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December 122016

Overnight CCTV Investigations along Eglinton Avenue East

What Work is Taking Place?

Crews will be conducting CCTV investigations of the storm and sanitary sewer lines along Eglinton Avenue East. Crews will access all manholes in the roadway along Eglinton Avenue East between Midland Avenue and Laird Drive, along Transway Crescent at Kennedy Station and from approximately 50-100 meters north at all intersections to determine the condition of existing storm and sanitary lines. 

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September 062016

Pedestrian Safety near Construction Sites

Construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line, including 15 underground stations, is underway. Since the end of school, many construction sites have been set up for station construction and the set-up of some major intersections along Eglinton Avenue has been changed.

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August 252016

Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Investigation on Eglinton Avenue East for Future At-Grade Stops

What work is taking place? 

  • As preparatory works continue for future at-grade stops, crews will begin utility investigation work to determine the location and depth of existing utilities along Eglinton Avenue East between Victoria Park Avenue and Birchmount Road

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August 242016
May 092016

Update: Geotechnical Works continue along Eglinton Avenue East

What work is starting?

In February 2016, crews began conducting preparatory activities in the Eglinton Avenue East vicinity to make way for the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT. 

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March 222016

Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Investigation along Eglinton Avenue East

What work is taking place? 

  • As preparatory work for the future at-grade stops continues, crews will be conducting SUE investigations along Eglinton Avenue East to determine the location and depth of existing utilities.
  • Working westward from Ionview Road to Victoria Park Road, crews will drill and use a vacuum truck overtop of existing utilities within the boulevard and roadway, then a surveyor will examine the utilities to obtain coordinates for design purposes.

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January 192016

Eglinton Crosstown Year-In-Review

The Crosstown team appreciates the patience of our neighbours and local businesses while we work to build new rapid transit. In 2015, the project made significant progress and hit a number of key milestones. We would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the past year and provide a look ahead to how we expect the project to progress in 2016. Read more »

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November 052015

Tunnelling for the Crosstown: What you may experience

As you know, tunnelling continues on the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) project as we build the underground portion of the future transit line. 

The tunnel boring machines (TBMs) operate around the clock - 24 hours a day, seven days week. On average, they each travel about 10 metres per day. Our TBMs are working about 20 metres below ground, but we do sometimes hear from nearby residents who may experience vibration from the TBMs as they pass through the area.    Read more »

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