lenaitch
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Not an industry expert but I will assume RR signal/communication cabling. You also occasionally see municipal and telco cabling and even water lines if they have an easement.
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
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crs1026
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Lots and lots of fibre optic. Some is used by the railway, but much more is telco. Big money for the railways to offer their rights of way as telecom corridors.
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KevinT
Senior Member
Kinda weird, because in Google satellite view it appears that it was already double tracked from Dublin St to the station. I guess the old track bed and bridge just weren't good enough, although the south span they dropped appears to be of the same design and vintage as the north span they're still using. Metrolinx works in mysterious ways.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
exactly back when most railroads were first built they had telegraph wires along them
crs1026
Superstar
There used to be a siding with the west switch in the weeds around Dublin, but that track was indeed old and beyond further use. GO did renew the east end of that siding, in the platform area, a number of years back. More recently, when they rebuilt the main line they tore out the west end switch so the siding became a stub track. The current work will eventually extend the stub all the way west to Hanlan.
Going even further back, there were once four tracks at the depot and two mainline tracks (for eastward and westward movements) all the way to the old Guelph Jct, .... the second track was downgraded from a main line in late 1962-early 1963, and later removed west of Dublin.
I can't speak to the condition of the bridges or how much these needed fixing.
- Paul
Allandale25
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Northern Light
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Key bits and bobs:
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There's also some info on parks, plantings and the noisewall.
Towered
Superstar
Has there ever been talk of extending the Railpath northward?
robmausser
Senior Member
Yes it was part of the 2012 bikeways expansion program
the 2016 revision
and the TCRA 2018 Draft Trail Strategy
The 2012 plan has it continuing along Black Creek, while the TCRA seems to want to connect it to the Humber trails
StealthyArrow
Active Member
Milliken GO Station Construction, from July 25th
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
From a Metrolinx newsletter. Heritage Road Layover (Kitchener Line) TPAP paused for Indigenous consultation.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Do you have link or date of the newsletter? I thought I was on all the lists but I can't find a newsletter with that update.
crs1026
Superstar
It’s on the ML Engage website. See here.
FWIW, the area is subject to Treaty 19, the Ajetance Treaty.
PS - The draft EA report has an archaeological study and a cultural heritage study which make for interesting reading.
- Paul
FWIW, the area is subject to Treaty 19, the Ajetance Treaty.
PS - The draft EA report has an archaeological study and a cultural heritage study which make for interesting reading.
- Paul
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Allandale25
Senior Member
Given the amount of GO construction projects I can't recall a similar situation. I guess with the proximity to the Credit River it's logical. Will read the study Paul posted. I wonder if a similar situation will arise for the proposed Silver Grade Separation, somewhere between the Credit River and the Mount Pleasant GO station.
crs1026
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I can't see how the original Treaty in itself would create constraints... except that it falls into the same category as others where the Crown commited to pay $X per year in 1808 dollars in exchange for land, and the absolute dollars remain closer to their 1808 values.
The Assessment reports, however, appear to suggest that there are heritage considerations to this exact parcel of land that need further exploration. The proximity to the Credit, which was clearly a transportation corridor from pre-contact Indigenous days, might imply that this land has a past life that needs to be explored before we pave it over. There is also the issue of an adjoining cemetery.
I'm not that knowledgeable about how the depth of archaeology assessment of this EA might compare to other ML EA's. But certainly, ML is doing the right thing by stopping and collecting input, as opposed to pushing ahead.
- Paul