Dan416
Senior Member
If only it were that simple.
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If only it were that simple.
Eug
Senior Member
Drivers warned to prepare for LRT construction woes
City officials may close some or all of the south end of the Allen Expressway during portions of the construction of an Eglinton Crosstown LRT station, located beneath the Eglinton West subway, with traffic diverted to Lawrence Avenue.
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Eglinton will also be reduced to one lane in either direction from Marlee Avenue to Glen Cedar Road, in the Upper Village shopping area.
Martin Maguire, a transportation services official, confirmed that various approached to closing the Allen were being reviewed, noting that the staff recommendation will go to committee and council in the first quarter of next year.
Mr. Maguire explained that the contractors require space to store building materials and equipment, while thousands of truckloads of excavated soil must be hauled away from the site, likely by way of the Allen. The north side of Eglinton is a city park and not suitable as a staging area.
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The entrance to the Keele Station, as well as a new bus circle, will be located on the current location of a car wash just north of Eglinton Avenue on Trethewey Drive.
The Caledonia station, meanwhile, will be connected to the platforms of a proposed GO train station on the CN rail corridor that cuts through the west end. The Bathurst station design, meanwhile, will be available for public consultation at an open house later this month, said Mr. Mihevc.
The document also includes a map of the Crosstown line indicating that Metrolinx is planning 20 stations along Eglinton, a possible extension to Jane Street and four on the Scarborough RT corridor, which will be converted to accommodate LRT vehicles.
City officials may close some or all of the south end of the Allen Expressway during portions of the construction of an Eglinton Crosstown LRT station, located beneath the Eglinton West subway, with traffic diverted to Lawrence Avenue.
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Eglinton will also be reduced to one lane in either direction from Marlee Avenue to Glen Cedar Road, in the Upper Village shopping area.
Martin Maguire, a transportation services official, confirmed that various approached to closing the Allen were being reviewed, noting that the staff recommendation will go to committee and council in the first quarter of next year.
Mr. Maguire explained that the contractors require space to store building materials and equipment, while thousands of truckloads of excavated soil must be hauled away from the site, likely by way of the Allen. The north side of Eglinton is a city park and not suitable as a staging area.
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The entrance to the Keele Station, as well as a new bus circle, will be located on the current location of a car wash just north of Eglinton Avenue on Trethewey Drive.
The Caledonia station, meanwhile, will be connected to the platforms of a proposed GO train station on the CN rail corridor that cuts through the west end. The Bathurst station design, meanwhile, will be available for public consultation at an open house later this month, said Mr. Mihevc.
The document also includes a map of the Crosstown line indicating that Metrolinx is planning 20 stations along Eglinton, a possible extension to Jane Street and four on the Scarborough RT corridor, which will be converted to accommodate LRT vehicles.
sixrings
Senior Member
maybe someone could finally just consider putting on proper on off ramps at lawrence and infill the land between lawrence station and eglinton west with condos.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Is the Metrolinx document available online?
Voltz
Senior Member
And yet Ford was only moaning and groaning about the disruption from surface LRT construction. Shows yet again how clueless he really is.
sixrings
Senior Member
im assuming the NEW ENTRENCE is for the lrt.
sixrings
Senior Member
is the new entrance going to be on the police parking lot.if so why not allow someone to build a condo here with the lrt entrance incorporated.
Amy Rose
Active Member
I think that the Keele station entrance should be located where the now defunct coffee time is along with the bus circle unless space is a problem
Palma
Senior Member
Will the Keele Station be right at Keele St and Eglinton or at Eglinton and Trethewey? Presently there is that dividing wall along Keele Street and Gore so that when driving south on Keele St you need to turn right on Gore and then go south on Trethewey before getting to Eglnton. Even if you are walking on Keele St on the West side you cannot get to Eglinton because of that wall unless you are on the east side of Keele St.. I think there should be a direct access to Eglinton from Keele. Keele St is divided up too many times..
It would not make sense for the people living near keele north of Eglinton to have to walk along Gore and then down Tretheway to get to Eglinton Station.
It would not make sense for the people living near keele north of Eglinton to have to walk along Gore and then down Tretheway to get to Eglinton Station.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Guess you missed the Environmental Assessment for the Eglinton LRT. Click on this link to download the PDF for options presented. All use Eglinton, Trethewey, and Yore for the Keele Street Bus Terminal. Some use a bit of Keele as well. The recommendation originally was for option 3, but is now subject to change.
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sixrings
Senior Member
just came back from eglinton crosstown meeting at beth shalom synagogue. the place was booming but sadly i think that out of maybe 200 people only maybe 5 supported the line. instead people were irate threatening to call lawyers because their neighbourhood was being "destroyed" like "st claire". the biggest concern was the construction. mostly this was because everyone at the meeting was a car driver. second concern was that the station at eglinton would eliminate any future potential of an extended allen. there will not be a left tunnel turning lane onto the allen because it was estimated to cost 40 million. however the big news out of joe mehivics mouth was that there was talk about closing the allen perminately from lawrence to eglinton. the reason this came up was because the province and the ttc realized they needed a place to store the dump trucks and also a place to dump the dirt. finally the residents were concerned that this would cause "working class" businesses to close. house of chan and halleluia restaurants will be bought to construct a entrance to the lrt. also the donut shop at bathurst and eglinton will be shut down and become a entrance.
Dan416
Senior Member
You'd think they'd appreciate that it's all being built underground
EnviroTO
Senior Member
They can't appreciate that because being completely underground underlines the fact that it is silly that this isn't a subway.
nfitz
Superstar
??? That's not the objection at all. They are all simply upset about the disturbance caused by building the station box at Eglinton West. Same way everyone was so upset when the Yonge subway line was built.
k10ery
Senior Member
The people who support it haven't moved to the neighbourhood yet.