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[felix123]

Price of living in downtown Toronto. You're going to have disruptions and construction happening often and close by.

Everyone says this until it happens to them.

I lived next to the Well's construction site for years and it seemed reasonable compared to ML's practices. The Well was almost immediately hooked up to Toronto Hydro to comply with the city's bylaw, ML's contractors just run a comical number of diesel generators that are loud and noxious, and ML says it is because they haven't designed electrical substations yet (they never will, if Crosstown is anything to go by). The Well also had a predictable schedule, even during the COVID-era noise hours exemption.

 

[fanoftoronto]

Everyone says this until it happens to them.

I lived next to the Well's construction site for years and it seemed reasonable compared to ML's practices. The Well was almost immediately hooked up to Toronto Hydro to comply with the city's bylaw, ML's contractors just run a comical number of diesel generators that are loud and noxious, and ML says it is because they haven't designed electrical substations yet (they never will, if Crosstown is anything to go by). The Well also had a predictable schedule, even during the COVID-era noise hours exemption.

Fair enough, I have not lived next to a Metrolinx construction site. Does not mean that I'd be up in arms if I was.

Wouldn't Metrolinx also have to abide by the bylaw requiring Toronto Hydro connection? Seems odd to have different rules for them vs regular construction sites.

 

[felix123]

Wouldn't Metrolinx also have to abide by the bylaw requiring Toronto Hydro connection? Seems odd to have different rules for them vs regular construction sites.

Metrolinx does have an exemption from the Toronto municipal government, but only from the noise-bylaw. the exemption they cite allows them to carry out construction activities 24/7 if the work falls under the vague category of "government" construction.

 

[flonicky]

 

[evandyk]

I lived right above Time & Space and then the Whitfield. If the shoring noise was going on all night, I would have gone crazy too. Especially T&S which took forever and occurred right after we had a baby.

 

[GenerationLee]

Are the above pictures just north of Cosburn? I recall the area to a degree, but there's not much for a visual tell now that a few blocks are fully demo-ed.

 

[generalcanada]

Are the above pictures just north of Cosburn? I recall the area to a degree, but there's not much for a visual tell now that a few blocks are fully demo-ed.

That Tzatziki place is litterally in between pape and cosburn station.
Kinda weird actually, its not an exit building or whatever.

Found the notice: https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/...nx/OL_ConstructionNotice_SammonLaneway_v1.pdf

Its for slurry storage silos apperently?
I need to get edumacated on slurry construction LOL
Google streetview has the silos shown.

As for the 2nd image, thats the pape station itself

 

[GabrielHurl]

Both pictures are looking at the same construction site at Pape and Sammon - Pape Station construction isn't in the 2nd picture.

 

[Natika33]

Gas station at Don Mills & Eglinton has been shuttered with sign saying to contact Ontario Line for questions.

 

[innsertnamehere]

that gas station is the future terminus station location for the line.

 

[fanoftoronto]

that gas station is the future terminus station location for the line.

Specifically the tail tracks, not the terminus station itself.

The OL will have the crossover tracks after the station in order to clear up the platform quicker. This means the deboarding will happen on the right platform, then the train will go forward and crossover and return to the left tracks for boarding, thereby decreasing dwell time and allowing for the 90 second headways. Hence the need for such long tail tracks at both terminus stations.

 

[cplchanb]

Specifically the tail tracks, not the terminus station itself.


The OL will have the crossover tracks after the station in order to clear up the platform quicker. This means the deboarding will happen on the right platform, then the train will go forward and crossover and return to the left tracks for boarding, thereby decreasing dwell time and allowing for the 90 second headways. Hence the need for such long tail tracks at both terminus stations.

shame its gone.... i really liked the carwash there since the machine would move around the car instead of a track.

 

[urbancog]

This article from Mott Macdonald has some interesting detail on the tunneling methods to be used in the downtown areas (in addition to marketing hype): https://www.mottmac.com/annual-review/laying-the-ground-for-ontarios-new-line

 

[H4F33Z]

I wonder how they’re planning to get over the CP Rail tracks north of Science Centre for a northern extension. Overpass?

 

[nfitz]

I wonder how they’re planning to get over the CP Rail tracks north of Science Centre for a northern extension. Overpass?

Whatever is cheapest I'd think. And as widening the current underpass would be expensive, I'd think they'd just make the piers for the track a bit higher. And they don't have to be that high, as the CP tracks are roughly at grade, while Don Mills Road is cut under them. Presumably it stays elevated on the east side of Don Mills, and only has to elevate a bit to get over the tracks. I'd think after the tracks, they'd have to transition to the middle of Don Mills Road through central Don Mills at Lawrence and then up to Kern.

Shame that the station at Sheppard is called Don Mills rather than Fairview or something; as it would be a more fitting name for the Lawrence/Don Mills station. Perhaps they can call a future Line 3 station as "Don Mills Centre".