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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

Anyone want to speculate on what this press conference will be about tomorrow?

April 2, 2017

Mayor Crombie to Join Minister of Transportation for an Announcement

Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation, Peter Milczyn, MPP for Etobicoke – Lakeshore and Yvan Baker, MPP for Etobicoke – Centre, will make a transit announcement. They will be joined by Michael Wolczyk, Metrolinx Vice President, Corridor Infrastructure.

Date: Monday, April 3, 2017

Time: 1 p.m.

Location: Kipling GO Station – 27 St. Albans Rd. Toronto

Parking: If travelling by vehicle, limited parking is available in the Kipling Station Passenger Pick-up.

Note: This is an outdoor location beside Subway Crescent.
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Allandale25 said:
Anyone want to speculate on what this press conference will be about tomorrow?
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No, but curious by omission is a federal rep or MP. It will be incremental at best....anything for Il Duce to preen himself to the proletariat.
Allandale25 said:
Maybe the improvements to the Canpa Sub will come up as well.
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That would be yet another preening exercise for His Excellency with Toronto mandarins.
 
denfromoakvillemilton said:
Kipling station expansion most likely.


Milton line expansion hopefully.
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VP Corridor Infrastructure for a station expansion? I guess it's not the worst fit, but a bit odd. I might expect some details, potentially, on application of the federal funds (or, rather, the provincial funds freed up by the federal contribution), maybe some news on the Milton line in general, plus the Canpa sub improvements.
 
Allandale25 said:
Maybe the improvements to the Canpa Sub will come up as well.
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Megaton327 said:
VP Corridor Infrastructure for a station expansion? I guess it's not the worst fit, but a bit odd. I might expect some details, potentially, on application of the federal funds (or, rather, the provincial funds freed up by the federal contribution), maybe some news on the Milton line in general, plus the Canpa sub improvements.
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I hope so. The Liberals want to stay in, they need Mississauga and Milton. All day service via an agreement with CP Rail is much better than another station.
 
Won't be anything big to Milton, only two Toronto MPPs attending.

It will be interesting to see whether they are already repurposing the money freed up from RER thanks to the Ottawa announcement.

- Paul
 
Allandale25 said:
Anyone want to speculate on what this press conference will be about tomorrow?
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New station locations and the money to build them? There were a few location considered on the Milton line in Etobicoke and Mississauga: (East Mall or West Mall, Cawthra-Dundas, and Trafalgar).

Kirby Station was approved last week. It may not have been the only one.
 
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Lakeshore West Corridor Project
  • This component includes the construction of approximately 9.7km of new track and required grading between Burlington Station and West Harbour Station along the Lakeshore West GO Transit corridor.
  • Work also involves two new grade separations, train layover facilities and bridge and station modifications.
  • Federal contribution: $196,547,500
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What is this talking about exactly? Only King was at-grade recently but that separation is done.

Train layover; is this at West Harbour?

Station modifications: perhaps for through trains east to Confederation station?
 
DonValleyRainbow said:
What is this talking about exactly? Only King was at-grade recently but that separation is done.

Train layover; is this at West Harbour?

Station modifications: perhaps for through trains east to Confederation station?
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The second grade separation was at Valley Inn Road, which is mostly used by pedestrians and cyclists.
 
ShonTron said:
The second grade separation was at Valley Inn Road, which is mostly used by pedestrians and cyclists.
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Valley Inn Road was never not grade separated.

The two grade separations are at Burloak Dr. - for which an EA is currently underway - and at Kerr St., for which an EA has already been completed but funding had not yet been earmarked.

The "train layover facilities" are likely in relation to the new yard at Lewis Rd. as well as the upgrades to the layover at Hunter St.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.
 
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