doady
Senior Member
Yeah, politicians are already too focused on short term political gains. Term limits force politicians to think short-term, and long-term projects like this Dufferin bypass would never get built.
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Strachan Ave. Georgetown/Milton Rail Corridor Grade Separation
- Thread starter AlvinofDiaspar
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Superstar
Exactly
The people of Liberty Village are watching this development with interest — and concern. Liberty Village is right next door to the proposed Fort York bridge. On our side of Strachan Ave., residents have been waiting for our own pedestrian bridge across the train tracks to connect us to King St. In 2006, developers made the bridge sound like a done deal to get buyers to sign on the dotted line. Years later, and we are still waiting for it.
In the meantime, more cranes pop up, more towers rise, traffic slows and congestion increases in an urban neighbourhood that is essentially cut off from the city north of the tracks, just a stone’s throw away.
Where is the respect for these taxpayers, for the young, professional condo dwellers?
As our population continues to climb and the downtown core becomes more and more dense, the city cannot continue to green light new projects and neighbourhoods without thinking of how people will live, work and get around in them. You cannot throw up a tower, welcome new taxpayers and then not deliver the services and amenities to their neighbourhoods.
The city needs to put things like parks and bridges first, and demand developers make it happen as part of project approvals.
We need livable, connected neighbourhoods. To get them, we need to plan with logic and with a thought for people — not just the bottom line.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/06/sa-fort-york-bridges-death-strands-residents
unimaginative2
Senior Member
Wow, this looks pretty cool. I look forward to it being finished.
As for the safety issues, I've always been a little baffled by why it's acceptable to have a level crossing up to 160 km/h but no faster. It's not as if a train at 160 km/h (or 80 km/h, for that matter) can see you and stop.
As for the safety issues, I've always been a little baffled by why it's acceptable to have a level crossing up to 160 km/h but no faster. It's not as if a train at 160 km/h (or 80 km/h, for that matter) can see you and stop.
smallspy
Senior Member
Exactly
The people of Liberty Village are watching this development with interest — and concern. Liberty Village is right next door to the proposed Fort York bridge. On our side of Strachan Ave., residents have been waiting for our own pedestrian bridge across the train tracks to connect us to King St. In 2006, developers made the bridge sound like a done deal to get buyers to sign on the dotted line. Years later, and we are still waiting for it.
In the meantime, more cranes pop up, more towers rise, traffic slows and congestion increases in an urban neighbourhood that is essentially cut off from the city north of the tracks, just a stone’s throw away.
Where is the respect for these taxpayers, for the young, professional condo dwellers?
They've been working on such a thing for a couple of years now. As I'm sure you can appreciate, these things can't just happen overnight, but one would hope that they work a bit quicker than it took to straighten out Dufferin.
http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/king_liberty/index.htm
I don't know why that is Jon. You'd have to ask Transport Canada that.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
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Superstar
From DCN
ROADWORK
Proj: 9136716-7
Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON
LOW BID
Georgetown South, Strachan Ave
Tue Jul 12, 2011 14:00
IT-2011-CIG-007
$166,600,942
Project:
Grade separation.
Development:
Engineering
Category:...Roads
First report Fri May 20, 2011. Last report Mon Jul 11, 2011.
This report Thu Jul 14, 2011.
Bid Results
EllisDon Corporation, 89 Queensway Ave W suite 800, Mississauga ON L5B 2V2, Phone: 905-896-8900, Fax: 905-896-8911
$166,600,942
Dufferin Const, 690 Dorval Drive Suite 200, Oakville ON L6K 3W7, Phone: 905-842-2741, Fax: 905-842-9278
$167,263,527
Aecon Const & Materials Ltd, 20 Carlson Crt Ste 800, Toronto ON M9W 7K6, Phone: 416-293-7004, Fax: 416-940-2283
$186,465,419
http://dcnonl.com/cgi-bin/top10.pl?...f347f409367a&projectid=9136716®ion=ontario
ROADWORK
Proj: 9136716-7
Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON
LOW BID
Georgetown South, Strachan Ave
Tue Jul 12, 2011 14:00
IT-2011-CIG-007
$166,600,942
Project:
Grade separation.
Development:
Engineering
Category:...Roads
First report Fri May 20, 2011. Last report Mon Jul 11, 2011.
This report Thu Jul 14, 2011.
Bid Results
EllisDon Corporation, 89 Queensway Ave W suite 800, Mississauga ON L5B 2V2, Phone: 905-896-8900, Fax: 905-896-8911
$166,600,942
Dufferin Const, 690 Dorval Drive Suite 200, Oakville ON L6K 3W7, Phone: 905-842-2741, Fax: 905-842-9278
$167,263,527
Aecon Const & Materials Ltd, 20 Carlson Crt Ste 800, Toronto ON M9W 7K6, Phone: 416-293-7004, Fax: 416-940-2283
$186,465,419
http://dcnonl.com/cgi-bin/top10.pl?...f347f409367a&projectid=9136716®ion=ontario
unimaginative2
Senior Member
Wow, EllisDon just snuck in there. I'm glad to hear this is getting started.
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
166 million... phew! thats a pretty penny for a road/rail grade separation project (due of course to the design specs), but still necessary.
Platform 27
Active Member
Horse's mouth link, for what it's worth. There was a fourth, higher, bid from KO Constructors that DCN didn't mention.
Agreed with unimaginative2 that it was quite the photo-finish in cost between EllisDon and Dufferin... 0.4%!