[Midtown Urbanist]

Someone told me that when they were thinking of extending the tunnel to Don Mills the station at Laird might have moved east so that it was halfway between Laird and Brentcliffe. That would served the people on Aerodrome much better. On the other hand people west of Laird would have been slightly less well served.

Why are we fretting on Aerodrome Crescent? That is like one short, minor street with only a handful of houses. It doesn't even have direct access to Eglinton.

 

[GenerationW]

Provision could have been done at Leslie, but they wanted a transit stop now and not later.

Not according to Metrolinx. They said a future Leslie stop would be impossible with an underground alignment all the way to Don Mills under the current budget.

 

[BurlOak]

Since when was option 2 ever presented to the public?

If you would have replied to my entire quote - you would have seen the answer.

If they [the local residents] were not given these options clearly, then of course the residents of Aerodrome Crescent cannot be blamed and all the blame would fall on Metrolix and the their Liberal masters.

 

[Mr. Stapely]

Eglinton is going to be widened east of Brentcliffe to where; Leslie? I guess the ravine will be affected?

 

[ehlow]

Eglinton is going to be widened east of Brentcliffe to where; Leslie? I guess the ravine will be affected?

I doubt it. I would think it will just be widened where the launch shaft is, which is where it will only be two lanes. I don't think the area from the bridge to Leslie will be affected, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

It shows the launch shaft here:
http://www.thecrosstown.ca/progress/track-the-tunnel-boring-machine

 

[Palma]

Regarding where Lea and Dennis are, there is construction on Eglinton in front of the cemetery and again in front of that plaza just west of caledonia. Does this mean that Dennis would be at the plaza?

 

[BurlOak]

I doubt it. I would think it will just be widened where the launch shaft is, which is where it will only be two lanes. I don't think the area from the bridge to Leslie will be affected, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

That's how I remember it.

The bridge currently has 3 lanes in each direction. Metrolinx has repeatedly said that no lanes would be removed on Eglinton. Thus, they are removing two lanes on the bridge.

I guess the $3M required to widen the bridge is too expensive (on a $5B project).

 

[Bamako]

Kennedy Station Design looks like it's going to make the LRT impossible to extend in the future. Also kills off any chance of SRT alignment of BD extension.

 

[ehlow]

That's how I remember it.

The bridge currently has 3 lanes in each direction. Metrolinx has repeatedly said that no lanes would be removed on Eglinton. Thus, they are removing two lanes on the bridge.

I guess the $3M required to widen the bridge is too expensive (on a $5B project).

I'm talking about the widening that started yesterday though, which I think is mainly to allow two lanes while the launch shaft is being built. The only thing they're building right now is the tunnels, the surface section hasn't started.

 

[TFC]

Kennedy Station Design looks like it's going to make the LRT impossible to extend in the future. Also kills off any chance of SRT alignment of BD extension.

From a layman's perspective, is it not incredibly short-sighted of Metrolinx to make it impossible to extend the Eglinton Crosstown? I was taught in school that building in extension provisions for any project is a must, as transit dynamics change over the years and extensions may be warranted in the future.

 

[innsertnamehere]

The plan was never to integrate it with the SRT and if the Scarborough malvern LRT is ever built it wouldn't through run with eglinton due to reliability issues. There is no need for a future extension as all future extension possibilities won't have it through running with eglinton.

Also, they will be removing the HOV lanes. Eglinton will go from 2+ HOV to just 2.

 

[TFC]

The plan was never to integrate it with the SRT and if the Scarborough malvern LRT is ever built it wouldn't through run with eglinton due to reliability issues. There is no need for a future extension as all future extension possibilities won't have it through running with eglinton.

Also, they will be removing the HOV lanes. Eglinton will go from 2+ HOV to just 2.

Has there been any thought about extending the Eglinton Crosstown to Eglinton/Kingston one day (completely separate from the Malvern LRT)?

 

[skylyte]

Has there been any thought about extending the Eglinton Crosstown to Eglinton/Kingston one day (completely separate from the Malvern LRT)?

This would be a great idea. Building a terminus in the old Morningside Mall area would be a huge transit hub for people going to/coming from Durham, UTSC, Malvern and western Scarborough. The GO station would also be a good area for a transit hub, a much much smaller "Union Station East" would be a good thing here.

 

[CityPlaceN1]

At some point could be a good idea.

 

[edmundoconnor]

Planning should begin today for the ECLRT Phase 2. Start it today, start construction on it in 2020. Compared to the impending construction Götterdammerung of the central section, building it to Pearson would be a relative breeze.