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Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

W. K. Lis said:
There will be crossover tracks at Cedarvale Station (Eglinton West Station) with Line 1. Open the section between Mt. Dennis and Cedarvale until the problem with Eglinton Station is rectified. Basically, a modified Eglinton West Subway (see link).

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Cedarvale won't be ready by next year, so why bother
 
W. K. Lis said:
There will be crossover tracks at Cedarvale Station (Eglinton West Station) with Line 1. Open the section between Mt. Dennis and Cedarvale until the problem with Eglinton Station is rectified. Basically, a modified Eglinton West Subway (see link).

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unfortunately thats a bit too optimistic of a plan for toronto unfortunately... ?
 
Wait till the other shoe drop about the budget. Anyways, there probably isn't a huge point in opening any stretch of the line independently when the central portion isn't ready.

AoD
 
Steve X said:
Originally claimed 2015 assuming it started right away. Which is believable as the TYSSE started main construction in 2011 and finished 2 years later in Dec 2017. It started a couple years late cause of funding issue too as utilities relocation started in 2008. They decided to spread out the cash flow and build the tunnels first which is the main problem. P3 isn't the biggest issue.

Compare

TYSSE (2011-2017) 6 years:
Tunneling: 2011-2013
Station construction: 2011-2016 (death at York U and TTC mismanagement led to delays)
Station finishing: 2015-2017
Track installation: 2014-2016
First train testing: 2017
Opening: 2017

Crosstown (2013-2022?) 9 years:
Tunneling: 2013-2016
Station construction: 2018-2022?
Station finishing: 2019/2020-2022? (Mt Dennis+Keelesdale started last year)
Track installation: 2019-2021?
First train testing: 2019
Opening: 2022?

Now if the Crosstown was phased like TYSSE:
Tunneling: 2013-2015 (Buy 6 TBMs instead of 4, start all tunneling at the same time)
Station construction: 2013-2018 (Start tunneling along with station box construction)
Station finishing: 2017-2019
Track installation: 2016-2018
First train opening: 2019
Opening: 2019!

This takes in account of delays that they face at Eglinton as Downsview Park, York U and Pioneer Village had problems too. So if TTC were to build the line in the traditional way with funding of course, we'll be riding it now. Nevermind, I forgot there's no trains!

A 2025 opening for Eglinton West LRT to Renforth is totally possible. 2027/28 opening would be possible for the Ontario Line if they don't gown down the Crosstown path.
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I think 10 years of construction for 10 km of subway is just absurd. Especially thru a predominantly suburban environment
 
crs1026 said:
Crosstown won’t open on time? I’m shocked. Shocked!

Delays of this sort happen. The real story is in ML’s secretiveness and lack of transparency. ML seems to believe its own press releases.If they can just keep denying, it will open on time......

The thing to watch is how ML feeds its contractor to the press. The P3 process will be the victim.

No contractor is going to sign up for a P3 in the future without some very tight language and very large contingencies.

- Paul
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We’ve already seen that be a major factor in the Hamilton LRT and GO Electrification procurement. This might all indicate that IO’s preferred P3 model might not be viable anymore.
 
As Ben Spurr points out:

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So it looks like the province will use the Crosstown delay as justification for the legislation to streamline environmental assessments and other approvals.

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Wag the dog.

AoD
 
^Let’s see if they can actually connect the dots. Was the alleged 15 month late start due to lack of approvals? Sounds like that delay happened after the contract was let, ie not as a result of an “excessive” EA process. Similarly, did the contractor only achieve 84% of schedule because approvals were holding things up? Or was that attributable to other things - labour supply, materiels, engineering, logistics, discovery work?
I sure hope they aren’t saying they will speed up the design/engineering piece. Nobody wants a substandard design. So far, the politicians are the ones using napkins and crayons, the engineers are using proper tools.

- Paul
 
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crs1026 said:
^Let’s see if they can actually connect the dots. Was the alleged 15 month late start due to lack of approvals? Sounds like that delay happened after the contract was let, ie not as a result of an excessive EA process. Similarly, did the contractor only achieve 84% of schedule because approvals were holding things up? Or was that attributable to other things - labour supply, materiels, engineering, logistics, discovery work?
I sure hope they aren’t saying they will speed up the design/engineering piece. Nobody wants a substandard design. So far, the politicians are the ones using napkins and crayons, the engineers are using proper tools.

- Paul
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Don't let it be forgotten that they had years to burn for this project - by far the greatest delays are political and not construction in nature. They chose to proceed with tunnelling and not station construction concurrently; they chose to switch mid-stream to a P3, etc. The P3 getting delayed is of course just icing on the cake.

AoD
 
I think we knew kinda from day 1 that this delay was inevitable.

Now they can keep pushing the date further into 2022 and still claim they opened the line in "2022", even if that ends up being November or December. They have a full calendar year of breathing room.
 
p_xavier said:
On projects I work on for a transit company, about half of the timespan of any given project is put in for decision making (well, basically lack of decision making). Overreaching governance is a major issue in delays for public projects.
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I'll make a response to that next month, after I undergo a study on the ramifications of any response, both positive and negative.
 
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