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YAY! this is great.. hopefully its true. I knew some new infrastructure money was coming, this is perfect. we finally get the TTC airport connection..

edit: doesn't look like new money. does seem to prove the advancement of the sheppard LRT timeline though.
 
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^^^ Im pretty sure they rationalized their costs and figured why take an extra charge when we are going to need the LRVS anyways in a few years time. Might aswell build the full line out. Better optics for the Libs that they are "making best use of funds and not letting more go to waste" and that they are "investing in regions future"

Personally, a more frequent 32A bus service would serve us very well as the loads, both east and west bound, in the peaks drop off once you get west of Jane. The LRT is definitely needed in the future with new developments along Eglinton out here. Its most useful purpose currently will be the RT link to the airport which imho will cannibalize the UPX ridership given the cost differences.

Better to see them building it now though than leaving its future up in the air. Cant wait to see how Hudak spins this extension as "Liberal Waste"
 
Promagstyle said:
I had a brief glance about Kennedy's Subway Station and drivers loosing their parking lot for months as the Eglinton LRT starts construction in the Scarborough Mirror. Wouldn't it be perfect timing to start tunneling so that the subway can go above ground from the Kennedy Subway Stations Layup Tracks?
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Sorry wrong thread.
 
mrxbombastic said:
^^^ Im pretty sure they rationalized their costs and figured why take an extra charge when we are going to need the LRVS anyways in a few years time. Might aswell build the full line out. Better optics for the Libs that they are "making best use of funds and not letting more go to waste" and that they are "investing in regions future"

Personally, a more frequent 32A bus service would serve us very well as the loads, both east and west bound, in the peaks drop off once you get west of Jane. The LRT is definitely needed in the future with new developments along Eglinton out here. Its most useful purpose currently will be the RT link to the airport which imho will cannibalize the UPX ridership given the cost differences.

Better to see them building it now though than leaving its future up in the air. Cant wait to see how Hudak spins this extension as "Liberal Waste"
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Taking the TTC will still take 45-55 minutes to get there from union. the UPX would only take 25. that is a huge bonus time wise.
 
Johnny Au said:
Agreed.

It is well past the point of no return, politically, which means that no future government can cancel it without spending more money than finishing it.
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Although I think it's possible that the at-grade section becomes a full blown subway, if it's politically convenient.
 
innsertnamehere said:
YAY! this is great.. hopefully its true. I knew some new infrastructure money was coming, this is perfect. we finally get the TTC airport connection..

edit: doesn't look like new money. does seem to prove the advancement of the sheppard LRT timeline though.
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nice!


What about the Scarborough Malvern LRT? That is never getting built huh?
 
TBM Tracker is great. Glad to see it working well as the first TBM has actually been moving since last week. Its now broken the first Keele Headwall from what i can tell on it positioning.

Reading through the full Fall Economic Statement from the Government of Ontario, there was only passing mention of the Crosstown LRt as investment underway and an example of Infrastructure Ontario projects. Contrary to what Mr Mcgrath was saying there is no mention in the document of The Pearson portion of the LRT being built at all. Likewise aside from reports in The Star, there is no government documentation associated with the budget of FES to support these claims.

Does someone care to elaborate on if I'm missing something?
 
mrxbombastic said:
TBM Tracker is great. Glad to see it working well as the first TBM has actually been moving since last week. Its now broken the first Keele Headwall from what i can tell on it positioning.

Reading through the full Fall Economic Statement from the Government of Ontario, there was only passing mention of the Crosstown LRt as investment underway and an example of Infrastructure Ontario projects. Contrary to what Mr Mcgrath was saying there is no mention in the document of The Pearson portion of the LRT being built at all. Likewise aside from reports in The Star, there is no government documentation associated with the budget of FES to support these claims.

Does someone care to elaborate on if I'm missing something?
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The next wave of funding for the $4.9-billion, 19-kilometre Eglinton Crosstown LRT.



From the article. The next wave = Phase 2. It's 767 million. The part of the crosstown being built now is fully funded.
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The blue line in the picture.
 

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