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There looked to be some drilling going on at Thorncliffe Park and Millwood the past couple weeks. I will try and get a photo next time I drive by. This is where the line will cross the Don Valley and turn into the elevated section towards Don Mills Rd.
 
This is what I was seeing on Millwood Rd. @ Ovealea Blvd.
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Please make sure there are TWO elevators PER PLATFORM.

If using a centre platform, have two elevators. If using side platforms, have four elevators (two elevators for each of the side platforms).

If one of the elevators is out of service (maintenance, emergency, vandalism, etc.), hopefully the other elevator can still be used (crossed-fingers).

The following story is from 2018, six months after the Line 1 extension opened.

Woman in wheelchair feels 'shafted' over broken TTC elevator at new Vaughan station

From link.

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station has had a broken elevator ever since it opened 6 months ago (May 2018)

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An advocate for people with disabilities says she's "pissed off" that an elevator at the new subway station in Vaughan still isn't working, six months after it opened.

The elevator in question is the only one at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre that takes TTC customers to the area in the station where York Region Transit buses pick up and drop off passengers.

"The stairs for the able-bodied are open. They are great; people use them all the time," said Emily Daigle, who uses a wheelchair herself and has been been an advocate for accessibility for nearly 30 years.

"But people with wheelchairs? Nah, we're are out of luck," she said.
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"Yet again, we feel like second-class citizens because we pay the same fare that everybody else does, but we get shafted because literally we can't get up the elevator shaft," Daigle told CBC Toronto.

The TTC says the elevator has been shut down because of a water leak in the attached bus stop.
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It was supposed to be commissioned in December. Unfortunately, until we fix that leak we can't get the elevators up," spokesperson Stuart Green said.

"Right now, there is a way to get between the two but it's not as convenient as it should be and we'll get that fixed."

Fed up, Daigle brought her concerns to a TTC commissioners meeting earlier this week.

Councillors were surprised to hear of the elevator issue, with one calling it "kind of sad and pathetic."

They promised action.

But Daigle says she still feels the sting, and claims the councillors don't truly understand what she and others with disabilities have to go through.
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"Not one of those councillors on that commission ... is full-time wheelchair. Not one person on city council in Toronto is a person in a wheelchair," she said.

Right now, 43 of the TTC's 75 stations have elevators designed for people using wheelchairs, walkers, strollers and other mobility devices.

The TTC says it is committed to make all stations accessible by 2025.
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The surface stops for light rail don't have to worry about elevators. One reason to duplicate the elevators at the underground or aboveground stations, in case of elevator failure.
 
First time I have ever seen this:

c. Prior to any site plan approval for the site, the owner shall obtain from Metrolinx, or its successor, written confirmation to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and City Solicitor that the owner has satisfied any required technical or related review for any proposed below grade structural elements, including the manner of excavation and shoring for the development of the site as these matters relate to the Ontario Line tunnel.

d. Prior to site plan approval for the site, should Metrolinx, or its successor, provide a recommendation related to any tiebacks, or similar mechanism, that may impact the City’s right-of-way, the owner shall first obtain any required approvals from the City prior to agreeing to implement any recommendations from Metrolinx that may impact the City’s right-of-way.

From the motion to approve a new development at Queen & Church. TEYTCC November 2020. http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2020.TE20.5
 
allengeorge said:
^ Doesn’t that stall that project? It’s not like Metrolinx knows exactly what’s necessary for the OL yet, no?
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It's pretty standard for when a project is adjacent to a TTC tunnel. The new thing is that Metrolinx is managing construction now instead of the TTC so it's a different agency.

I know several different projects have had to protect for future TTC infrastructure that have clauses like that.
 
This is the concern -
tieback rods used in shotcrete type of shoring of excavation sites can disable a TBM's cutter heads.
Tieback rods can be as long as 20-50 feet long.

If the underground parking excavation is adjacent to and deeper than the OL tunnel, then it is a serious concern

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DSC said:
d. Prior to site plan approval for the site, should Metrolinx, or its successor, provide a recommendation related to any tiebacks, or similar mechanism, that may impact the City’s right-of-way, the owner shall first obtain any required approvals from the City prior to agreeing to implement any recommendations from Metrolinx that may impact the City’s right-of-way.

From the motion to approve a new development at Queen & Church. TEYTCC November 2020. http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2020.TE20.5
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Of interest.
Pic posted at SSP of the excavation around the elevated SkyTrain guideway near Gilmore Station in Burnaby for a TOD project.
The same could be done around the Science Centre parking lot and behind the Costco when the time comes for redevelopment.
Note the temporary emergency exit stairs from the station during construction.

Lexus;9084504 said:
2020, October 24
Panorama
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nfitz said:
Click on the image - I linked it.

Who knows what it will be, if anything. Metrolinx has, at times, indicated it would be light metro, using pictures of Line 3 equipment and London Docklands Light Railway equipment.

It's hard to imagine how it could be anything other than heavy rail ... but if you look carefully, the station boxes in the latest round of material are even shorter than previous! Which seems very sort-sighted for a line right through the centre of downtown. Looks more appropriate to suburbia.
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Except all documents etc have stated 3x100m which is not light metro stock!

syn said:
Capacity. Huge downside. So far the OL is lacking in the most important area. It's bad enough that it may already be insufficient by the time it's built.

Verster is not making the decisions. Our illustrious Premier is calling the shots.

I think a more accurate comparison would be the RL, nor the DRL South. The full RL includes a northern extension.
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The capacity isn't hugely different so I don't think its a huge downside, again, building every line to current TTC spec is unnecessary. We need to get to building more lines .and ironically part of why we cannot is the crazy price tags driven by big stations and trains. . .
 
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