Toronto Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown West Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

[Steve X]

Better than calling it "Doug Ford Memorial Union West"!!

Just call it Ford Nation Station.

 

[micheal_can]

Just call it Ford Nation Station.

Quite fitting considering that the riding went PC last election.

 

[Coolstar]

Just call it Ford Nation Station.

With a statue of Doug Ford at the entrance.

 

[Steve X]

With a statue of Doug Ford at the entrance.

With the colour scheme on floor and wall tiles in PC blue.

 

[W. K. Lis]

With a statue of Doug Ford at the entrance.

From link.

 

[Allandale25]

Tweets from reporters who were at Mulroney's speech just now.

• Mulroney says government will require owners of property adjacent to transit projects to require permits for work that could affect transit. Mulroney says government will require owners of property adjacent to transit projects to require permits for work that could affect transit.
• New law would require builders to acquire a permit for any development that could interfere with transit construction;
• Metrolinx to be given new powers to coordinate utility relocations;
• New authority to assemble land for transit projects - presumably, changes to expropriation law;
  • Minister says government will “modernize” the process of assembling lands for transit projects (read expropriation). She says property owners’ rights will still be respected.
• Also, changes to environmental assessment law to smooth the way for priority transit projects.
  • Minister says the current environmental approval process “does not offer the flexibility needed” to get transit built quickly. Changes coming, but this “does not mean that we intend to relax any environmental protections.

 

[urbanyimby]

New official webpage:

Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

Extending the Eglinton Crosstown LRT 9.2 km farther west into Etobicoke and Mississauga.

www.metrolinx.com

 

[Coolstar]

New official webpage:

Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

Extending the Eglinton Crosstown LRT 9.2 km farther west into Etobicoke and Mississauga.

www.metrolinx.com

So basically the website suggests the line is going to Renforth initially with the connection to Pearson being done later.

 

[cplchanb]

New official webpage:

Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

Extending the Eglinton Crosstown LRT 9.2 km farther west into Etobicoke and Mississauga.

www.metrolinx.com

Wow I'm actually very disappointed by their lack of urgency on this project... 10 YEARS for short extension?! By their standards 10 will turn to 15 years minimum

 

[sixrings]

Much better than the Miller administration but let's get on with it and build.

 

[sixrings]

Wow I'm actually very disappointed by their lack of urgency on this project... 10 YEARS for short extension?! By their standards 10 will turn to 15 years minimum

Takes time to grade separate. Doing it the right way. The Ford way.

 

[cplchanb]

Takes time to grade separate. Doing it the right way. The Ford way.

You'd think that they would've applied lessons learned from ect to find shortcuts and optimizations.....the project timeline is almost the same as the current one. And they dont even need to tunnel much

 

[sixrings]

You'd think that they would've applied lessons learned from ect to find shortcuts and optimizations.....the project timeline is almost the same as the current one. And they dont even need to tunnel much

Hard to think straight after eating all that gravy

 

[W. K. Lis]

10 years for what should be an easy surface extension to an existing line.

How many subways did Madrid build in that time??

See the Madrid timeline at this link.

 

[cplchanb]

10 years for what should be an easy surface extension to an existing line.

How many subways did Madrid build in that time??

China could do Beijing to Shanghai hsr over 3 times over in 10 years...... fail