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I remain optimistic about a 2026/2027 opening date as the station construction really should not be that intensive. Recent at grade/open cut stations on the Finch LRT and GO infill have progressed quickly and I don't see building the station box around the tracks taking over a year of actual...

Perks must be giving staff the evil eye for them to have thrashed this project so thoroughly. Mandating parking spaces on greenfield infill on Queen Street is something I thought we stopped doing before the fall of the Berlin Wall! Then they give the whole project a major haircut, delay it by...

I agree and it seems that the current station redev plans are getting the station up to accessibility requirements and improving the platforms, while waiting for a proper station redo ala Mimico or Main Street GO. The thing is, any big project will be difficult to fit as long as the Legion...

There will be, but for people east of Cherry Street it will likely be quicker to walk to East Harbour, especially if they are taking a GO only trip.

I am not great at understanding the engineer docs, does it depict new pedestrian/road connections across the Don? At the moment accessing the future station site from Corktown means an uncomfortable walk over the Eastern or Lake Shore bridge. A ped bridge next to the old Eastern Avenue bridge to...

What happened?!? I'm too young to have really understood in the moment what happened during the G20 protests put this is the first im hearing of the cops kidnapping TTC employees. Hardly shocked smh

This is an insane project, for a plot of land to go from grass field to a 60 story tower is something that can only happen a few place in the world, Toronto being one of them.

Sorry the debate has confused me slightly, is the expropriation of these homes a real possibility or is it something simply being advocated for?

Wow the fact this is even being proposed in Forest Hill is a very positive sign, assuming the local councilor doesn't try to kill it

Wonder when we will start seeing less townhouse developments in the downtown west neighbourhoods and more towers/midrises as has started in the east end. Likely not worth it for developers to fight staff and residents until the province approves the MTSAs.

I very much hope you are right, I was wondering when someone in council would mention the current collapse of the King corridor, as the track detours seems to have pushed the 504 to a point of unusability. A Chow lead council has seemed quite able to pass good motions, especially in contrast...

Does anybody know if this has a real chance of passing or if its a largely symbolic motion?

Exactly, distant neighbourhoods need rapid transit, with the capability to go 'express' through many intermediate neighborhoods to access the core quickly. What exactly that will look like I don't know, but it needs to play a similar role to the triple/quad track subways that enabled the new...

Stunning photos, I have never seen a shot of the west end from this angle and elevation before!

I would love to see a scrapping of EELRT for real rapid transit, as if it gets built the very underserved neighbourhoods in eastern scarborough will be stuck with the inadequate mode for decades

This seems like something Morley would be sympathetic too, though I honestly doubt she would push through the central section seeing as it would likely mean some very wealthy people lose their exclusive ravine access.

If Rick Leary deceives me once again.....

Notice how that's literally not what I was talking about? 407 station is good and a necessary midblock stop on the way to VMC. However we could have built it, and most of the York extension elevated, saving billions of dollars. Don't obfuscate my point with the notion i'm somehow opposing...

I think this approach is outdated and a bit too partisan. After all who has planned and began construction on the first major chunk of elevated rail in Toronto since the RT opened in 1985 and the Bloor West extensions in the 1960s? The TTC and Toronto City Council had absolutely abandoned at...

Supporting the weight of a train and track requires much less concrete than preventing a tunnel with 50ft of dirt and stone above it from collapsing. And from an overall carbon perspective, the amount of gas burned in order to tunnel bore and excavate is immense compared to building what is...