Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Traffic has gotten really bad around here, between Bayview and Don Mills. Bayview and Leslie getting clogged up, Eglinton is at a standstill and you gotta wait many minutes at Don Mills-Eglinton intersection now.
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CityPlaceN1
Senior Member
Traffic at Don Mills and Eglinton isn't new.
Uncle Teddy
Senior Member
The TBM's are making good progress. Hit Allen by July?
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Palma
Senior Member
Before the tracks were laid on Eglinton Avenue West and Gilbert (west of Caledonia):
Tracks being laid:
Thanks, Mr. Peabody!
Can you imagaine at that time if there was a debate of transit along Eglinton with peopel saying Eglinton does not justify anything LRT/subway. I bet deveopment would have happened a lot sooner. Perhaps ntp as eveidnce along Bloor subway
ksun
Senior Member
I wondered about that many times myself. What about an above great ROW LRT/streetcar, express during rush hour (stopping only at Eglinton, Davisville, St Clair, Bloor, Dundas), running along Mt Pleasant-Jarvis from Eglinton all the way to downtown and maybe make a left turn after Queen to run along King to the financial district or Union station? Instead, we give the entire street to cars and there is hardly any pedestrians/retail along the entire stretch.
ehlow
Senior Member
Yeah, any surface vehicle could run pretty fast along Mt Pleasant-Jarvis. There aren't many places to stop between St Clair to Bloor, so it would be express.
I would probably choose bus over streetcar though because you don't need to build tracks and it's a fairly hilly road which I think bus would run better on.
There is already a bus that runs along it but it's the special bus that only runs a few times in the morning and a few times around 5-6pm, and it costs extra.
You could eliminate the two existing Mt Pleasant feeder bus lines since the Eglinton LRT would connect with the new bus line at Mt Pleasant station.
denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
I just feel this project will be dead in it's tracks when Hudak gets here.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Does the provincial government have any influence on Eglinton Connects?
ehlow
Senior Member
As far as I know it's being run by the City of Toronto Planning Dept, so I think no, other than the fact that Metrolinx is building the Eglinton LRT which is a prerequisite for Eglinton Connects.
SJD_Toronto
Active Member
Hudak will not cancel the Crosstown. It's too far into the tunneling now and he knows that. If he cancels anything, he'll scrap the Finch West and Sheppard East LRT lines as he does want to finish the Sheppard Subway. I can see him supporting a Finch West BRT and agreeing to the Crosstown being underground all the way to Kennedy station.
Overall, Hudak has said he wants to make sure Eglinton Crosstown is mostly all underground, the Bloor-Danforth extension to Sheppard goes ahead, the DRL begins construction and the Sheppard Subway from Downsview station to Scarborough Centre station is completed.
If the polls are true, we could be on the verge of a new PC majority government. If that happens, we shall see what Hudak and his government do with GTHA transit plans.
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nfitz
Superstar
Even if they finish all the tunnelling from Keele to Brentcliffe, it's only $500 million. The main contract is for the stations and yard, which was to be awarded late this year, and that's about $4 billion.
The Conservatives have said this in their white paper ... but in the election campaign, they've made it clear that the DRL is the priority. Which dovetails well into their promise to cancel all the LRT lines, and only spend on subways when they get rid of the deficit, as it will surely take 2-3 years of design before DRL construction could begin.
CityPlaceN1
Senior Member
Hudak is only saying this to get elected. If he does it will all go on the back burner to fight the deficit. "No money" will be the mantra.
MrsNesbitt
Active Member
One hundred percent that is what will happen with the other transit projects on the books, SELRT and FWLRT foremost. With Eglinton I can see Hudak absolutely insisting on underground only, the at-grade sections going back to the drawing board, and coming back with plans for underground-only LRT with a far higher price tag, and Hudak scoffing and saying it's too much money.
So, basically, the shredding picture is correct. Though I'd be wary about polls projecting a PC majority. I could see a PC minority, scary though that too could be, but it's within the realm of possibility also for the Liberals to pull a minority still.
Eug
Senior Member
While not new, it's often much, much worse now, which isn't a surprise because several lanes have been blocked off for the construction. This is new as of the last couple of weeks, and it sounds like it will stay that way until the end of summer.