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PEC said:
Does anyone want to guess when traffic around Bayview/Eglinton and Allen Rd/Eglinton will be back to normal? I'm hoping and wishing for sometime in the Spring, but that's nothing more than a wild guess.
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They've started to remove the wooden roadway decking and backfilling the structure at Bayview. There are going to have to be a number of traffic shifts in order to finish all of it, but it looks like the end is finally in sight - at least in terms of traffic headaches.

The final road alignment still needs to be backfilled at the Allen, but considering how quickly they have been doing that elsewhere it shouldn't be too much longer before they're ready to think about moving the road back to the south.

Dan
 
W. K. Lis said:
Bad news. It will never look like Bayview and Eglinton in the 1950's again...

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Construction at the northeast corner of Eglinton and Bayview in 1952. The Power supermarket building is still standing--it's the Rexall pharmacy mentioned above in Sunnybrook Plaza. The Reitman's is long gone.

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Looking east on Eglinton from just east of Bayview in 1951. That's Howard Talbot Park and Leaside High School on the right. Today, the land on the left is home to strip plaza anchored by a Rexall pharmacy.

See link.
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That plaza on the NE corner is slated for redevelopment. It's been closed and fenced off for a couple of years. I'm sure the construction for that will cause traffic issues. I'm just glad they made the developers wait until the Crosstown is done!

And yes, they flipped the N-S traffic to the west side about two weeks ago. This has moved the pedestrian crossing tho the west side from the east. Hopefully just a few more months. The transfer from a wb bus to a NB bus is probably 200+ m right now
 
trtcttc said:
Is there a good reason why there’s so many types? Whether they use the international standard or their own made up one, at least pick a lane and stick to it. Also in that Google Street View, why do they need a light there? it’s a right of way with no intersection and no crossover tracks and no visibility issues.
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I don't know why they used so many different kinds, but if you zoom in to that streetview you'll see that it is on the approach to a trailing point crossover.
 
WillTo said:
Open in 2023.
2024 it will close again for a few months when they find defects à la Confederation Line.
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Nah I don't think so. The reason the Confederation line doesn't work as well is that those Alstom trains (they'll also be used on the upcoming Finch west LRT) were not meant to be used on that line. But the order had already been in so they had no choice but to use those trains. Because of this, the trains aren't equipped to deal with the high volume of ppl boarding the trains on the daily. This is why the doors would malfunction with derailments. Eglinton are using the Bombardier trains (which I'm not a fan of) and our line should be more tolerable to those trains.
 
Admiral Beez said:
Can‘t we do any transit project on time or on budget? We started construction of Eglinton Crosstown in 2011. Sometime in 2023 is more likely fourth quarter 23 or early 2024. How can it possibly take a dozen years or more to get this done?
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It's ABSOLUTELY embarrassing and crazy to think that this line could take this long. meanwhile China has been building different modes of train lines left and right. It's pathetic and it makes you think that we live in a 3 world country the way transit construction takes this long in Toronto.
 
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The REAL said:
It's ABSOLUTELY embarrassing and crazy to think that this line could take this long. meanwhile China has been building different modes of train lines left and right. It's pathetic and it makes you think we that we live in a 3 world country the way transit construction takes this long in Toronto.
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You really need to stop comparing us to China.

The fact is there are alot of different reasons why China builds things faster from lax labour standards to cheaper materials.

Canada and specifically Ontario have much higher standards, restrictive policies and very strict building codes. You couldn't do half the stuff you do in China and not get yourself sued a million ways from Sunday.
 
If you look at any developing country, the timeline and cost for infrastructure becomes more expensive and longer as the country develops. TTC’s line 1 (Union to Eglington) was built in 5 years. As worker’s wages rise, regulations improve, complexity increase, cost and timelines are going to increase too.
Not to mention, China is so dense that I doubt you’d find a subway line that has lower ridership than Eglington is projecting, anywhere in China.
 
Richard White said:
You really need to stop comparing us to China.

The fact is there are alot of different reasons why China builds things faster from lax labour standards to cheaper materials.

Canada and specifically Ontario have much higher standards, restrictive policies and very strict building codes. You couldn't do half the stuff you do in China and not get yourself sued a million ways from Sunday.
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A communist dictatorship wherein one can seize anyone’s property and ignore all environmental and safety laws, immune from litigation or oversight would make for speedy construction.
 
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