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Here's a dumb question, but if all they're doing is tunnelling right now between say Yonge and Bayview, why is the middle of the road closed off for long stretches at a time with construction signs and some scattered equipment. What would they need to be doing on the surface while a tunnel is going on below? This is not station construction. It's just the two central lanes blocked off for kilometres at a time.
 
hawc said:
Here's a dumb question, but if all they're doing is tunnelling right now between say Yonge and Bayview, why is the middle of the road closed off for long stretches at a time with construction signs and some scattered equipment. What would they need to be doing on the surface while a tunnel is going on below? This is not station construction. It's just the two central lanes blocked off for kilometres at a time.
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they are building the head walls for the stations for the tbms to go through them so they have a rough layout for the station boxes once they begin work on them
 
Then another 3.8 km to Leslie and all the tunnelling is done. The rest of it is outside. Then just build all the stations and all the tracks and wiring, test it for a year and we should be good to go around 2021! Just 5 more years.
 
hawc said:
Then another 3.8 km to Leslie and all the tunnelling is done. The rest of it is outside. Then just build all the stations and all the tracks and wiring, test it for a year and we should be good to go around 2021! Just 5 more years.
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So simple I could do it with my eyes closed. We'll be riding our new subway in no time :)
 
hawc said:
Then another 3.8 km to Leslie and all the tunnelling is done. The rest of it is outside. Then just build all the stations and all the tracks and wiring, test it for a year and we should be good to go around 2021! Just 5 more years.
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I have seen completion as September 2021, so that would be 5 years, 8 months.
 
TheTigerMaster said:
Nothing will happen there until July 2017.

Construction on the rest of the stations starts in April, 4 months from now.
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Is there an explanation for this schedule? why cant they concurrently build instead of letting it grow stagnant for 2 years esp since they are now 2 years behind sched.

edit: They could even stage the opening so that politicians can win points on showcasing a western preview of the 19km line which we dumped billions into
 
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cplchanb said:
Is there an explanation for this schedule? why cant they concurrently build instead of letting it grow stagnant for 2 years esp since they are now 2 years behind sched.

edit: They could even stage the opening so that politicians can win points on showcasing a western preview of the 19km line which we dumped billions into
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The original plan, when the line was first funded, was to open the section west of Eglinton West station to Kipling this year or so, the province later delayed the funding, and cancelled sections, to have everything open all together at the end.
 
Voltz said:
The original plan, when the line was first funded, was to open the section west of Eglinton West station to Kipling this year or so, the province later delayed the funding, and cancelled sections, to have everything open all together at the end.
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Thats just dumb.... they thought that theyd be saving money but really they are wasting a great opportunity to make up some time lost and start recovering costs earlier. Have they not learned the potential benefits from a construction and PR POV from VivaNext?
 
cplchanb said:
Thats just dumb.... they thought that theyd be saving money but really they are wasting a great opportunity to make up some time lost and start recovering costs earlier. Have they not learned the potential benefits from a construction and PR POV from VivaNext?
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Watching projects like this and TYSSE really make me appreciate the way that Ottawa is doing the Confederation Line. Just tender the entire thing (tunnelling, tracks, stations, vehicles, warranty) in one fixed-price contract and be done with it. Ottawa's Confederation Line is only slightly less complex than the Eglinton Crosstown (a few less underground stations), but still pretty comparable. The Confederation Line is also about 6 months ahead of schedule.
 
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