Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

[Northern Light]

Is Metrolinx exempted from submitting documents through this process?

Yes, however, they have submitted site plans for every other station.

Originally the City did not make those public......... I don't know who might have encouraged UT'ers to throw up a fuss.........but they were all made public........except Queen/Yonge, so far as I recall.

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Mx has been submitting permits related to this station.

Most can be found under the address for 'The Bay'........

There are lots there.

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There are new permits for a site office and a few other projects for the project over on the N/E corner:

I expect a fairly full suite of permits.........as Mx likes the low-cost second set of eyes reviewing the drawings.

 

[UT69420J]

Overlooking the Don Valley from Don Mills and Gateway - As of April 13th, 2025 @ 2:30PM

 

[jaybe]

The Ontario Line from the valley near the Leaside

bridge and near the Science Centre.

 

[hawc]

I get that it has to cross the valley ONCE, but does anyone else think it's a little weird that we're building this huge bridge so it can come BACK across the valley it just crossed for two little stops.

Or maybe the weird thing is that it crosses the valley the first time just for one stop. Oh wait, I guess that's the only place they could put the maintenance facility.

Either way feels like one bridge too many.

 

[A 6264]

Either way feels like one bridge too many

And a bridge too far?

 

[TossYourJacket]

I get that it has to cross the valley ONCE, but does anyone else think it's a little weird that we're building this huge bridge so it can come BACK across the valley it just crossed for two little stops.

Or maybe the weird thing is that it crosses the valley the first time just for one stop. Oh wait, I guess that's the only place they could put the maintenance facility.

Either way feels like one bridge too many.

It was originally supposed to run along Overlea all the way to Don Mills after crossing the valley from the portal at the top of Pape, but locals complained and plans were changed. So now it diverges from the road after Thorncliffe Park Station and requires the second bridge instead.

 

[TOtramz]

Ontario line takes the crown for the most Don valley crossings of any rapid transit line in Toronto.

 

[PL1]

Ontario line takes the crown for the most Don valley crossings of any rapid transit line in Toronto.

If/when they extend Line 4, the lines will be tied with two

 

[11th]

If/when they extend Line 4, the lines will be tied with two

If/when this is extended up to Sheppard, it will have four.

 

[Toronto Rocks]

As of Monday morning, demolition is underway at the 449 Carlaw plaza and surrounding buildings. The homes on west side of Pape, and the Goodyear Tire Store have completely been demolished and they now have moved onto the former No Frills.

 

[smallspy]

I get that it has to cross the valley ONCE, but does anyone else think it's a little weird that we're building this huge bridge so it can come BACK across the valley it just crossed for two little stops.

Or maybe the weird thing is that it crosses the valley the first time just for one stop. Oh wait, I guess that's the only place they could put the maintenance facility.

Either way feels like one bridge too many.

Those aren't two little stops though.

There are few enough stops on the line that every single one of them is going to end up being really important to some substantial proportion of the ridership.

So yeah, build those bridges. Get the line to where it needs to go.

Dan

 

[leopetr]

It was originally supposed to run along Overlea all the way to Don Mills after crossing the valley from the portal at the top of Pape, but locals complained and plans were changed. So now it diverges from the road after Thorncliffe Park Station and requires the second bridge instead.

I think the realignment had more to do with the choice of yard location than local complaints. The residents of Thorncliffe Park have even less sway with Metrolinx than the richer residents of Riverdale whose requests have been entirely ignored.

Also, I think that crossing the Don Valley on top of the Overlea bridge would have still counted as crossing the Don Valley

 

[evandyk]

I think the realignment had more to do with the choice of yard location than local complaints. The residents of Thorncliffe Park have even less sway with Metrolinx than the richer residents of Riverdale whose requests have been entirely ignored.

Also, I think that crossing the Don Valley on top of the Overlea bridge would have still counted as crossing the Don Valley

I assume that the current Overlea bridge couldn't accommodate a subway and that they'd need a new bridge even if the plan was to align with Overlea.

Once you decide you're going north of Danforth, Thorncliffe Park and Don Mills/Eglinton are pretty much the two must-stop points in that part of the city, and that means crossing the Don(s) more than once.

 

[leopetr]

The only non-Don Valley option I can think of would have been the Victoria Park alignment option in the Relief Line Long alignment study. It was an unlikely option

 

[nfitz]

The only non-Don Valley option I can think of would have been the Victoria Park alignment option in the Relief Line Long alignment study. It was an unlikely option

Unless they came up Coxwell. But that would have missed Thorncliffe entirely. I think the current plan is the best solution (though I'd have used the original Carlaw alignment).