Taking photos in the US is an issues since they are still in 9-11 thinking these days. Since the court has rule in favour of people taking photos of transit, maybe the airline will follow down the road.
If Metrolinx plans on using the new fly-under at Strachan this fall, they better their act together.
The floor slab is not pour in many places as well there still have to remove the earth that was once Strachan road base. Walls still have to be pour.
The new Strachan road will be about 1-5' higher than it is now depending on what type of beams will be place over the underpass wall support. Looks like a steel walkway bridge to the south, but not sure if it is and it about 5' above the underpass. What every being use as support for the new Strachan Road, the wall support is waiting for it.
The corridor is not ready for the base let alone tracks. They have moved a 300' section of track from one of the unused tracks at Dufferin street and place it near the track #2 location.
The new UP platform for Weston Station is sitting on caisson with the support beam on top of them about 3' above the rails at this time. They have relocated the ramp to the platform further south so they can start building the new station itself as well the new entrance to Lawrence Ave. Looking at some of the completion dates posted that I fail to shoot, they will be pushed back a few months.
Dennison Rd underpass schedule to open this fall is push back to Spring 2014.
The piers at Blackcreek are almost finish and the existing bridge will be reinstall in the coming weeks/month.
KW riders will most likely be using one of the new bridges over the Humber around September/Oct since the first bridge is in place at Weston Rd along with the new rail base in place at a different slop than today.
King Rd bridge will not be in place come Sept as plan and more like Spring 2014. This means neither John St nor Church St can be close to build the underpass at either road crossing until King St is reopen since one road must be open at all time. Since John is to be close 100%, it may happen before King is ready. The ramp area from Weston Rd to Church is really behind schedule as well.
The roof section for the new bridge at Old Weston Rd and the Diamond are near ready to be move into position and boy are they huge. What being done and what was stated during the EA as well the last year doesn't come close to what there. The roof slab is about 3' deep x 5' wide with keylock spanning the width of the tunnel as one of many sections. Not sure if they will be post tension before the move or after it. From the looks of things from what I could see, the diamond roof is wide enough for 4 tracks since they will be needed if and when the Crosstown Line is built. Old Weston Rd is wide enough for 2 tracks and out of place since there always been one track there unless there is a plan to send a Milton train to the airport at some unknown date. I suspect that one or both moves will take place Labour Day Weekend since they will be limit traffic on the line that weekend. Should have the info in the next day or so.
