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

[gweed123]

Finch's construction start date is 2017 so that's a full year before the next municipal or provincial elections

2017 and early 2018 seems to be the magic start date for a lot of transit projects in Ontario. Just off the top of my head: Hurontario LRT, Hamilton B-Line LRT, Finch West LRT, Ottawa Confederation Line Phase II, GO RER (I believe). The mantra is clearly: "Get as many shovels in the ground as possible before someone else can come in and scrap everything."

Projects that have funding from multiple levels of government (ex: Confederation Line Phase II) seem like a safer bet than projects that depend entirely on Provincial funding.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see some movement on Eglinton West before the next election as well.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I'm 90% sure Finch will be built. My only worry is Sheppard.

Perhaps there is a lesson to be learnt from the Brampton segment of the HMLRT and Sheppard afterall.

AoD

 

[salsa]

Perhaps there is a lesson to be learnt from the Brampton segment of the HMLRT and Sheppard afterall.

AoD

Unlike Brampton, T.O Council voted in favour of the LRT on Sheppard, and yet the province has no intention to build it anytime soon thanks to the Liberal MPs from Scarborough who want a Sheppard subway. Facts be damned. Respect for council's decision be damned.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Unlike Brampton, T.O Council voted in favour of the LRT on Sheppard, and yet the province has no intention to build it anytime soon thanks to the Liberal MPs from Scarborough who want a Sheppard subway. Facts be damned. Respect for council's decision be damned.

Well, they messed around so much with it that none are saints. No matter, nothing gets built - which is exactly what they deserved.

AoD

 

[someMidTowner]

Another west TBM update!

 

[TheTigerMaster]

I still can't believe there's a subway on Eglinton (I say this every TBM update)

 

[Johnny Au]

I still can't believe there's a subway on Eglinton (I say this every TBM update)

Yes, two parallel tunnels between Black Creek and Bathurst (though with a hiatus at Eglinton West station)!

 

[MafaldaBoy]

Some new videos by Infrastructure Ontario were uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday.

Mount Dennis Station walkthrough:

Don Mills Station walkthrough:

Route flythrough (from Mount Dennis to Kennedy):

 

[Adjei]

Doesn't look bad. Only thing is I hope they can have some heated areas for the above ground stops knowing how cold this city becomes. If they don't its a huge misstep.

 

[nfitz]

Doesn't look bad. Only thing is I hope they can have some heated areas for the above ground stops knowing how cold this city becomes. If they don't its a huge misstep.

What do you mean by "heated area". You can see in the video that all that's there is a back wall and a roof, with no side walls.

 

[44 North]

Some new videos by Infrastructure Ontario were uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday.

Cool, these flythroughs have gotten real sharp over the years. Looks like a video game. GTA 6: the Six. Or GTA: GTA.

 

[Napoleon]

Doesn't look bad. Only thing is I hope they can have some heated areas for the above ground stops knowing how cold this city becomes. If they don't its a huge misstep.

It wouldn't seem that hard given the cost of these platforms...I read something that the aboveground stops will cost $3-5 million each.
Chicago has a nice system where a heater turns on when you push a button. That could help a lot here.

 

[Adjei]

What do you mean by "heated area". You can see in the video that all that's there is a back wall and a roof, with no side walls.

Like with the new VIVA stations. I hope they don't go cheap.

 

[nfitz]

Like with the new VIVA stations. I hope they don't go cheap.

But you can see in the video that they did go cheap. It's done and dusted.

Which is also what was shown in the EA, and all the PICs.

 

[Adjei]

Wonder why Metrolinx would put them on the VIVA Lines but not on their signature LRT lines. These look like glorified bus stops.