ssiguy2
Senior Member
Having a ST spur off of the mainline to STS seems to be such an easy option and with the money saved they could elevate all the way to U, Scar.
Having a ST spur off of the mainline to STS seems to be such an easy option and with the money saved they could elevate all the way to U, Scar.
Tory will not introduce a longer / more expensive version of SSE for the council's vote if he knows the council is going to kill the whole project. He will introduce a baseline version, that has a better chance to pass.
Of course, there is a possibility that someone on the council puts forward a motion to cancel SSE, regardless to any modifications. This is more difficult procedurally, but not out of question. Or, the council may not take any initiative until the project is up to the final approval, and then vote it down instead of approving it. I doubt that either of these scenarios will happen, but they cannot be ruled out.
However, dreams of SSE-haters that the project will implode after the project team puts forward an untenable modification of the route, will not materialize. Such dreams are plain silly.
Tory allegedly favourited the the alignment that cost $600 Million more - that's why he pushed so hard for it to be included. He's since said that he's not going to announce a preferred alignment.
Having a ST spur off of the mainline to STS seems to be such an easy option and with the money saved they could elevate all the way to U, Scar.
Replace rapid transit running every 6 minutes with a spur off a heavy-rail line that runs only every 15 minutes? So what, the service on the spur would run every 30 minutes? And then most riders would have to still change at Kennedy to complete their trips? Even if SmartTrack runs 8 trains an hour instead of 4, you are still looking at one train every 15 minutes.Having a ST spur off of the mainline to STS seems to be such an easy option and with the money saved they could elevate all the way to U, Scar.
What do you mean? What's wrong with the ones they already hired? http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...zation_Station_Design_Services_Contract_F.pdf and http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...zation_Systems_Design_and_Management_Serv.pdfWell eventually when they do make up their mind I really hope that they will hire external consultants and project managers.
Wouldn't the management services contract they've already approved suggest they have learned from the past?The yus was a real cock up and they would be doing a huge disservice to the public and themselves by repeating it regardless of whether they can save money or learn from the past.
What do you mean? What's wrong with the ones they already hired? http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...zation_Station_Design_Services_Contract_F.pdf and http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...zation_Systems_Design_and_Management_Serv.pdf
Wouldn't the management services contract they've already approved suggest they have learned from the past?