Aplus23
Active Member
Is this project longer then the Eglinton crosstown?
Is this project longer then the Eglinton crosstown?
nfitz
Superstar
No - phase 1 is about 18 km (with a single enclosed station) and 18 stops. Phase 1 of the Crosstown is 21 km (with 14 enclosed (13 underground) stations) and Phase 2 (to Renforth) is about 10 km with 7 underground or elevated stations.
Hurontario is more comparable to the 10-km Finch West line with 17 stops and 2 stations.
Aplus23
Active Member
sixrings
Senior Member
It has more or less the stops as finch but it’s almost as long as eglinton. It’s really a mix if you asked me.
Allandale25
Senior Member
There haven't been many specifics since the announcement around this time last year, but they did add and include it in the Building Transit Faster Act and the various powers it would give to speed up construction and expropriation.
ONTARIO REGULATION 682/21
e-Laws | Ontario.ca
I assume while federal-provincial funding discussions take place, design work is happening behind the scenes. They would be starting from scratch for the longer Confederation portion.
Dan416
Senior Member
At least Confederation makes way more sense than Duke of York. Confederation almost looks like a real street. I know it's a mirage, but as close as you can get outside of Port Credit or Streetsville. I'm not sure why it's so hard to re-create something Confederation-esqe in other parts of MCC.
sixrings
Senior Member
I think my preference would have been living arts drive.
As for why can’t other streets mimic confederation. I think the problem is that confederation is pretty much complete where as other streets like living arts has some empty spaces for condo sales centres or parking lots. Same with Duke of York. When those parking lots go im confident what’s happened at confederation will more or less continue. The thing is the closer you get to the mall though the more likely people just go to the mall. But I remain optimistic that once all the parking lots are done it will be significantly better.
drum118
Superstar
The reason the line goes to Confederation now is to be closer to M City and Parkside Village.
The sales office on D of Y was to have been Daniel last site for the area until they push it down the road for their Waterfront development and more when they hocked up with OMERS for the Square One projects.
With the market being on the slow side these days, the Daniel projects are getting push down the road more along with 3 other development sites for the area. Both Parkside Village and M City projects are seeing the same thing, then Parkside Village has been a slow project from day one..