Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
I have seen automobiles (not just trucks) make right turns from the left left or the dash lines. Sometimes, if pedestrians are crossing, they end up waiting for them and blocking both lanes.
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I have seen automobiles (not just trucks) make right turns from the left left or the dash lines. Sometimes, if pedestrians are crossing, they end up waiting for them and blocking both lanes.
Palma
Senior Member
I can understand no right hand turns downtown but Eglinton? That would be insane. As it is now, there is no left hand turn onto Eginton either.
salsa
Senior Member
howl
Active Member
What are the odds on which TBM gets to Yonge first? Dennis, Lea, Don or Humber?
raptor
Senior Member
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
Finally got the original Eglinton Subway tunnel.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
The lane reductions at Eglinton Avenue @ Chaplin Crecent have concluded.
ehlow
Senior Member
On the TBM tracker both TBMs now say "Arrived at Allen Rd extraction shaft"
innsertnamehere
Superstar
http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pd..._BoardMtg_Progress_on_Capital_Projects_EN.pdf
Also in that PDF, Tunneling to be complete by december 2016, with the east bore finishing before the west bore. AFP contractor will begin work early 2017, project delivery late 2020. East tunnelling will begin spring 2015.
AFP contract set to be awarded mid 2015. maintenance done by AFP, TTC will operate trains under contract. Looks like the province wants to pay for operations, how nice of them.
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jsjaker
New Member
I know there are glitches and road bumps along the way in the construction of all these projects as well as the building of the towers downtown, but when you consider the scope of all the construction in this city, it is MIND BOGGLING! You can criticize the location of a project, the routing of a LRT or the colour of a building, etc., (as many do ad nauseam on the various threads on this website) but when you consider the sheer number of projects and the eventual outcome, it is just INCREDIBLE! There few cities on this continent that can compare!
cplchanb
Senior Member
uhhh....sure....if thats what you think. The real reason why there are so many projects now going on is that for the most part, TTC has been neglected for decades and we are just catching up (or struggling in vain...) to plans that were thought up in the 70s/80s. O yeah, not to be cynical, but the subway project in NYC although delayed and expensive for reasons similar to here is much larger in the grand scheme.
LNahid2000
Senior Member
The second avenue subway is much larger? Phase 1 is only 3.2km of subway and 3 stations. It's more expensive and complicated for sure, but I wouldn't use the word 'larger'.
cplchanb
Senior Member
ECT is LONGER not LARGER. Regardless in this case the term larger is more liberal. Aside from cost which already qualifies it as a larger project, Second ave in my opinion is quite larger because it is essentially like our DRL, heavy rail cutting through the downtown Manhattan core. Not to mention, the branching of the lines and the various interchanges surely makes it as you said much more complex. Don't forget the fact that for some points they were digging stacked tunnels as well, so essentially its double length for those sections. Hence in the end, yes the ECT may be distancewise physically longer, but considering that we are digging through medium and even low density at some points for a light rail transit that only involves interchanging existing underground lines twice with no interlining. The only thing in my view that could possibly be larger than Second Ave is the fence that is erected to block nimbys and lobbyists
Palma
Senior Member
It would be nice if Tory could have some sway and ensure that work on the construction going forward or at least construction of stations is done 24 hour a day so that it can be completed faster. Which would mean that the province would have to come up with the money sooner I suppose.