innsertnamehere
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I think the route study will come out late this year.
[On a totally unrelated note, how IS that DRL coming?]
Quite a speedy timeline, which is exactly what the DRL deserves.
To be honest, that doesn't seem to be particularly speedy, especially when considering how long the DRL idea has been floating around for.
I still can't believe how slow Toronto is at doing just about everything except slamming down ideas. The longer this takes, the more likelihood some baboon in government is going to take it out.
Awaiting Funding for Metrolinx. They've committed so spending $7 Billion - $8 Billion on the project. All parties involved, with the exception of York Region (obviously) view the DRL as having upmost importance. Without the project, the entire RT system will crack.
The City of Toronto is racing to complete the environmental assessment for the line. It should be done sometime within the next 18 months.
We don't yet know when funding will be finalized, but it will come soon enough.
Expect construction to begin within the next 2 - 3 years.
Quite a speedy timeline, which is exactly what the DRL deserves.
The City of Toronto is racing to complete the environmental assessment for the line. It should be done sometime within the next 18 months.
Congrats!!!! That truly is the funniest sentence I have read on these boards!
What's so funny about it? The EA is scheduled to be complete in 2014.
Construction within the next 2 to 3 years? Even Metrolinx doesn't have this much optimism. According to them it will take at least 5 years for the design and environmental phase and that is if funding is available:
http://torontoist.com/2013/05/can-the-metrolinx-investment-strategy-succeed/
Just the juxtaposition of the words "racing" and "done sometime within the next 18 months"....not sure when it started but that would suggest that it took +/- 2 years to do an an environmental assessment....hardly seems like "racing".
Sorry, thought the humour was intentional....did not mean to offend.
Just the juxtaposition of the words "racing" and "done sometime within the next 18 months"....not sure when it started but that would suggest that it took +/- 2 years to do an an environmental assessment....hardly seems like "racing".
Sorry, thought the humour was intentional....did not mean to offend.
If they haven't started the EA yet, and it would be finished in 2014, (not sure if that's true or not), how do you get ± 2 years?Just the juxtaposition of the words "racing" and "done sometime within the next 18 months"....not sure when it started but that would suggest that it took +/- 2 years to do an an environmental assessment....hardly seems like "racing".
If they haven't started the EA yet, and it would be finished in 2014, (not sure if that's true or not), how do you get ± 2 years?
Do you recall how long the EA for the Spadina extension took? Or Sheppard for that matter?
=Seriously, Toronto hasn't even picked anything remotely resembling a preferred route or set the scope so they're probably 18 months from even starting the EA.