Allandale25
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- Thread starter W. K. Lis
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Tristen
New Member
My own Finch LRT Yonge Extension
Tunnelling under Finch and Yonge is time-consuming and expensive, use the hydro corridor instead.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
Hydro won't allow it for safty concers over high voltage wires
Tristen
New Member
What kind of concerns can there be when trails, playing fields, bus terminal, and parking are already under the wires?
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
Different rules now then when those were all approved, it's been discussed in other forms that basically hydro is conserned about what could happen if one of the wires came down.
timio
Active Member
Waterloo region paid for the hydro lines to be buried so the LRT could travel along the corridor.
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W. K. Lis
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crs1026
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^It would be interesting to see a cost comparison of burying the wires and building a surface LRT versus surface construction in the median of Finch versus tunnelled construction versus cut and cover in the Hydro corridor.
I have a feeling that this particular hydro corridor is simply too critical, and has too many circuits, to be buryable. Just my gut feeling. But as we consider needs for cross-city transit, particularly express type lines - not to mention the Missing Link - it's pretty important to ask whether there is a scenario where use of the Hydro corridors becomes possible.
- Paul
I have a feeling that this particular hydro corridor is simply too critical, and has too many circuits, to be buryable. Just my gut feeling. But as we consider needs for cross-city transit, particularly express type lines - not to mention the Missing Link - it's pretty important to ask whether there is a scenario where use of the Hydro corridors becomes possible.
- Paul
junctionist
Senior Member
I have a feeling that any hydro corridor can be buried with the right engineering. If you want to do a cost analysis, consider the development potential of the corridor too. Bury the wires, build a street with the LRT on it, and allow for mixed-use construction along the street for a new focal point for the neighbourhood. The wires will be in a waterproof underground tunnel and will always be accessible with access shafts.
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EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
I think you are thinking of different hydro wires than the ones that are in hydro rights of wayWaterloo region paid for the hydro lines to be buried so the LRT could travel along the corridor.
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timio
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2011: https://goo.gl/maps/ifvK8MkFVZk9CCZH8
2020: https://goo.gl/maps/ChKiSLYeaaqKtkFT6
Maybe fewer wires overall than Finch, but still the same concept.
smallspy
Senior Member
It has little to do with engineering, and everything to do with cost versus benefit. The technology already exists.
In fact, Toronto Hydro has buried sections of existing medium- and high-voltage corridors when the time came for renewal, as it made sense to them to do so.
Dan
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
Or remove the power lines from the corridor.
micheal_can
Senior Member
So, how do you do that? Those lines lead to somewhere that needs power.
sseguin613
New Member
Toronto’s Finch West LRT with Wade O’Leary, project Vice President - August 2021
In this video conversation with Wade O'Leary, Vice President of the Finch West LRT project, we discuss this important transit infrastructure project, that will connect people quicker than ever before in this heavy transit corridor, the line, the trains, and some of the unique design features of the line.
In this video conversation with Wade O'Leary, Vice President of the Finch West LRT project, we discuss this important transit infrastructure project, that will connect people quicker than ever before in this heavy transit corridor, the line, the trains, and some of the unique design features of the line.