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gweed123 said:
A finished station isn't creating construction noise, dust, and having trucks coming in and out.
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that still does not explain the difference between the 2 statements

"I think that 5 years is the opening date for the line, not the station itself. The station will probably be finished earlier, but it will likely sit empty until the line opens"

Plus why can't eglinton west and Mount Dennis get started at the same time as constructions on other LRT stations? This way bearing complications further east they can open the line from Mount Dennis to Eglinton west and the politician can have a ribbon cutting ceremony, then when the rest is done say to Yonge, another ribbon cutting ceremony and then when yonge to kennedy stations are complete another ribbon cutting ceremony This way 3 ribbon cutting for the same project. Lets not forget another one when it reach UTSC and then another at Pearson. That's 5 ribbon cutting ceremony from one line.

Is that not what they do now - commit to funding something, then commit the same funding for the same thing later in mandate when the funding never happened the first time and so on and so on
 
Palma said:
"I think that 5 years is the opening date for the line, not the station itself.
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Not sure what the issue is. The plan is for the line, and all the stations, to open the same day, in 2021 - about 5 years from now.

There is no plan to open any of the stations before the line opens - though I suppose it's not impossible that some new walkways at Eglinton, Eglinton West, or Kennedy might not open earlier.
 
Palma said:
that still does not explain the difference between the 2 statements

"I think that 5 years is the opening date for the line, not the station itself. The station will probably be finished earlier, but it will likely sit empty until the line opens"

Plus why can't eglinton west and Mount Dennis get started at the same time as constructions on other LRT stations? This way bearing complications further east they can open the line from Mount Dennis to Eglinton west and the politician can have a ribbon cutting ceremony, then when the rest is done say to Yonge, another ribbon cutting ceremony and then when yonge to kennedy stations are complete another ribbon cutting ceremony This way 3 ribbon cutting for the same project. Lets not forget another one when it reach UTSC and then another at Pearson. That's 5 ribbon cutting ceremony from one line.

Is that not what they do now - commit to funding something, then commit the same funding for the same thing later in mandate when the funding never happened the first time and so on and so on
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Remember the timeline?

http://www.slideshare.net/Crosstown...opportunities-information-session-november-24
Slide 15

Mount Dennis is a simple station, I don't know why you guys think it's difficult. It's almost at ground level so it will take a shorter time to construct. Mt Dennis and Science Centre which are along an alignment that is constructed by cut and cover would take significantly less time than the deep TBM stations. Cedarvale, Eglinton and Kennedy are the difficult ones. They'll take about 4.5 years.
The other stations would take 3 years or so. They won't start all the construction at one time cause that will screw up traffic for the entire corridor and they'll lack equipment to built everything at the same time. They'll do an assembly line process, start at Keelesdale and move east. Plus they will use Keelesdale Station as a pilot station so it'll go a little slower than the rest of them.

The elevated bridge across Black Creek would be done in 2018 and would stand empty for three years! The surface stops would be done in late 2019. We'll be staring at this LRT for a long time without trains.
 
Steve X said:
Remember the timeline?

http://www.slideshare.net/Crosstown...opportunities-information-session-november-24
Slide 15

Mount Dennis is a simple station, I don't know why you guys think it's difficult. It's almost at ground level so it will take a shorter time to construct. Mt Dennis and Science Centre which are along an alignment that is constructed by cut and cover would take significantly less time than the deep TBM stations. Cedarvale, Eglinton and Kennedy are the difficult ones. They'll take about 4.5 years.
The other stations would take 3 years or so. They won't start all the construction at one time cause that will screw up traffic for the entire corridor and they'll lack equipment to built everything at the same time. They'll do an assembly line process, start at Keelesdale and move east. Plus they will use Keelesdale Station as a pilot station so it'll go a little slower than the rest of them.

The elevated bridge across Black Creek would be done in 2018 and would stand empty for three years! The surface stops would be done in late 2019. We'll be staring at this LRT for a long time without trains.
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Oh, what a tease.

I hope they have public tours of the near-complete stations and stops as part of doors open Toronto.
 
cplchanb said:
they have to do better at construction coordination. every day lost to delays is money down the drain.
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Actually, they have been moving pretty steadily this drive. Wouldn't surprise me if they have some float left in the schedule.

- Paul
 
cplchanb said:
they have to do better at construction coordination. every day lost to delays is money down the drain.
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IIRC, the last update on the Bayview headwall construction suggested they had to go back and do some re-work. it's possible that someone screwed up
 
Looking at the maps... It kind of seems like a waste to have had 4 TBM's working on this line. The 2 coming from the East aren't covering much distance. They probably could've made out with just the two coming from the West.
 
The TBM's from the west will have a few months at Yonge & Eglinton as they remove them, piece by piece. Once cleared, the TBM's from the east will have their turn.
 
Tuscani01 said:
Looking at the maps... It kind of seems like a waste to have had 4 TBM's working on this line. The 2 coming from the East aren't covering much distance. They probably could've made out with just the two coming from the West.
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Not really. A couple of TBMs just cost around $30m, just a fraction of the whole project. We the same two TBMs are used for the eastern tunnell, the line would be delayed for another 2 years.
 
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