Amare
Senior Member
Sure you can call Ford a red-Tory when it comes to transit, but make no mistake he is by no means a red-Tory at all in general.
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11th
Senior Member
No idea when OL will open. Somehow I feel had the original DRL gone ahead as planned, it wouldn't reach the same length as OL (Eglinton to west of University) in the same timeframe.
The REAL
New Member
How can you say that? There are many ppl that live south of Scarborough that take the 86, 116, 905 express and the 12 kingston road. So ofcourse there's going to be through-trips past Kennedy.
toronto647
Active Member
Devastating updates on employee who passed away 
I for one support some sort of tribute or a way to recognize him passing up while in the line of duty. Metrolinx needs to do more and handle this matter better. Truly saddening.
toronto.citynews.ca
I for one support some sort of tribute or a way to recognize him passing up while in the line of duty. Metrolinx needs to do more and handle this matter better. Truly saddening.
Family demands answers after death of construction worker at Eglinton Crosstown LRT site
A family is looking for answers after the death of a 38-year-old man working at an Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction site late last month.
toronto.citynews.ca
cplchanb
Senior Member
IMO crosslinx should be the ones that need to do better. ML is more on the overall project management side of things. They have nothing to do with the police notification of next of kin nor do they deal with individual contractors.Devastating updates on employee who passed away
Family demands answers after death of construction worker at Eglinton Crosstown LRT site
A family is looking for answers after the death of a 38-year-old man working at an Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction site late last month.
toronto647
Active Member
I am referring to coming out and offering their public condolences and that this will be reviewed in detail and as well how they will do something to recognize the individuals ultimate sacrifice in order to bring the LRT to life. Perhaps renaming a park close by, or concourse with his name or just something. Show some sympathy. Ultimately is up to Metrolinx in ensuring his sacrifice is not forgotten.
cplchanb
Senior Member
People come and go all the time. Perhaps they could've been more public with a condolence statement but to rename a public park or something of that sort for a simple accident is expecting too much imo. It'd be different story if he died a heroic death saving someone's life or something of that sort. Heck rob Ford still hasn't gotten anything need after him....
felix123
Active Member
Agreed. A whole life/story was extinguished in the line of duty on this project. This is someone who worked a demanding job for modest pay to build something in the city that will be used by millions. I wish they would stop justifying inaction and just commemorate properly.
kamira51
Active Member
I like what the TTC did to commemorate the workers that died during the first Younge Subway extention in the 70s I think it was, correct me if I'm wrong.
ARG1
Senior Member
A lot of people would still argue the OL is a massive improvement over the DRL. Either way, just because you don't agree with every action made, doesn't mean that you can't agree for someone to be a net positive. You don't need a perfect track record to be positively recognized.
desktoplinux
New Member
Kennedy station main entrance
JamesKoole
Active Member
I can't wait for this to be done! Took the 34 from Bayview to Vic Park the other day and the lane reductions around Laird made for some pretty awful traffic. Past Don Mills though, things are looking mostly done. A bit of landscaping and line painted to go, but it's really close. Out at Kennedy the other night they had the entire westbound side of Eglinton from Midland past Kennedy closed for what looked like a massive one-night pave-apalooza to finish the top coat on that stretch.
Jimvee
New Member
i keep reading this as Doug Ford going rouge, meaning going red, not rogue as to behave in an independent or uncontrolled way… I honestly thought it was a vailed liberal dig
innsertnamehere
Superstar
What exactly is happening in Hamilton? Ford played stupid political games to shift some costs of the project to the Feds and delayed it by several more years, but it’s still happening in the same form it was always planned to.
“Vindictive autocratic” is also arguably why Ford has shown so much progress on the transit front. Dithering for more “consultation” and bloating projects to appeal neighbours is exactly one of the largest criticisms of modern western infrastructure programs, and is what often what causes them to fail. You get a few hurt feelings the way Ford does it (clearly), but at the end of the day the infrastructure actually gets built within one generation and at somewhat reasonable budgets..
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youngblood
Active Member
Eglinton Crosstown LRT – Virtual Open House - East – Eglinton to Kennedy Stations (Yonge Street to Kennedy Road)
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