has personally leaked opening day, one suspects that, if the city makes a liar of him, the Executive Committee's kneecaps will receive a special deposition from Cody Welton's sledgehammer.
rdaner
Senior Member
Great! And many in the West End are curious to see how this new line affects passenger numbers on the Kitchener Line as it will, unofficially, become a subway line as well.
hawc
Senior Member
Do we like Josh Matlow?
WillTo
Senior Member
I generally do.
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
Bills 212 and 60 exempt projects that are underway, so at least Phase 1 of Eglinton from Keele to Mt Pleasant should be safe. Can't say the same for Phase 2 from Mt Pleasant to Brentcliffe though.
PurplePinky
Active Member
Why? lol
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Yikes? Especially considering the Feb 8th opening?
McGillicuddy
Active Member
Why would the city prioritize clearing snow from a transit line which isn't in revenue service?
Northern Light
Superstar
It wouldn't prioritize it if it were in service. Maintenance of the Crosstown is not a City responsibility, its a consortium responsibility, just like on Finch. Its the consortium's responsibility to clear the ROW.
nfitz
Superstar
There were certainly observations of cars operating earlier in day, and today. Was any testing scheduled last night? There'd be no point in clearing it until the wind and snow stopped - I say judging by how much the path I dug at 5 pm had filled back in by dawn.