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It turned out to be a fairly low-key, non-media and non-political affair — but it was still a lot of fun. Here’s a photo of me basking...

Not quite a discovery as it was there for all to see, in plain sight, for nearly a century.

They have to. You can't have two TBMs operating parallel to each other. The idea situation is that the second TBM follows through the...

The plan is to start one before the other but last start date announced is Spring, so we probably have another month+ of waiting.

There isn't much we can do to influence the pace of construction, it will be what it is. What can be influenced is being transparent...

Fair. But this is urbantoronto not the toronto stars opinion section. Lets try to keep thing in perspective or else the thread will...

If you would like to build like China, you would have to import their whole legal and political framework, as well as the workforce.

its not going to be completed faster than late 2032. we do in fact have evidence of delays especially at queen/yonge I wouldnt be...

Lol I did say early 2030s for a reason. Imo that means anything before 2035. Which means suggesting 2041 is waaay out of line with the...

Outside of an eglinton crosstown levels of delays ...2041 would be a joke. Ontario line is very much looking at an early 2030s...

The cutterhead as shown is dressed with a number of disc cutters (for scoring and breaking rock) and rippers (for scraping soft ground...

If you look at the cutting head, the cutting parts look symmetrical. That's because it's meant to break rock and soil in either...

BOTH! 🤓 The cutter head will rotate in alternating directions to dislodge soil and rock that gets carried out the back on a conveyer...

OK, this may be the nerdiest question of the day, but I will ask....does it turn clockwise or anticlockwise ? I'll be darned if I can...

Update from official Ontario Line social media Pix from post: