Pape and Museum almost ready to go
The tender has actually been awarded for Museum.
Unfortunately the upgrade doesn't touch the mezzanine.
Its unclear whether the new second exit approved for the station will be built in keeping with the new theme.
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Pape has just had the conceptual design approved.
The report is available at the TTC website at this link.
www.ttc.ca/postings/gso-comrpt/
Highlights: Station to be tiled with 'artificial stone', ceiling at the platform level to be removed and the exposed roof and pipes painted. ( ed. note I hope this looks better than Sherbourne). Elevators are to be added, along with a new second exit from the platform level. Finally the busplatform is to be consolidated.
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Neither St. Patirck nor Osgoode have been tendered. I don't believe their final detailed design is yet approved ( I could be wrong).
There is a requirement that the Toronto Community Foundation contribute a minimum amount before the TTC will proceed (this has been done for Museum).
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Pape is not part of the cultural stations on the University line, but instead being upgraded as part of State-of-Good-Repair.
After Pape, Bloor-Yonge is next (lower level).
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Victoria Park and Islington are both recieve massive overhauls related to development proposals at those stations. Vic. Park should begin next year, at a cost of $26,000,000. They are demolishing the elevated deck, building a new ground level bus terminal, buidling a new entrance facing Vic. Park, adding windows to the subway platform level and making the station accessible.
Islington's new design isn't finished yet, but will involve replacing the current bus terminal, entrance and some parking facilities to make way for a new office tower, the new headquarters of SNC Lavalin.
