nfitz
Superstar
To quote a well respected commentator on the subject. They are telling porkies.
...the channel tunnel took 6 years !!!
but its still a channel tunnel vs above ground laying of tracks. lets get serious1986 to 1994 is not 6 years. And that doesn't include the year and a half it took for them to secure funding (or the fact that the governments of France and England set up the working group to get the project started in 1981).
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
I would have thought 2018That is what a provincial government heading into election in 2022 would want, that is for sure.
Seems we're talking apples and oranges anyway. An LRT line mostly on surface in the city vs. a heavy rail high speed tunnel under the ocean between two nations.1986 to 1994 is not 6 years. And that doesn't include the year and a half it took for them to secure funding (or the fact that the governments of France and England set up the working group to get the project started in 1981).
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
If this was China, they would build that LRT line in a month or two.Seems we're talking apples and oranges anyway. An LRT line mostly on surface in the city vs. a heavy rail high speed tunnel under the ocean between two nations.
More movement in the east and west!
If this was China, they would build that LRT line in a month or two.
The original poster is not alone in wanting to know where and why that 8-year figure came from. You would think it would be in everyone's interest to jump-start the process and have it finish soon after that rest of the Crosstown. (Or even simultaneously. considering we still haven't even began construction on the surface portion and won't until 2018. That should be enough time to update the EA and secure funding, contracts, etc.)
but its still a channel tunnel vs above ground laying of tracks. lets get serious
Sorry, where between Leslie and Keele on Eglinton are the tracks going to be above ground, exactly?
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
why does no one call them out on this in public? You would think the opposition parties or councilThis is all a political decision and a decision to spread the spending of money out over the 8 (hopefully) years. Why build the above grade potion on Eglinton East now when it wont see service until 2020-2021? They have specifically drawn this project out otherwise we would have had completed designs and contracts in place for everything west of Eglinton West Station. The tunnel is complete and they could have been building stations, building the storage and maintenance facility and laying track. Its not for technical or engineering reasons the project will take this long.
its underground between those points, rises east of Leslie and then retreats back underground at Don MillsSorry, where between Leslie and Keele on Eglinton are the tracks going to be above ground, exactly?
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
Its probably part of the original deal - Province tells the City how the money will be spent - City doesn't publicly cry about the transit investment.why does no one call them out on this in public? You would think the opposition parties or council