Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[TheTigerMaster]

I'm not surprised. Yesterday a 7-year old girl was struck and killed at the intersection of Millwood and McRae. Residents were saying it happened because of increased traffic on those streets from people trying to avoid Eglinton due to construction congestion.

Eglinton between Bayview and Laird isn't even going to have reduced lanes, is it? IIRC the report found that Eglinton along this portion was too skinny as is so Connects calls for killing off just the bus lanes for extended sidewalks and (on sidewalk) bike lanes.

I hope people aren't going to say that they don't want lane reductions on Eglinton because that will lead to more people driving on side streets and killing children :/

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Wow, that is progress!

We'll probably be stuck at Dufferin for a little while but things are progressing well. Will these TBMs go to digging the portion between Allen and Yonge or straight to Brentcliffe to begin that portion?

 

[innsertnamehere]

between Eg West and Yonge. The drive from Brentcliffe to Yonge will be done using different TBMs.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

I hope people aren't going to say that they don't want lane reductions on Eglinton because that will lead to more people driving on side streets and killing children :/

Someone said that today at the memorial for the accident victim.

 

[nfitz]

Someone said that today at the memorial for the accident victim.

Someone said what? That they "hope people aren't going to say"?

 

[edmundoconnor]

Wow, that is progress!

We'll probably be stuck at Dufferin for a little while but things are progressing well. Will these TBMs go to digging the portion between Allen and Yonge or straight to Brentcliffe to begin that portion?

The former. Two other TBMs are digging east toward Yonge.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

Someone said what? That they "hope people aren't going to say"?

That they don't wont people on the side streets in the central eglinton area.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

My problem is that the people have caused a non crisis again, just like with Transit City: nobody has a problem with a project, and then someone (Ford, disgruntled residents) start yelling in the camera, and then everyone thinks it's a major problem. The whole point of Eglinton Connects is to make Eglinton look nice, that's all.

 

[ehlow]

The current construction on Eglinton has nothing to do with Eglinton Connects. It's part of building an underground tunnel & stations.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

The current construction on Eglinton has nothing to do with Eglinton Connects. It's part of building an underground tunnel & stations.

I know, I just slamming the Eglinton Connects critics.

 

[ehlow]

I can't remember if someone already posted this, but I drove by the eastern (Brentcliffe) launch site and they've narrowed the road to two lanes, with lots of equipment.

So it looks like major work on the eastern launch shaft has started (or will soon).

 

[Roundabout]

At Yonge and Eglinton this morning:

 

[BurlOak]

I can't remember if someone already posted this, but I drove by the eastern (Brentcliffe) launch site and they've narrowed the road to two lanes, with lots of equipment.

So it looks like major work on the eastern launch shaft has started (or will soon).

1. The best plan here was to move the portal to the side of the road and maintain 4 lanes of traffic during construction.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Now that it is down to 2 lanes, it looks like this option is off the table. I imagine the launch shaft and headwall can still be moved south to allow for tunnelling to occur from the south side.
   
   
   
   
   
3. If they miss this opportunity, they will have to start tunnelling from this median location, but choose a different alignment (I believe they can handle 300m radius curves) for the tunnels to get to the "proper" alignment as soon as possible. Then it would require about 100m of the tunnel to be excavated and discarded and rebuilt with cut-and-cover at the south side location, possibly tighter than desirable curves (300m) to be built.
   
   
   
   
   
4. If the tunnelling has already started on this original alignment, then it would require about 120m of the tunnel to be excavated and discarded and rebuilt with cut-and-cover at the south side location, but with possibly tighter radius curves (300m) to minimize the amount of cut-and-cover required.
   
   

The real question is at what point will someone realize that there is $1B to be saved by connecting the SRT to the Eglinton line, instead of building Eglinton as an on-street LRT and serving STC by subway. Also, when will people realize that the fate of the DRL is most likely tied to Eglinton being a grade-separated line (without this, Metrolinx will use GO to relieve Y-B and not the DRL).

For this portion through Leslie, until they begin work on the Laird Station headwalls, it will undoubtedly makes sense to switch to the south side alignment. This is because the cross-over and pocket tracks could be moved from the middle of Eglinton at Laird to the south side near Don Mills - this construction savings would significant. Of course there will be some wasted money, but that is what happens when you put your head down and start constructing the wrong thing - instead of thinking first before you build.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

What do you mean $1b to be saved?

Wouldn't making Eglinton after Don Mills grade-separated (whether elevated or underground) cost a lot?

 

[BurlOak]

Sorry, I corrected it. meant it saves $1B (costs $500M more, saves $1.5B) compared to serving STC by subway.