Toronto Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[drum118]

Sept 5
was up at Yonge and Eglinton today after my last visited many months ago and surprise the north-east corner is still not finished considering the rest is done.

What is the hold up?

 

[EYorker]

That's terrible. Lack of foresight. And yet I'm not surprised.

The idea behind the 30 year maintenance contracts under the PPP model is to:
1- Have the contractors build higher quality infrastructure that would last as they'd be on the hook for maintaining it for such a long period.
2- That the asset would be maintained in a better state of repair for when that 30 year period ends and the asset is handed over to the public sector.

How this plays out remains to be seen, as this seems to be the first time it's really been done on such large infrastructure in Ontario.

 

[smallspy]

That's terrible. Lack of foresight. And yet I'm not surprised.

Why? What would possibly be gained from doing so?

Dan

 

[Rainforest]

That's terrible. Lack of foresight. And yet I'm not surprised.

Not even lack of foresight, but a consious decision to ignore the interoperability aspect. Arguably, that makes it even worse.

But fortunately, this is not a hard physical constraint. The contract only lasts for 30 years. After that, TTC or Metrolinx or whoever is in charge can demand interoperability to be a part of the new deal.

 

[Rainforest]

Why? What would possibly be gained from doing so?

Dan

The ability for both the Eglinton and Finch trains to enter/exit Pearson using a common pair of tracks?