Asterix
Active Member
Where will they start to dig for the underground portion?
Slide 11:
http://www.toronto.ca/involved/proj...n_lrt/pdf/2009-11-20_display_panels_part1.pdf
Where will they start to dig for the underground portion?
Yeah, I've noticed electronic signs for soil samples on and off somewhere around Eglinton and Leslie. The last time I saw one was actually this past week.Looks like things are still moving forward despite Ford declaring a halt.
I noticed a truck at Eglinton/Dunfield today with 'Transit City - Eglinton Crosstown' clearly marked on it. More drilling I presume.
Yeah, I've noticed electronic signs for soil samples on and off somewhere around Eglinton and Leslie. The last time I saw one was actually this past week.
I truly hope that Ford leaves the Eglinton Xtown LRT alone, or even improves it.
Yeah, IIRC, they kinda hinted at that earlier, shortly after the election. Glad to see confirmation of that.Well, from what Karen Stintz has to say, it looks like the underground portion of the Eglinton LRT will likely not need to be reviewed. Whether or not Ford sacrifices it for his Sheppard extravaganza is another question.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ncerns-of-new-ttc-chair/article1836559/page2/
Yes but the reason I said that is because I figure he'd "compromise" there for LRT because money has already been spent, and it's still like a subway. This would leave it open for further surface LRT expansion in the future, or else future underground extensions later. He gets his "subway", but doesn't kill the LRT project completely.The whole point of building LRT is to have it run at the surface for a portion because that is where the real savings are. There is no point creating a network of underground LRTs... you might as well run shortened subway trains.
The future. Or so he might say.If the most expensive part of the Eglinton line is not cancelled, and money is lost for cancelling the Sheppard East contract, where is the money for the two subways to SCC going to come from?
The whole point of building LRT is to have it run at the surface for a portion because that is where the real savings are. There is no point creating a network of underground LRTs... you might as well run shortened subway trains. If the most expensive part of the Eglinton line is not cancelled, and money is lost for cancelling the Sheppard East contract, where is the money for the two subways to SCC going to come from?
You also have to remember that most of the money is provincial funding
Seeing as all the TC money is provincial, there's no reason the City can't use the money they were originally going to use to fund TC all on their own to add to the provincial portion and upgrade certain extensions to subway (Sheppard and the SRT).
Seeing as all the TC money is provincial, there's no reason the City can't use the money they were originally going to use to fund TC all on their own to add to the provincial portion and upgrade certain extensions to subway (Sheppard and the SRT).