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[DarnDirtyApe]

It's too bad they won't reconnect Vaughan Road up to the Dufferin-Eglinton intersection. That would make a great shortcut from Bathurst & St. Clair up to Dufferin...

 

[Palma]

It's too bad they won't reconnect Vaughan Road up to the Dufferin-Eglinton intersection. That would make a great shortcut from Bathurst & St. Clair up to Dufferin...

Yup. Right now between rush hours you cannot make a left on a street just north of Eglinton, To get onto Eglinton from Dufferin. I find myself having to travel south of Eglinton and then having to make a right hand turn on the first street just to make a U-turn to get back onto dufferin going north to eventually travel east on Eglinton just to get to Oakwood and then to Vaughan to get to St. Clair. (This all to avoid having to travel during rush hour on St Calir).

 

[Palma]

Why would right hand turns be banned?

I think its because it will be every awkward to make that right hand turn because Dufferin curves as it reaches Eglinton. That's why now there is that island and prior to the LRT construction you would get on the right side of the island to make a right turn onto Eglinton.

 

[Johnny Au]

I think its because it will be every awkward to make that right hand turn because Dufferin curves as it reaches Eglinton. That's why now there is that island and prior to the LRT construction you would get on the right side of the island to make a right turn onto Eglinton.

That is what I have thought exactly.

 

[nfitz]

... how can you ban a right hand turn onto a major street?

The same way you do now. With a no-right turn sign. See Yonge and Dundas, where no right turns are allowed in any direction.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Why would right hand turns be banned?

I have seen automobiles (not just trucks) make right turns from the left left or the dash lines. Sometimes, if pedestrians are crossing, they end up waiting for them and blocking both lanes.

 

[Palma]

I can understand no right hand turns downtown but Eglinton? That would be insane. As it is now, there is no left hand turn onto Eginton either.

 

[salsa]

According to the latest newsletter:

Dennis, the first tunnel boring machine, is located at Park Hill Road, and has reached the wall of Launch Shaft 1, while Lea, the second one, is just east of Marlee Avenue under Eglinton Avenue. Lea is stopped for planned maintenance.

 

[howl]

According to the latest newsletter:

What are the odds on which TBM gets to Yonge first? Dennis, Lea, Don or Humber?

 

[raptor]

From twitter:

Crosstown ‏@CrosstownTO 1m1 minute ago

Happy news! TBM2 (Lea) has caught up to TBM 1 (Dennis). They are now both at Allen Road! Phase 1 tunnelling complete!

 

[M II A II R II K]

Finally got the original Eglinton Subway tunnel.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Now they have to get ready for the required photo op.

This is the TBM "Yorkie" and "Torkie" breakthrough, not the Dennis & Lea.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

The lane reductions at Eglinton Avenue @ Chaplin Crecent have concluded.

 

[ehlow]

On the TBM tracker both TBMs now say "Arrived at Allen Rd extraction shaft"

 

[innsertnamehere]

Both Tunnel Boring Machines (Dennis & Lea) to break through the headwall at Allen in
late January 2015 with continuation of tunnelling toward Yonge Street expected in
March 2015

http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pd..._BoardMtg_Progress_on_Capital_Projects_EN.pdf

Also in that PDF, Tunneling to be complete by december 2016, with the east bore finishing before the west bore. AFP contractor will begin work early 2017, project delivery late 2020. East tunnelling will begin spring 2015.

AFP contract set to be awarded mid 2015. maintenance done by AFP, TTC will operate trains under contract. Looks like the province wants to pay for operations, how nice of them.