[Allandale25]

^ Here's the team for North End:

North End Connectors

• Applicant Leads: Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas Canada Ltd., Ghella Canada Ltd.
• Construction Prime Team Members: Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas Canada Ltd., Ghella Canada Ltd.
• Design Prime Team Members: EXP Services Inc., TYPSA Inc.

Request for Proposals Closes for the Yonge North Subway Extension Tunnelling Contract

The Requests for Proposals (RFP) stage has closed for teams submitting bids for the Advance Tunnel Contract package for the Yonge North Subway Extension.

www.infrastructureontario.ca

 

[bono47]

Do we know the size of the contract? Tyia

 

[goodcitywhenfinished]

we are also seizing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build two transit-oriented communities at the future Bridge and High Tech subway stations. These will create approximately 40,000 new housing units, including affordable units, as well as retail and commercial space to support over 21,000 new jobs

I support TOD, but I do have to wonder if we are heading towards a future where the Yonge side of Line 1 is going to need express track added at some point. The population that will be concentrated along this side of the line by 2040-50 is going to be incredible. We should probably be making efforts to divert more growth towards the alignment of Line 2.

 

[Allandale25]

Do we know the size of the contract? Tyia

$1.4b per this.

Contract Awarded for the Yonge North Subway Extension Advance Tunnelling Project

Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have awarded a fixed-price contract of $1.4 billion to North End Connectors to design, build and finance the advance tunnelling project for the Yonge North Subway Extension.

www.infrastructureontario.ca

 

[generalcanada]

$1.4b per this.

Contract Awarded for the Yonge North Subway Extension Advance Tunnelling Project

Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have awarded a fixed-price contract of $1.4 billion to North End Connectors to design, build and finance the advance tunnelling project for the Yonge North Subway Extension.

www.infrastructureontario.ca

thats 2x the value of the SSE and the crosstown west.
Jeez

 

[chrisw]

I support TOD, but I do have to wonder if we are heading towards a future where the Yonge side of Line 1 is going to need express track added at some point. The population that will be concentrated along this side of the line by 2040-50 is going to be incredible. We should probably be making efforts to divert more growth towards the alignment of Line 2.

There's the RH Go Line that could be upgraded. Also, the Ontario Line can be extended North.

 

[transitthinker]

Has the rfq for stations and systems been released yet? I expect the project to move slower than Eglinton West

 

[Amare]

Well it's an extremely good thing Acciona wasnt selected, we've avoided years of delays based on that fact alone.

 

[generalcanada]

Has the rfq for stations and systems been released yet? I expect the project to move slower than Eglinton West

that probably wont happen for another 2 years. one things for sure theyre in no rush to get this started.

 

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

There's the RH Go Line that could be upgraded. Also, the Ontario Line can be extended North.

This thread has come a long way from people complaining how there won't be any ridership, it can't be justified north of Steeles etc.

It's pretty amazing, given how long this has been going, to be hitting these actual milestones. Soon they'll be setting up the launch shaft and TBMs will get going before you know it.

 

[Thaboss]

Do we have any info. About the TOD referenced in the press release?

Also, at what point does a subway of line 1 length become both too long, too slow, too uncomfortable, and unreliable for what its being asked to do ?

Surely heavy rail investments further north starts to make more sense ?

 

[Allandale25]

Do we have any info. About the TOD referenced in the press release?

Also, at what point does a subway of line 1 length become both too long, too slow, too uncomfortable, and unreliable for what its being asked to do ?

Surely heavy rail investments further north starts to make more sense ?

Probably these:

1) Bridge in Markham

Bridge – Transit-Oriented Community

Infrastructure Ontario (IO), with the Ministry of Infrastructure is leading the Transit-Oriented Communities Program as it relates to the “New Subway Transit Plan for the GTA,” part of the government’s smart, forward-thinking plan to build new, sustainable transit. The Transit-Oriented...

www.infrastructureontario.ca

e-Laws | Ontario.ca

www.ontario.ca

2) High Tech in Richmond Hill

High Tech – Transit-Oriented Community

Infrastructure Ontario (IO), with the Ministry of Infrastructure is leading the Transit-Oriented Communities Program as it relates to the “New Subway Transit Plan for the GTA,” part of the government’s smart, forward-thinking plan to build new, sustainable transit. The Transit-Oriented...

www.infrastructureontario.ca

e-Laws | Ontario.ca

www.ontario.ca

 

[EYorker]

This thread has come a long way from people complaining how there won't be any ridership, it can't be justified north of Steeles etc.

It's pretty amazing, given how long this has been going, to be hitting these actual milestones. Soon they'll be setting up the launch shaft and TBMs will get going before you know it.

I always thought more of the complaints were about crowding out the riders further down the line, and is a concern I share. The ridership has clearly been there for a while now.

The things that have always seem to have pushed a northern Yonge extension down the priority list were lack of capacity at Bloor/Yonge and no downtown relief line. With Eglinton Crosstown thrown into the mix, it seems the stars have lined up for Yonge to finally proceed.

 

[micheal_can]

I support TOD, but I do have to wonder if we are heading towards a future where the Yonge side of Line 1 is going to need express track added at some point. The population that will be concentrated along this side of the line by 2040-50 is going to be incredible. We should probably be making efforts to divert more growth towards the alignment of Line 2.

The best way to reduce that congestion could be to upgrade the RH GO to 2WAD service. Then it may make sense to head north on Line 1instead of south.

 

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

I always thought more of the complaints were about crowding out the riders further down the line, and is a concern I share. The ridership has clearly been there for a while now.

The things that have always seem to have pushed a northern Yonge extension down the priority list were lack of capacity at Bloor/Yonge and no downtown relief line. With Eglinton Crosstown thrown into the mix, it seems the stars have lined up for Yonge to finally proceed.

Yes, there were some of those but you're right - the complaints about how dumb this extension was regularly alternated between "There aren't enough riders in the suburbs to justify it" and "There are so many riders in the suburbs, no one else will be able to ride it."

(I'd also add the pandemic to your list of factors that have lined up since it has also ended up "opening" some capacity on Line 1.)