Toronto Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[MisterF]

Frankly when the time comes to build Eglinton West I would say just expropriate and bulldoze the damn townhouses, clear the Richview corridor, and build it there anyways. Who will really miss them?

Their owners.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

If it were 1950 again, they probably would. However, its 2014, no can do.

Well it could happen. Expropriations still happen. But I have a feeling they'd scream bloody murder if we destroyed their homes with a big bulldozer.

 

[Tuscani01]

If it were 1950 again, they probably would. However, its 2014, no can do.

If Mississauga can expropriate houses to widen a street (Britannia through Streetsville), there is no reason why Toronto cannot expropriate homes to build the LRT.

 

[sixrings]

If Mississauga can expropriate houses to widen a street (Britannia through Streetsville), there is no reason why Toronto cannot expropriate homes to build the LRT.

the closer the houses are together and the more of them and the more expensive the value (570k+) the less expropriation makes sense.

 

[MrsNesbitt]

If finances are the only question then I'm sure the benefits of a cheaper grade separated Eglinton West outweigh the costs of expropriation.

Sure their owners would miss them, but the option could at least be considered. It sounds callous, but when the good option was removed because of a stupid bureaucrat somewhere at City Hall, the option to restore it shouldn't be entirely discounted.

 

[doady]

Allowing vacant land and a potential transit ROW to be developed as townhouses in a corridor that has had either LRT or subway either under construction, planned, or proposed for decades is unbelievably, shockingly dumb. Friggin' townhouses. Oh man. How do these townhouses fit into Transit City? How do they fit into the Avenues plan? The City of Toronto really needs to get its act together. This is just pathetic.

 

[W. K. Lis]

First tour of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT subway.

See [url]http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=354416&playlistId=1.1798460&binId=1.815892&playlistPageNum=1[/URL]

 

[BurlOak]

As long as ALL drivers follow ALL the rules, there should be no problem with the operation of the on-street portion of the LRT.

http://www.newstalk1010.com/news/2014/04/30/driver-lands-suv-in-eglinton-lrt-construction-pit

 

[edmundoconnor]

This article basically confirms what I (and probably some others) suspected: a big hold-up to tunneling was the construction of headwalls, especially at Caledonia. Let's hope the headwalls at Dufferin are constructed sooner rather than later. Dennis will be there sooner than you think.

http://m.thestar.com/#!/gta/eglinto...ngineer-says/82a1d5d0a515cedd7c29563937205480

 

[Conrad Black]

The tunnels are on time so any hold up at Caledonia was insignificant. Completed tunnels will remain empty for a long time while they build the stations.

 

[Uncle Teddy]

A pretty cool time to be a transit geek in Toronto with two lines underway at the same time. Let's hope there's something being built once Spadina and Eglinton are done.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

A pretty cool time to be a transit geek in Toronto with two lines underway at the same time. Let's hope there's something being built once Spadina and Eglinton are done.

Agreed.

 

[ehlow]

A pretty cool time to be a transit geek in Toronto with two lines underway at the same time. Let's hope there's something being built once Spadina and Eglinton are done.

And considering one line is 19km long on a major street and will be a major new addition to our system, this is more than has been under construction for most of many of our lives in Toronto, and more than many other North American cities.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Toronto actually has more ongoing public transit projects than anywhere else in North America IIRC.

 

[Adjei]

Thing is we are so far behind that it seems small in the grand scheme of things.