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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

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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...

Also, a look at the eventual escalators from the Line 1 platform down to the Line 5 mezzanine.

Lot of work happening on Eglinton Ave E this weekend while the east bound lane on Eglinton Ave W is now paved

It looks like the artwork (the black glass) was installed sometime this week!

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

From the July 2023 CLC presentation: Salvation Army site: https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1690477334/Images/Metrolinx/Eglinton_-_Mt_Pleasant_CLC_-_July_12_2023.pdf

Eglinton Station: Salvation Army building: Source: https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1690477334/Images/Metrolinx/Eglinton_-_Mt_Pleasant_CLC_-_July_12_2023.pdf

The crosstown website has (finally) been relaunched. Now under Metrolinx's website: https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/eglinton-crosstown-lrt/what-were-building Construction notices can be found under "Get Involved" -> "Community Notices"

https://mailchi.mp/5b025424f767/traffic-configuration-change-at-yonge-street-and-eglinton-avenue-as-early-as-thursday-august-3-2023?e=634bf1b52b

From the city's Eglinton TOday newsletter: In our update last month, we communicated that staff would provide a project update to the Infrastructure & Environment Committee (IEC) on June 5, 2023 (today) followed by a full report for approval in the fall. Metrolinx has not completed finalizing...