Palma
Senior Member
It does not seem to have changed that much from the last update, at least 2 weeks ago (not sure about the exact date).
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Johnny Au
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WislaHD
Superstar
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/0...-construction-along-eglinton-not-encouraging/
Apparently a sewer has been filled with cement....
Apparently a sewer has been filled with cement....
edmundoconnor
Active Member
Metrolinx was being decidedly ambitious when it decided to get everything done by 2020, and, apparently corners were cut. Not knowing which hole you're supposed to be filling with cement is failing a pretty basic test for a contractor. And they want *all* the stations built *at one time*, instead of in stages, as TTC suggested they should? Oh, boy.
It is telling that Jack Collins is not confirming that the project will be finished in 2020. 2022, here we come.
It is telling that Jack Collins is not confirming that the project will be finished in 2020. 2022, here we come.
ehlow
Senior Member
The sewer mistake is obviously a valid issue, but the reduced lanes & construction is something we need to tolerate if we ever want to build underground transit.
From my perspective, it's necessary. Our transit system needs to catch up and be expanded. We need more transit tunnels & stations built, both for this and other lines, and therefore we need to make it through the years of construction. I'll be personally experiencing this when the construction reaches central Eglinton.
mrxbombastic
Active Member
I took the article to be in a lot of ways, minus the contractor sewer flub, to be about whining local businesses who fought to get LRT construction in their neighborhood but now think suddenly it was a terrible idea. traffic lanes will be reduced. Metrolinx has taken careful cause to stage the pilings work to allow some traffic .get over it people its for the greater good in the end.
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
Well, the good citizens of Oakwood and Eglinton demanded a station, so they're going to get the ensuing mess that results when you build a station box.
Of course, had they just figured out that walking 400 meters to Eglinton West station isn't the end of the world, saves tens of millions of dollars in construction costs and time delays, and makes travel for everyone else about a minute faster, they wouldn't be in this predicament.
Karma.
Of course, had they just figured out that walking 400 meters to Eglinton West station isn't the end of the world, saves tens of millions of dollars in construction costs and time delays, and makes travel for everyone else about a minute faster, they wouldn't be in this predicament.
Karma.
ehlow
Senior Member
That's a very strange way of looking at it. They will be getting a transit station, so which actually a very good thing for the residents of Oakwood and Eglinton, not some punishment as you have implied.
As a resident who lives near Eglinton, I view the new transit line as a good thing for us and the transit system in general, and will likely raise property values along it. I'm totally fine with the construction because it will be well worth it. I want an LRT station near my home, and the construction that comes with it, I don't see it as a "predicament".
W. K. Lis
Superstar
One big problem Eglinton Avenue has is the lack of alternative routes around the construction. When they were building the initial Yonge Subway, Yonge Street was completely closed off to ALL vehicles, including the streetcars, during installation and removal of the decking. However, they at least were able to detour the traffic at least one, two, or a few short block to Bay Street, Victoria Street, and Church Street. Eglinton Avenue East and West does not have that "luxury".
At least this time the decking is only over the stations and not the rest.
At least this time the decking is only over the stations and not the rest.
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howl
Active Member
Why do they use a picture of the Hurontario LRT, with the caption "Project renderings for the future LRT at Cooksville, Eglinton and Dundas - Matthew Williams"?
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
Well, the punishment for the rest of us is that a station at Oakwood (and Chaplin, etc.) will only attract a few thousand walk on passengers but will cost tens of millions to build. It will also increase travel times for the vast majority of EC users. I'm not against the line, I'm against what I think are unnecessary stations. Then again, that ship sailed a long time ago, so me arguing about it on an internet discussion board is sort of moot.
The "karma" is that the residents who demanded this stop in their own interests now get to face the fact that you can't build a subway station without dealing with the dust, noise and disruption that subway construction actually entails.
ehlow
Senior Member
Well, there will be tons of construction to go around for everyone near Eglinton for the next 6 years whether there's a stop near by or further down, so, I guess, enjoy the "revenge" lol.
salsa
Senior Member
I would close the Sheppard line on evenings and weekends. The lack of riders I see there is cringeworthy.
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
I wouldn't abandon any existing stations, but if we were building these stations from scratch I wouldn't build any of them except Leslie because of its connection to a bus line along an arterial road.
Then again, I wouldn't have built the Sheppard line as a subway at all.