allengeorge
Senior Member
Is this additional bridge funded though?
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turini2
Active Member
Classic Metrolinx. The omission of information gets people worried that plans have changed/parts dropped. Open and honest communication would help them a long way...
Good to hear the bridge is still planned.
robmausser
Senior Member
This unfortunately makes it way easier to cancel the pedestrian bridge though, because its not structurally integrated into the Ontario Line one.... so that kinda sucks.
Tunafish13
Active Member
What is the current timeline for this project? Seeing the Scarborough extension break ground made me wonder what the current progress is for this project as well.
EddyMCD
Active Member
I think they originally said 2027 but that basically seems impossible. I'm assuming the new target will be 2030, with actual opening date in 2031 or 2032. I believe early works have already begun at Exhibition Place.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Exhibition Early Works aren't supposed to start until September, but it will mark a start of construction.
I believe the Lakeshore east contract will be initiated in 2022 for early works along the rail corridor, with the full southern stations contract starting in 2023.
I believe the Lakeshore east contract will be initiated in 2022 for early works along the rail corridor, with the full southern stations contract starting in 2023.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Northern Light
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From the above link:
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ So I guess with that last imagine the portal will start to the north of the station platform and be on a curve. Totally possible of course but I guess I'm just used to mostly seeing them be linear.
Allandale25
Senior Member
@Steve Munro 's latest post on a topic that's been discussed here. He spoke with the Metrolinx team:
stevemunro.ca
Raising the Rails in Riverside: Metrolinx Comments
In a recent article Metrolinx Plans Major Grade Change on Lakeshore East Corridor I noted that a new set of drawings had appeared in the Ontario Line Neighbourhood Update, East web page showin…
stevemunro.ca
AlvinofDiaspar
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Coolstar
Senior Member
I found this the most interesting actually. The TTC is protecting an extension of the Dundas Streetcar to Gerrard Stn via Dundas and Carlaw St.@Steve Munro 's latest post on a topic that's been discussed here. He spoke with the Metrolinx team:
Raising the Rails in Riverside: Metrolinx Comments
In a recent article Metrolinx Plans Major Grade Change on Lakeshore East Corridor I noted that a new set of drawings had appeared in the Ontario Line Neighbourhood Update, East web page showin…
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Allandale25
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Kitsune
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@Steve Munro 's latest post on a topic that's been discussed here. He spoke with the Metrolinx team:
Raising the Rails in Riverside: Metrolinx Comments
In a recent article Metrolinx Plans Major Grade Change on Lakeshore East Corridor I noted that a new set of drawings had appeared in the Ontario Line Neighbourhood Update, East web page showin…
Interesting that the TTC is considering routing the Dundas streetcar to the new Gerrard station. That makes a ton of sense.
Northern Light
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@Steve Munro 's latest post on a topic that's been discussed here. He spoke with the Metrolinx team:
Raising the Rails in Riverside: Metrolinx Comments
In a recent article Metrolinx Plans Major Grade Change on Lakeshore East Corridor I noted that a new set of drawings had appeared in the Ontario Line Neighbourhood Update, East web page showin…
Further to new info being gleaned here.............:
That's a considerable added cost in scope that was not in the original proposal.
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As to the idea of the Dundas Car to Gerrard Station.....from a POV of meeting the needs of riders of that route, the benefit is probably low; the benefit for the TTC is alleviating overcrowding at Broadview Station.
I expect that there has been at least some, back-of-the envelope consideration to how Broadview would function with yet another route (Broadview extension demands its own streetcar route); and a possible connection to service on Cherry.
I've talked w/some knowledgeable people and the general consensus is that 'fixing' Broadview would not be cheap. It wouldn't be Bloor-Yonge expensive, but it could well involve partial reconstruction of the station.
Shifting Dundas to a new routing might represent a cost savings by reducing the scale of such work, deferring such work, or possibly eliminating it all together.
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Of note, there is a trunk sewer under Carlaw and that might impact on construction of new track work.
I think any connection via Carlaw would all but ensure connecting track to Queen were also built for redundancy.