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On today’s GO ride I noted a couple things in progress - Strachan to Parkdale: continuing work on telecom conduits and bridges...

The final south base section of the bridge is now in place, so the two halves of the bridge are now connected, at least on one side...

Sorry but I think this is not the Don Bridge. Those look like precast concrete segments after they've been epoxy'd together not steel...

But are they economical? What capacity to move people is delivered per $1M expended? And, how much land do they use up that could be...

That may be the whole point. Who knows.

The new Halton Region Integrated Master Plan has projected 2051 populations for Milton and Halton Hills of 455k and 169k. With this...

Halton Region has published an Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan for the period to 2051. It covers water, wastewater, regional...

While that would certainly help, its frankly possible to move much, much faster than they are without that degree of pain and...

Hopefully we get a new provincial government in a few years that sees value in regional rail and revives the original plans of GO...

I believe he (and his government) are a large part of the cause. They view announcements as success

Meanwhile we have the Sheppard Subway expansion waiting for years to be financed. and which would actually benefit Toronto.

Except Pearson isn't at capacity, and Hamilton makes a lot more sense as a relief valve airport than BB, which is inherently an...

so anywhere between 2051 and infinite future?

Once the USEP project is complete, all Lakeshore (East & West) trains (& some Via trains) will operated from its new platforms, freeing...

Unless the plan has changed, platform widths are supposed to double with 2 times the vertical accesses.