generalcanada
Senior Member
You missed the 2nd part of the reason why they decided against burying it.No problem agreeing with this part, as its 100% factual!
On this part, I will partially disagree; I maintain that the O/L should have been buried in this section, which would have avoided the need to eliminate Lakeshore East Express services and 15 minute weekday service for more than 4 years.
Additionally, I remain concerned by the non-OL portion of the corridor being limited to 4 tracks, this means VIA will not have an exclusive track, which in light of projected GO service levels by the 2030s will likely represent capacity constraints.
The cost to bury the O/L through Leslieville was only 800M according to Mx, or less than 200M per year of hassle eliminated.
It would add 2 years to the project.