innsertnamehere
Superstar
the stations with garages will likely have their remaining lots redeveloped.
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Bojaxs
Active Member
Main St. East grade separation next to Milton GO station;
Burlington GO station improvments;
Burlington GO station is becoming quite the hub. Especially when all those condos right next to the station get built.
Burlington GO station improvments;
Burlington GO station is becoming quite the hub. Especially when all those condos right next to the station get built.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I believe that grade seperation is a CP project, GO doesn't operate on those tracks.
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
Yup it's not a GO project, though it would be more accurate to call it a city of Milton project than a CP one. As its funded primarily by the city with some additional funding coming from the federal government. CP couldn't care less about grade separating that road.
DonValleyRainbow
Senior Member
Hope they protected for GO service to Cambridge!
drum118
Superstar
Looking at Burlington Station today after 2 months due to meetings been cancel, haven't miss much.
I would be surprise to see this new station and hub open before Sept considering its over a year late and miss the last update for April.
They are starting to get ready to install the roof with most of it enclose now. The bus area will only take a few weeks to complete.
Not all the buses currently using the north side will move over to the south side when part of it opens as they need to remove the old station section that still remaining, as well expand the hub area to the east and new sidewalks to the new stations
A total miss opportune has been miss by not having a platform built next to it as well access from the station.
I would be surprise to see this new station and hub open before Sept considering its over a year late and miss the last update for April.
They are starting to get ready to install the roof with most of it enclose now. The bus area will only take a few weeks to complete.
Not all the buses currently using the north side will move over to the south side when part of it opens as they need to remove the old station section that still remaining, as well expand the hub area to the east and new sidewalks to the new stations
A total miss opportune has been miss by not having a platform built next to it as well access from the station.
UWGrad09
New Member
Update on the Milton underpass:
http://www.insidehalton.com/news-st...street-underpass-partially-open-to-motorists/
http://www.insidehalton.com/news-st...street-underpass-partially-open-to-motorists/
innsertnamehere
Superstar
how the hell does a single grade separation cost $49 million? are they missing a decimal there or something?
nfitz
Superstar
A decimal place? $4.9 million?
The Sheppard East grade separation at Agincourt was $39.7 million 4 years ago - http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-31398.pdf And I think that the structure for that one was a bit simpler.
The number is the right magnitude.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
That's a typo.
drum118
Superstar
Now the election are over with Lib's in power, time to do some house cleaning at Metrolinx/GO Transit starting with the CEO and those who run these project.
Was in Burlington and reading the update notice and couldn't believe what I was reading as well seeing. The new Burlington station and bus terminal will not be ready until spring of 2015 due to the harsh winter we had.
Who every did this notice, who authorize it, who is running this project, should be shown the door, as this is a station, not an office tower. If it opens in the spring of 2015, that will be 2.5 years since work started on it, yet a mile away, a 14s apartment building that started a year after the station or so, will be completed this fall.
The roof is still not on this station, considering it should have been months ago and saw very few workers on site.
Even the West Toronto Diamond that had issues with the weather 100% went into service 2 months late, otherwise would been on schedule. Totally a joke and this is no small contractor doing the work.
Clarkson is still far from completion and carrying the standard 1+ year behind schedule torch. Other than the Georgetown-Kitchener Corridor expansion, I can't think of a GO/Metrolinx project that has come in on time or sooner. Everyone has been at least 6-18 months late.
Lets hope Wynne appoint someone for MTO who will force Metrolinx to clean up its act and start bring projects in on time and budget, otherwise she gone in 2018. I was told by someone of a comment made by the CEO and its either the standard BS he says in dealing with hot potatoes items or it really shows how little he knows about his system. I expect both and time he grows a backbone and move on.
Was in Burlington and reading the update notice and couldn't believe what I was reading as well seeing. The new Burlington station and bus terminal will not be ready until spring of 2015 due to the harsh winter we had.
Who every did this notice, who authorize it, who is running this project, should be shown the door, as this is a station, not an office tower. If it opens in the spring of 2015, that will be 2.5 years since work started on it, yet a mile away, a 14s apartment building that started a year after the station or so, will be completed this fall.
The roof is still not on this station, considering it should have been months ago and saw very few workers on site.
Even the West Toronto Diamond that had issues with the weather 100% went into service 2 months late, otherwise would been on schedule. Totally a joke and this is no small contractor doing the work.
Clarkson is still far from completion and carrying the standard 1+ year behind schedule torch. Other than the Georgetown-Kitchener Corridor expansion, I can't think of a GO/Metrolinx project that has come in on time or sooner. Everyone has been at least 6-18 months late.
Lets hope Wynne appoint someone for MTO who will force Metrolinx to clean up its act and start bring projects in on time and budget, otherwise she gone in 2018. I was told by someone of a comment made by the CEO and its either the standard BS he says in dealing with hot potatoes items or it really shows how little he knows about his system. I expect both and time he grows a backbone and move on.
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innsertnamehere
Superstar
TOareaFan
Superstar
Pretty chicken move to wait until after the election to say "that promise they are making can't actually happen".
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
No one is going to fault them for not being able to completely electrify the entire system in a decade - the important thing is getting started and keep working at it. Promising this much and trying to deliver it isn't my idea of chicken - not promising it because it is easier to do nothing is.
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