[drum118]

Just shot Hurontario from Elm Drive to Hillcrest.

The removal of the medium north of Fairview was about to get underway and have be gone going by it later on. Excepted for the standard remaining medium at intersection, all the medium had been removed up to CP Bridge, but still need grading and 2 coats of asphalt.

Couple of small area remain at John St and up to Hillcrest. From Hillcrest to Park St, there is no centre medium except at intersections.

I expect the medium up to Burnhamthrope will be removed by the weekend. No clue as what to happen to the trees, but except them to be cut down.

Pylons on the medium north of Burnhamthrope.

 

[drum118]

Was planning on doing something else today, but extra work show up. Once I finished it, still time to do things and decided to shot Hurnontario.

Was going to start at Elm and saw no excavator working south of Elm and that must be the one parked on Elm. Crews were placing the pylons onto the medium to allow all 3 lanes to be in service.

Looking at the trees walking toward Burnhamthrope, it look like most the trees could stay for the north stop. There would be some issues for the south stop on the north side of Burnhamthrope, but still workable. I noticed a number of tree stump from Burnhamthorpe to Robert Speck and a number of trees didn't look good. Best to cut them down now. 4 of the 5 trees north of Robert Speck in good shape, younger and easy to transport to another site. The 5th is dead.

About a dozen trees or so will be have to be cut down between Rathburn and the 403 for the elevated bridge over 403.

Work will have to take place under Hurontario Bridge to protect 403 traffic before the medium can be remove.

The pylons stop on the medium at Kingsbridge as I continue north to Nahani Way and shot the 2 tower sites there.

On my way back to catch a 103 bus at Eglinton, crews were installing pylons on the medium on the south side and a crew was just starting to go north of Eglinton placing pylons on the medium.

 

[Allandale25]

The City of Brampton is doing soil testing on Main Street for the LRT Extension study they are doing.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Looks like there is an online open house on Metrolinx Engage which will happen soon.

 

[drum118]

As it stands today, I have shot from Hillcrest to Nahani Way on the ground and have taken a Video from Central Pkwy to Park St; Park St to Steeles; Steeles to Central Pkwy before most of the remaining medium was still in place as before construction. I know I have shot parts of Hurontario in the past before the LRT surface and will add them to the LRT file if I can find them.

I have broken Hurontario down as Follow as some areas will see a lot more shooting than others and don't want everything lump in one file:
Hurontario LRT Zone (1) Port Credit Station:
Hurontario LRT Zone (2) Port Credit Station To South Service Rd:
Hurontario LRT Zone (3) South Service Rd To North Service Rd:
Hurontario LRT Zone (4) North Service Rd To The Queensway:
Hurontario LRT Zone (5) Queensway To Dundas St:
Hurontario LRT Zone (6) Dundas St To Cooksville Station:
Hurontario LRT Zone (7) Cooksville Station To Central Pkwy:
Hurontario LRT Zone (8) Central Pkwy To Burnhamthrope Rd:
Hurontario LRT Zone (9) Burnhamthrope Rd To Sq One Dr:
Hurontario LRT Zone (10) Sq One Dr To Kingsbridge Garden Cir:
Hurontario LRT Zone (11) Kingsbridge Garden Cir To Eglinton Ave:
Hurontario LRT Zone (12) Eglinton Ave To Bristol Rd:
Hurontario LRT Zone (13) Bristol Rd To Britannia Rd:
Hurontario LRT Zone (14) Britannia To Madill Blvd
Hurontario LRT Zone (15) Madill Blvd To Courtneypark Dr:
Hurontario LRT Zone (16) Courtneypark Dr To Derry Rd
Hurontario LRT Zone (17) Derry Rd To Hwy 407
Hurontario LRT Zone (18) Hwy 407 To Ray Lawson Blvd
Hurontario LRT Zone (19) Ray Lawson Blvd To Steeles:
Hurontario LRT City Centre Area:
Hurontario LRT Maintenance Complex:

CP Bridge to Central Pkwy, most the medium is gone as well compacted for the first coat of asphalt. Central Pkwy to Burnhamthorpe has most the medium removed up to the trees and waiting asphalt.

Don't know where they are currently working.

May 22
Zone 8

Zone 6

Zone 7

 

[robmausser]

OMG THOSE IDIOTS! THERES A BRIDGE SUPPORT IN THE WAY OF THE LRT!! LRTS WILL JUST SMASH INTO THAT! CANCEL THE PROJECT /s

 

[SaugeenJunction]

I am interplanetarily excited for this project to get underway. It’s a game changer for Mississauga .

 

[Allandale25]

The LRT Extension Study along Main Street from Brampton Gateway Terminal to Brampton GO Station (aka Main Street LRT) is on the agenda for today's Brampton Committee of Council meeting. The Mayor just said he'd be moving amendment/motions to the transit item (live stream here; no idea what time they'll get to it). There will be a virtual consultation on June 22.

Here is the extracted report from (full agenda here): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_Kag46UxQQXwu9Xge0aKytWVHxIrmgD/view?usp=sharing

Timeline:

Short list maps/cross sections:

 

[urbanyimby]

No way should the province fund this, and there'e no way Brampton would be able to fund it by themselves. What a utter waste of everybody's time.

 

[Coolstar]

No way should the province fund this, and there'e no way Brampton would be able to fund it by themselves. What a utter waste of everybody's time.

What about the next government? Could Brampton ask the feds for funding?

 

[Steve X]

What about the next government? Could Brampton ask the feds for funding?

ML would require the money to be transferred to them and they'll build it. So they get the final say even if money is flowing through.

 

[urbanyimby]

What about the next government? Could Brampton ask the feds for funding?

They simply don't deserve the funding anymore. They had their chance and they blew it.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

They simply don't deserve the funding anymore. They had their chance and they blew it.

That simply doesn’t make sense. You can’t punish the people of Brampton for a really bad decision their old council made. I am just as upset about them rejecting the HMLRT, but we have to now move forward and get transit built for the residents of Brampton.

 

[urbanyimby]

That simply doesn’t make sense. You can’t punish the people of Brampton for a really bad decision their old council made. I am just as upset about them rejecting the HMLRT, but we have to now move forward and get transit built for the residents of Brampton.

But the people elected their council, which are representatives of the people. What's the point of democracy then?!

 

[salsa]

They simply don't deserve the funding anymore. They had their chance and they blew it.

By that standard, neither does Toronto. I have never seen a more embarrassing debacle anywhere than the way our council handled transit in Scarborough.