BurlOak
Senior Member
I'm so glad the Airport Express bus will be gone. They add to traffic, pollution of the air and noise pollution.
Your right. Taxi's pollute so much less and they somehow miraculously do not add to traffic.
I'm so glad the Airport Express bus will be gone. They add to traffic, pollution of the air and noise pollution.
I'm so glad the Airport Express bus will be gone. They add to traffic, pollution of the air and noise pollution.
Private airport coaches. Shutting down early due to declining ridership and the impact of roadwork on their schedule/cost.
AoD
Thanks for posting! Putting a traction power facility at Ordinance Street between the Kitchener and Lakeshore corridor? Unless it's underground or have a publically accessible roof as an extension of the park- no!
Putting a traction power facility at Ordinance Street between the Kitchener and Lakeshore corridor? Unless it's underground or have a publically accessible roof as an extension of the park- no!
I'm curious about that too. It seems to conflict with the bike/pedestrian bridge, park, pool, condo plan that exists for that parcel of land. It seems odd that they couldn't provide alternatives when there is the meat packing site across the tracks.
With respect to the Fort York Heritage Conservation District in particular, the following mitigation measures will be implemented:
Carry out a Visual Impact Assessment (VIA) to determine the impact of the Paralleling Station on identified viewpoints to and from Fort York;
To minimize potential temporary construction effects, staging areas (if required) should be carefully selected so that they are non-invasive and avoid all heritage attributes;
Pre-construction vibration studies may be required to mitigate any potential vibration related impacts (to be determined during detailed design);
Pre-construction conditions should be re-established through post-construction landscape treatments, where appropriate;
If possible, construction activities should avoid the removal of soil in the vicinity of Garrison Creek and the former Garrison Creek Ravine.
I'm curious about that too. It seems to conflict with the bike/pedestrian bridge, park, pool, condo plan that exists for that parcel of land. It seems odd that they couldn't provide alternatives when there is the meat packing site across the tracks.
Considering the amount spent to appease Weston with a fly-under, and this effort of electrification seen as a long-term strategy, not a short term plan, I'm surprised with the recommendation of the Resources Road site being the maintenance facility. From a long term perspective at some point Willowbrook RMF and East RMF will need to be electrified, and from a long term perspective the Willowbrook RMF and East RMF have greater capacity whereas Resources Road is a ridiculously small site. It doesn't seem very forward thinking to create a minuscule trapped in rail facility. It would be better to spend the extra $52 million to have a platform to build out future electrification at Willowbrook.
The current Willowbrook site is already at capacity, and that's before even incorporating the UPX trains into the mix. (Indeed, I have been told that UPX will be maintained at the VIA TMC by Bombardier staff.) The Oshawa facility is much too far east to be of any use at this point - even if it was open - and the new location will allow for a reduction of deadhead manoeuvres, thus saving staffing and running costs.