Aplus23
Active Member
Braking up the concrete with grass was an A+ decision. Small detail but made the world of difference if you ask me.
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cplchanb
Senior Member
is there an irrigation system to keep the grass from drying up within months or will there be crews driving down the mile spraying it down ?
Jonny5
Senior Member
From the comment about six or seven above: "To the east of it, there is more dirt in the ROW with sprinklers about 20' apart in the outside rail only for both tracks."
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drum118
Superstar
Photos 4-6 show the sprinkler head inside of the outside rail only. Its 180 by X which means one water the other track and the ROW by over lapping. I thought I got a good photo of the head and maker, but miss it.
Jimvee
New Member
if you look closly in photo 4 there looks to be a sprinkler head on the far side as well.
toronto647
Active Member
Kind of unrelated to the grass topic currently going on (which look great btw).... Is anyone else concerned about capacity issues on the Eglinton LRT within the end of the decade? Another 10 towers proposed a few days ago between 42-52 stories at eglinton and wynford. Also another development on the south west corner of don mills and eglinton got proposed yesterday (see link below) we don't know the number of towers but would be a safe bet it will be at least 10 of them considering the space there.
Ontario Line realistically won't be in place till early 2030s. Overcrowding on the Eglinton LRT will be the norm with perhaps busses during peak hours lol? I also guess they won't have an option and will need to make it grade separated with serious signal priority until Don Mills... we still don't know how many condos will be built on the South East of the intersection yet that development project is probably ramping up in the background before they submit their apps.
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Ontario Line realistically won't be in place till early 2030s. Overcrowding on the Eglinton LRT will be the norm with perhaps busses during peak hours lol? I also guess they won't have an option and will need to make it grade separated with serious signal priority until Don Mills... we still don't know how many condos will be built on the South East of the intersection yet that development project is probably ramping up in the background before they submit their apps.
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Stuffy Toronto office park to be transformed with more than 4,000 new homes
Nothing feels more like driving into or out of Toronto from the north like being flanked by hundreds of drab-looking corporate office buildings alo...
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drum118
Superstar
To be clear, each track outside rail has sprinklers that will water the other track and ROW at about 20' apart.
rbt
Senior Member
5000 residents in a location like that will only generate about 300 peak-hour trips in peak direction (based on Sheppard). The vast majority will be driving, travelling in other directions, travelling outside peak-hours, or not commuting regularly.
Also, you should be worrying about Yonge rather than Eglinton. Those who intend to use Eglinton LRT in peak direction and peak hour aren't going to be working at Yonge & Eglinton, they're making a transfer to downtown. Eglinton LRT usage will be naturally capped by passengers frustrated about Yonge line crowding; and as you mention the DRL will remove that passenger from both the peak-point of Yonge and Eglinton LRT.
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W. K. Lis
Superstar
The condensation from the light rail vehicles' air conditioning will also add some water to the grass.
crs1026
Senior Member
^Where other properties have green row’s - are they typically grass? As opposed to some other type of vegetation that tolerates that environment better and is easier to maintain?
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drum118
Superstar
The ones I saw in Europe had real grass
W. K. Lis
Superstar
It is illegal to use artificial grass on the front yard, since it is considered a "hard" surface by a Toronto by-law. Even if it includes proper drainage under it.
Voltz
Senior Member
But will there be a rail mounted lawn mower?
Richard White
Senior Member
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Think of the light rail vehicles as weed wackers. They'll mow the grass down, along with anyone else in the way.