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They are doing the same with the expansion on the east end. I think 4 bridges are being done this way and 1 they are going to move it almost 1km to the location. (Belfast Road) I don't drive that way to work. So I don't know how the progress has been constructing these things

I agree, but we are talking about a Toronto Sports station that did this trivia. Yup. All those Americans without passports will flock to Toronto. :S I don't think I am recent polls in the GTA have regularity put the CFL on par or higher than the NFL in terms of popularity. GTA TV...

In the USA, yes, but in Canada, which TV network is going to 120m+ to air 16 games? Do you think American TV networks would be happy to air a Canadian team in the US? Do you think Amercian TV networks would be happy to pay money to a franchise in a location where they cannot make any...

Anything is technically feasible if you throw $$ at it. Look at Seattle's tunneling. They are tunnel boring under downtown. Tunneling under the Gardiner would be much easier because of the spacing of the foundations. They won't exactly be tunnel boring 1-2 m under the surface either...

The easiest thing to do would extend the all-red phase by 2-5 seconds to allow the full intersection to clear.

I think the estimate is way off. Maybe it doesn't include removal of the old structure. But why would you build a new elevated highway when you have one already? Most of all this will push tons of traffic issues onto local streets where there was none before & where there just isn't capacity.

Unreliability? Suddenly the current model is unreliable because of one freak ice storm? What if there is a frost heave that snaps some underground wires? (Does happen) What if there is a flood that destroys thousands of underground transformers? What about the esthetics? Who wants a...

I meant mass immediate investment. Considering there has never been a storm of this magnitude to hit Toronto ever before, it may never happen again. Secondly, in my experience thus far, in road reconstruction projects, replacing existing hydro poles with underground is rarely done...

To those pushing underground just a little info The cost of a Wooden hydro pole can range anywhere between $5000 to $15,000. Depending on the topper and number of services. Underground usually starts at $25,000. But that doesn't include the backfill, wiring, etc etc. It's simple...

I totally agree with making black creek south of 401 a controlled access highway to its current termination. It would do wonders for traffic flow in that area and even on lawerence and eglington. The next step would be to have a bigger Conversation on access to transit. It sometimes can...

It's not even that close to the same game. But that's the opinion of certain arrogant individuals who think they know everything. (Not saying you are) 99% of the CFL fans I know like both leagues. They are fans of football. Unlike some of the recent posters here, who are all caught up...

It is because the lights are too close. Don't expect that configuration to change anytime soon. The grading there makes things difficult and expensive. If anything it'll change once Sydney street gets widened and maybe an Interchange could go there to relieve congestion on North Front...

407 design still a work in progress. I know we have working working shifts to get quantities, drainage and culverts done. I've even worked on it a bit but i've got other MTO stuff to deal with.

That's as per geometric design manual 120km/h design speed.

This isn't just in affect in downtown narrow streets, but also though construction zones, even 400 series can be affected. People naturally slow down when there is an intrusion of the clear zone, bridges, barriers etc. Driving though Ottawa to Kanata everyday with all the noise barriers...

Most of highway 11 has a design speed of 110, that being said, there are standards that are not met in many places, yet it is still characterized as 110 design speed. The 2 job's I'm designing on highway 11 require guide rail based on my analysis of standards, design speed, encroachment...

I never said they can't.

With a low ball construction cost of 6 billion. It could be paid in 37 years. Assuming 22 cents a km, and a AADT of 10,000.

Stopping sight distance is 1 of many factors in Highway design, and, in my experience, the least used/checked. This is because of 2 reasons 1) rarely are new freeways are built, therefor all sight distance are either to standard, or because no alignment change is being done, nothing will be...

Well by this logic, we shouldn't be over designing buildings and structures as well. Why design a bridge for a load that will never be reached? Why add a factor of safety in designing roof loads! It doesn't make sense! I'm not going to dig up my ethics and design standards book for you...