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Thanks. I've seen a few developments with this issue and know it can be serious. I just wonder how much leeway CN would have here given the provincial infrastructure at issue, as well as the development which is subject to a deal between the developer and province. I suspect there are already...

OK, fair. It's not my area of expertise. I'm not sure how the new grade of the TOC development impacts this or how CN /MTO would figure out costs of reinforments. But it's not impossible, is the main answer, I guess.

But.. No. It doesn't cost less. On Yonge is in a tunnel with an underground station. Two of em. This is above grade, including the station. Two of em. It's why they shifted the alignment. It's spelled out in the Star article and IBC that they picked the cheapest option (sacrificing some...

Again, urban growth center since 2006. Original subway plan was 2007 and all the realignment did was move the penultimate station from the edge to the centre. It's not surprising, I don't think, that landowners in a UGC (who already had most lot the site) consolidated their holdings in the...

Mmm, I think someone else posted this map before but CN's ROW is definitely not 250 ft. A quick measurement shows it as less than 35m and when you keep in mind that structures - like buildings and highway abutments - have proximity requirements (usually 30m, I believe, from the tracks) I...

CN has a lot of juice. If they wanted to leave room for a 3rd track, I doubt they'd let Metrolinx take the ROW. Maybe one day they'll regret it but that seems like a pretty long-term issue, if at all.

I think this may be the key point. I mean - let's be honest. If you were building this community from scratch, you would have stuck the subway stationi n the middle all along. It was a flaw of the original alignment that it stayed along Yonge and it always presented something of a challenge for...

I think you're still mixing cause and effect. The Bridge TOC area was already an urban growth centre and going to get huge density, no matter where the station was. (High Tech too) The alignment shift didn't give them more density, the TOC deal did. What happens with the housing market etc is...

I think we're mixing and matching and confusing the timeline here. There was a funding envelope. They selected the cheapest option, which provided for 3 stations (Steeles, Bridge, High Tech) and one more, subject to further evaluation. That ended up being Clark. Royal Orchard was later, on the...

I guess I can't evaluate that claim without evidence of the cost (either of the planned terminal or your alternative) but that intersection is not well-suited to a bus facility and none was contemplated in the prior plans and we're talking about slivers of provincial land so... Maybe. But I'm...

Yeah. I agree with everyone above who sees this article as much ado about nothing. The route alignment info has been public forever and they selected the cheapest option, which made sense in the context of the directive being to get within the funding envelope. Two aboveground stations is a lot...

Why would you sacrifice limited developable land for a station? It makes sense that there was some minor horse trading to consolidate the site when the developer and province signed whatever their deal is.

I mean, they have just completed a massive renovation of the stadium so I don't know by what logic they would "keep focusing on the stadium experience." Obviously undertaking this was one the things Shaprio was hired to do. Equally obviously, it's a safe bet they don't want attendance to tank...

Its worth a lesson to Mike Wilner's Deep Left Field Podcast this week. He talks with Geddy Lee about a whole bunch of fascinating stuff but Geddy takes some solid shots at the front office and talks about how the new clubs and seats are nice but the price increases were so steep that even he...

The area he shows st 8:20 is not a premium area. It's the new, field level accessible area though it sure is interesting that, as far as I can tell, there is one person with a walker and no one else who needs to be sitting there. This is something I've noticed in general and it's pretty...

It officially (but quietly) opened last week.

It's hard to to tell from that thread if Rogers/Blue Jays screwed up or Ticketmaster. And he can't be the only one who bought those tickets... but he's certainly got the profile to bring attention to it.

Sounds like there are still some kinks being ironed out with the new accessible seating options...

The Jays website has one of those things where you can swipe and see before/after. Pretty fun! You can really see how huge the difference is down the lines. Oh, and there are multiple views...

This is a good point but I think it's a failing of the Provincial policy, not the TOC program. The Province passed MTSA policies and has left municipalities in the lurch ever since, effectively. They don't even need to do an MZO, just put in the Growth Plan (and/or PPS, depending what they're...