WislaHD
Superstar
Brentcliffe is a big intersection on Eglinton. It makes perfect sense to have the tunnel exit east of Brentcliffe where it won't disturb traffic as much.
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Brentcliffe is a big intersection on Eglinton. It makes perfect sense to have the tunnel exit east of Brentcliffe where it won't disturb traffic as much.
BurlOak
Senior Member
Is Leslie not a bigger intersection.
ehlow
Senior Member
They will launch from the east launch site and dig towards Yonge while the other two are moving towards Yonge at the same time.
All it is is a framework that governs future development along Eglinton. It doesn't necessarily mean it will happen fast or happen at all. It's possible that some development will happen over the long term.
Certain areas will become more urban over time, like Bayview & Eglinton. Some of the plazas/stores with parking lots may become a midrise condo for example.
ehlow
Senior Member
I think the primary reason the east portal is there is because that's where Eglinton gets wider.
taal
Senior Member
Does anyone know if the sidewalk will be done in a similar fashion for the underground portions of the line (e.g. around the yonge and eglinton area and the like) .. I really hope they do.
ehlow
Senior Member
The video was for the Eglinton Connects project which is a plan for the entire length of Eglinton where the LRT is, including the underground central section.
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=44ae86664ea71410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD
Yes, they are planning to vastly improve the sidewalks & street in general through the underground section. The side-walks at Yonge-Eg are in terrible condition right now.
howl
Active Member
What I've heard is Metrolinx will be replacing the sidewalks with the new design in any location where that they are digging them up (e.g. major intersections), but it is up to the City to build the new sidewalks along the rest of the corridor. Therefore there could be a real mish-mash of sidewalk designs along the corridor until the city finds the money to replace 10's of km of sidewalk. From a scheduling point-of-view it would be best for the city to do their share after the LRT track is laid (to avoid construction conflicts) but before the LRT opening day, which means some time in 2018 or 2019. Hopefully they'll have the money set aside by then.
allabootmatt
Senior Member
And I guess we can assume Hydro won't be buried?
JayBeeGooner
Active Member
It's more likely that it's better to transition from tunnel to surface in that area. East of Brentcliffe, eglinton dips into the Don Valley.
ehlow
Senior Member
andrewpmk
Senior Member
This was probably for political reasons. It would be much easier to change the plans to a real subway with nothing east of Don Mills if it weren't for there being a single non grade separated intersection at Leslie. Typical Miller administration. Metrolinx wanted to change the plans to tunnel as far east as Don Mills then mysteriously went back to the old plan, supposedly because local residents wanted to keep the Leslie stop. I suspect the real reason was that there was talk of changing Eglinton to a subway as late as spring 2013 (see the Spacing article on the SRT LRT), then Murray decided not to do this. Obviously the reason why the SRT replacement was supposed to be LRT not ICTS is to make the Sheppard LRT difficult to cancel, it does not make sense otherwise because using ICTS would surely reduce the shutdown time. Now that the SRT LRT replacement is cancelled, the Sheppard LRT is easy to cancel and probably won't be built if John Tory is elected.
Widening Eglinton East to 3 lanes each way is an improvement (similar to what was done on Highway 7). A lot of the problem with this is that people who shop at big box stores do not use light rail for the most part, and narrowing the road to 2 lanes each way risks causing a situation similar to St. Clair/Keele, i.e. creating traffic congestion similar to the Gardiner between Bathurst and Park Lawn. But I strongly suspect that this section of Eglinton will be mostly used by people going through to Kennedy, the intermediate stops will have low usage. This area will never be redeveloped, RioCan can't even fill the vacant Zellers near Warden/Eglinton. Nothing is being done about the problem that the Eglinton LRT has far less capacity than subway despite being extremely expensive, and I am pretty sure that the portion of Eglinton west of Don Mills will be very busy.
junctionist
Senior Member
People have spoken out at the meetings that it should be buried--how can you overhaul the public realm so thoroughly and not do it? I think it'll happen. They should also include ornamental street lights.
ehlow
Senior Member
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Please tell me that the comment about the Miller admin was a joke. Miller was gone long before Leslie was made at grade.
ehlow
Senior Member
While I don't agree with andrewpmk (and often don't), it is true that the EA & design for Eglinton was completed during Miller's time, and it does have Leslie at-grade.