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Tuscani01
Senior Member
I experienced that first hand last night. Not a fun drive at all.
TO City of Light
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drum118. Great video.
Itself alone, it explains why Toronto is Toronto - good and bad.
Thanks.
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Itself alone, it explains why Toronto is Toronto - good and bad.
Thanks.
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metroland
New Member
I wish someone told me this last week.... ughhhhhhhh. Nightmare.
drum118
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Second_in_pie
Senior Member
drum118
Superstar
Maybe to Oakwood by fall.
The main item is to get the main intersections done first with building the track between them as the concrete base get pour.
The first section of rail will be between Chrostie and Wychwood in the next few weeks.
I have to look at the photo's for Phase III as it looks like more condute piping been place for this section.
They are only working on the ROW and not the sidewalks at this time compare to the other phase. Sidewalk was been done first or just ahead of the ROW.
It will take time to get the platforms built as you will have to cut the existing sidewalks first.
CharmAlarm
Active Member
There's a good update on Steve Munro's website here:
http://stevemunro.ca/
http://stevemunro.ca/
drum118
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Saw a notice yesterday advising business about the waterline and it said work will be done by the end of April.
The waterline work is to go to Dufferin St, but the work is only to Alberta Ave and it has taken 5 months to get there from Vaughan Rd.
Arlington intersection will be done by the weekend, making it the 3rd to be done this month. Winona is next follow by Alberta and the Oakwood. Oakwood will take more time as switches will have to be install
The contractor is making good time and in the time frame I see him getting to Oakwood.
Once the intersections are done, the fill in between them will take place with some of that taking place now.
Work is taking place in Phase 3 done last year to the point new sidewalks have been torn up as well the road with asphalt in place at this time. Tree covers are been install with more fancy light fixtures. A lot mor fixtures than what was there before construction took place.
Over in Phase IV, waterline work as well hydro work taking place.
OH!! there was a Fire Chief Meeting taking place where the new construction was taking place and the group were point to the road.
The waterline work is to go to Dufferin St, but the work is only to Alberta Ave and it has taken 5 months to get there from Vaughan Rd.
Arlington intersection will be done by the weekend, making it the 3rd to be done this month. Winona is next follow by Alberta and the Oakwood. Oakwood will take more time as switches will have to be install
The contractor is making good time and in the time frame I see him getting to Oakwood.
Once the intersections are done, the fill in between them will take place with some of that taking place now.
Work is taking place in Phase 3 done last year to the point new sidewalks have been torn up as well the road with asphalt in place at this time. Tree covers are been install with more fancy light fixtures. A lot mor fixtures than what was there before construction took place.
Over in Phase IV, waterline work as well hydro work taking place.
OH!! there was a Fire Chief Meeting taking place where the new construction was taking place and the group were point to the road.
Earlscourt_Lad
Active Member
Does anyone know what weight rail they are using?
Second_in_pie
Senior Member
I agree with you there Drum: they do seem to be making quite good time now. It won't be long now before they get to Dufferin 
I have no clue what weight rail they're using.
I have no clue what weight rail they're using.
Automation Gallery
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I agree with you there Drum: they do seem to be making quite good time now. It won't be long now before they get to Dufferin
TTC expansion no 'incredible day'
For if the colossal St. Clair dedicated streetcar line disaster is any indication of the TTC's "best work" -- both technically and fiscally -- I'm not sure yesterday's announcement is the "incredible day" for Toronto the mayor thinks it is.
I'll return to the never-ending saga of the 6.7-km St. Clair dedicated streetcar line, which was supposed to take two years to finish (in 2005) and cost $65 million. But as of this date, there are still 4 km yet to be completed and passengers are forced to take a configuration of streetcars and buses to negotiate the route. Some businesses on St. Clair have been forced to shut down after putting up with construction for years.
The current tally? I'm told it has cleared $100 million, but no one can really say for sure because the costs are buried in a variety of city and TTC accounts.
When I asked Miller if these lines could become another St. Clair project, he said flatly "No."
http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/2009/04/02/8972146-sun.html
Irishmonk
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You can't make an omelette without cracking eggs, and city-building is no different. Typically, The Sun offers no alternatives, just the same tired rants against the "Socialists" who are trying to turn SUV loving common-folk into bike riding subway fetishists. This argument was tedious 20 years ago and it's even more ridiculous now. The shovels can't come soon enough.
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I came across that Sue-Ann Levy column yesterday and had a few good laughs. While there's a few points worth making (and have been made many times by other people), her "socialist" diatribes make her read like the worst of the comments in the Star and Globe websites.
confusion
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All I can say is blame the fanatic residents and storeowners. They are the ones that kept putting up roadblocks for the city. That's usually the reason when any city project falls behind, eventually dragging the budget with it.
Who in their right mind fights for street parking in a city this big. Increased commuter traffic has proven to bring good business.