Looking forward to the public consultation early next year - imo they should build the east extension first, and then run east west streetcar service while they rebuild Union + QQ in one hit, rather than slowly over many years.
If the Cherry connection is too expensive to achieve, at least constructing the "T" junction connection for future use would save some hassle in the long run.
I wonder if the TTC has thought about/wants/needs another connection to Leslie Barns along Commissioners?
The plan is to loop the QQE/Commissioner Line service through the Leslie Barns as well offering another route to put cars in/out of service. Would be faster for the 504A, 509, 510, 511 and ?
Once the line is extended to Dufferin Loop and out to Park Lawn, offer another option for cars being transfer from yard to yard as well in/out of service than using King and Queen.
The city made the mistake of removing 517 from the Mater Plan since they saw it too far out and could had been part of 525 or X.
As I noted, how to phase is subject to cost, funding and time line to take the line 100% to Cherry St Loop or the Villiers Loop, but the T needs to be there. Will it take 1 or 2 years to get to Cherry St and can that take place at the same time as QQE? Then there is the underpass and the 3 options for it as well the cost.
I am assuming Villiers Loop is short term since it supposed to loop next to the shipping channel and the LRT bridge fund is missing for it.
Regardless which of the 3 loop will be use, the east-west line needs to be in place before the real work at Union can take place. 509 and 510 will have to be bus while the existing portal and new one is built that should be less than a year. It will be cut/fill and have impact on traffic between Yonge and York with only one way traffic being use for the area with Bay close off. Best to have eastbound only.
Various sections of QQE will be one way only at times until the ROW is built.
A lot of my concerns will not be known come January PIC, but they need to be raise by others. They should be known by the Spring PIC.
The $1 Billion funding for phase 1 and 2A are in the current 2020-30 budget, with $600 million for Union. I expect the hotel has kick in money for the infilling of the Yonge Slip as well for 11 Bay work.
