An update on the EglintonTOday complete street plans: original plan to present before city council's Infrastructure & Environment Committee delayed from next week to May 2, 2024. Installation is still projected for "summer 2024"...
Landscaping and electrical connection work to continue until at least late July:
https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1710522952/Images/Metrolinx/Eglinton_Station_-_Landscaping_and_Electrical_Works_until_late-July_2024_Updated.pdf
Crosslinx has a lot of faults but come on... is it reasonable to criticize them for not having planted trees in mid-February? The landscaping is coming:
"Ongoing through until approximately late-March 2024, crews at Eglinton Station will be performing landscaping restoration works on Yonge...
That's right. I was mistaken. Here's another view of the plans - although the current entrance appears to be outdoors in the future plan, or at least not part of the 2220 Yonge building. Maybe they're just tearing the north-side atrium down?
This map shows how the two entrances connect underground.
While there are two entrances for now, the current entrance will probably be demolished as part of the Canada Square redevelopment in the next few years. You can see that the building that houses the current south-west entrance will be...
There is no entrance at the Salvation Army Building. See these annotated maps from the Eglinton Station thread.
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-crosstown-lrt-eglinton-station-m-1s-metrolinx-arcadis.26480/post-2029907
Presentation says early 2024. This construction notice puts it until late January 2024.
https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1701886891/Images/Metrolinx/Eglinton_Station_-_Frequent_Traffic_Movement_-_Late_January_2024.pdf
The full progress update deck shown to the media last week is available here:
https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1702053262/Images/Metrolinx/FINAL_ECLRT_Briefing_Deck_-_Dec_7_2023.pdf
Text: Officials say one of the emerging issues that has come up with construction is new water drainage issues (something they say isn’t uncommon with deep tunnels). They say they’ve had to create new channels to redirect small water streams into drainage systems.
Text: We repeatedly asked...
New Eglinton CLC presentation just published on the website. Compared to previous presentations the estimated dates and durations are unusually specific. This is hopeful news:
https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1694640029/Images/Metrolinx/Eglinton_-_Mt_Pleasant_CLC_-_September_13_2023.pdf
New Eglinton CLC presentation just published on the website. Compared to previous presentations the estimated dates and durations are unusually specific. This is hopeful news:
https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1694640029/Images/Metrolinx/Eglinton_-_Mt_Pleasant_CLC_-_September_13_2023.pdf