ARG1
Senior Member
Because when Toronto was studying the Eglinton West section of the line, the only allignments they studied were at grade and buried. This means that when Doug Ford got into office and wanted to get shovels in the ground while grade separating the corridor, the fastest option was to take the already studied underground allignment and run with it to get TBMs in the ground asap, instead of spending time doing studies for an above ground alignment, especially when you consider that if he doesn't get shovels in the ground by 2022, and he loses, we're likely going to go back to the at-grade allignment. This is why for projects like Yonge North which will likely get built no matter who is in power, he looks for shortcuts and cost savers even when they will increase the time it takes to get the project built (Keep in mind that the area the YNSE goes through are swing ridings so its not like he's doing this in areas where he has no chance of winning).I don't subscribe to the notion that NIMBYism alone is the issue in the transit saga in Scarborough; having said so, can you explain to me why say ECWest is underground instead elevated?
AoD
Same thing applies to the SSE, its only built the way it is because that's what's already been studied previously.