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Telling fellow posters to "be quiet" , especially in response to grumblings about transparency, etc., just won't fly. If you are concerned that something posted on the forum is so libellous that the site's lawyers may demand that it be removed, just report it, and see what happens. If nothing happens, you were upset over nothing. We really don't need self appointed nannies. The way the internet is supposed to work, is that when people post things that aren't true, others correct them, and we move on. No need to shame others for posting their opinions in the first place. This post is not intended to offend; I'm not taking note of who said what, or getting personal on anyone, it's just a general rule for all of us, for getting along. Peace!
 
Thaboss said:
Not to piss on everyone's parade, but Ford clearly doesn't definitively confirm it'll open in sept.

I therefore choose to temper my expectations, tho if it does open in Sept. It'll confirm my expectation that the public annoucment meant to happen 3 months ahead of its opening is and was total BS (shocker i know).

I also, now wonder wth is holding up finch LRT, because from what we know, the hangup there is not technical and testing appears to be full steam ahead
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This government has been super cagey about an opening date for the last few years. I’d suspect they are pretty confident that September is possible for the Premier to come out and say it. Time will tell!
 
One would assume, if Metrostinks were concerned about libellous statements, that perhaps they would offer their own take on things to counter any possible bad PR. If they don't like what is being posted on the internet about their projects, they have only themselves to blame. Secrecy is a breeding ground for speculation.
 
Thaboss said:
Not to piss on everyone's parade, but Ford clearly doesn't definitively confirm it'll open in sept.

I therefore choose to temper my expectations, tho if it does open in Sept. It'll confirm my expectation that the public annoucment meant to happen 3 months ahead of its opening is and was total BS (shocker i know).

I also, now wonder wth is holding up finch LRT, because from what we know, the hangup there is not technical and testing appears to be full steam ahead
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As far I as my understanding- Finch is 100% done, waiting for drivers to be trained on Eg before moving over to Finch. TTC is being difficult, leveraging their union to fight every little detail that isn't to their liking and Metrolinx has limited recourse to speed up the timeline, Sounds like labor hiring has been a bit of a challenge as well.

That's just what I've heard from a few people closer to the project, don't shoot the messenger.
 
bono47 said:
As far I as my understanding- Finch is 100% done, waiting for drivers to be trained on Eg before moving over to Finch. TTC is being difficult, leveraging their union to fight every little detail that isn't to their liking and Metrolinx has limited recourse to speed up the timeline, Sounds like labor hiring has been a bit of a challenge as well.

That's just what I've heard from a few people closer to the project, don't shoot the messenger.
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Finch W and Eglinton were always going to share an operator pool, that's why they are both managed under Black Creek Division. There is a difficulty more broadly with hiring more operators post-COVID as every transit agency region-wide has had to hire all-new operators in the post-COVID era rebuild to pre-COVID service levels.
 
kthing said:
No way for me to verify or anything so pure speculation/rumour but I heard from a coworker who's friend works(or worked) at SNC Lavalin that one of the stations water table was measured once and is now much higher than when measured causing lots of problems. I'm not educated at all in this field so couldn't tell you what that means tbh.
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Not shocking. We had a fairly wet spring. In my neck of the woods I have seen higher baseflows in the rivers and creeks from the higher shallow water tables, and some instances of people complaining about ponding in low-lying areas.

urbanclient said:
Either provide proof, or be quiet. Noone here is a fan of SNCorrupt Lavalin/Atkins Realis but these highly speculative, if not libellous statements are completely unproductive and not conducive for a constructive discussion on this forum.
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Unnecessary and offbase.

Monarch Butterfly said:
Many of the former streams are now sewers. However, they can be subject to overflow as a result of storms or big rainfalls. See https://www.lostrivers.ca/content/EglintonParkReach.html
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Even more rainfall water because of parking lots, roofs, and wide roadways have to go somewhere.
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nfitz said:
This is not the issue. (well perhaps at TTC Union).
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Maybe not an issue if a structure is expected to withstand the water table, but it's certainly a contributor to the environmental condition. I know I'm nitpicking here.
 
urbanclient said:
Either provide proof, or be quiet. Noone here is a fan of SNCorrupt Lavalin/Atkins Realis but these highly speculative, if not libellous statements are completely unproductive and not conducive for a constructive discussion on this forum.
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Not sure why your feelings are so hurt. If you read my post again it says "pure speculation/rumour" and was only meant to drive discussion. I even said I wasn't educated in this field and the other members, unlike yourself, have replied with quite educational posts, so thank you to everyone but you.
 
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bono47 said:
As far I as my understanding- Finch is 100% done, waiting for drivers to be trained on Eg before moving over to Finch. TTC is being difficult, leveraging their union to fight every little detail that isn't to their liking and Metrolinx has limited recourse to speed up the timeline, Sounds like labor hiring has been a bit of a challenge as well.

That's just what I've heard from a few people closer to the project, don't shoot the messenger.
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This is not quite what has happened on Finch West.

There were issues with the project between Metrolinx and Mosaic which resulted in Mosaic delaying the handover of certain components of the project to Metrolinx. Those delays directly impacted the TTC, as they were not allowed to occupy the premises and thus it delayed the start their own training and setup.

Those issues have since been resolved, and the TTC is now training operators on the line. They've already trained other staff there.

While from an operations standpoint Finch West and the Crosstown are considered one division and so operators can sign work on either line, the differences between the two lines are substantial enough that the training course for operators is different between the two. The third set of classes was planned at one point to only be trained on Finch West, although I don't know if that is still the case. In any case, operators from the first two sets of classes will be allowed to go through a shorter course to allow them to become certified on Finch West at some point in the future.

Dan
 
kthing said:
No way for me to verify or anything so pure speculation/rumour but I heard from a coworker who's friend works(or worked) at SNC Lavalin that one of the stations water table was measured once and is now much higher than when measured causing lots of problems. I'm not educated at all in this field so couldn't tell you what that means tbh.
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What you did was regurgitate and rehash information that has been posted to this thread at least half a dozen times. On this thread, we knew about the water leaks at Eglinton Station (Yonge and Eglinton) well over a year ago, water table, rusted out due to water, station box sinking etc... What you said was not a meaningful contribution at all to anyone who didn't join this thread yesterday. Noone is trying to suppress your free speech, but your information is most obviously not new (which you did not even acknowledge) and therefore not useful. "My grandma's 5th cousin who knows a guy told me through the grapevine that SNC Lavalin / Atkins Realis was throwing stripper parties Gaddafi's son-style in Eglinton LRT station. Too much champagne was spilled so the tracks got rusted out and the overhead and communications wiring shorted out so it all had to be redone."
 
urbanclient said:
What you did was regurgitate and rehash information that has been posted to this thread at least half a dozen times. On this thread, we knew about the water leaks at Eglinton Station (Yonge and Eglinton) well over a year ago, water table, rusted out due to water, station box sinking etc... What you said was not a meaningful contribution at all to anyone who didn't join this thread yesterday. Noone is trying to suppress your free speech, but your information is most obviously not new (which you did not even acknowledge) and therefore not useful. "My grandma's 5th cousin who knows a guy told me through the grapevine that SNC Lavalin / Atkins Realis was throwing stripper parties Gaddafi's son-style in Eglinton LRT station. Too much champagne was spilled so the tracks got rusted out and the overhead and communications wiring shorted out so it all had to be redone."
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You've obviously been on this forum and thread long enough to know the history but it was my post that pushed you over the line to create an account and start posting hate.
I have my first internet hater, I've finally made it on the internet.
 
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