CROSSTOWN LRT
Pharmacy-Kennedy CLC Meeting
March 26, 2019

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Pharmacy Aerial – 90% Design
Platform
Platform
Access
Platform Concept: Pharmacy Stop

At-Grade Renderings
Green Track
Median
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Progress to Date
East-At Grade: Activities Underway
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Activities Areas & Impacts Duration Tentative Date
Guideway work Victoria Park Avenue to Pharmacy Avenue
• Eglinton Square intersection to be re-opened as early as April
8,2019.
• Series of duct bank pours completed, more to follow.
• Track welding activities commenced late March.
• Stop construction work to commence after Guideway
5-6 months Underway as of
November 2018
Civil Road work Victoria Park Avenue to Birchmount Road
• Intermittent lane reductions.
• Temporary driveway access restrictions.
Ongoing Underway since mid 2018
Guideway work Warden Avenue to Sinnott/Thermos Road then on to Birchmount
Road
• New traffic configuration implemented the weekend of
March 16, 2019.
• Thermos-Sinott to be closed as early as April 15, 2019.
• Work zone is in the center of Eglinton Avenue East.
• Work will be conducted in stages.
8 months March 18, 2019
Massey Creek Culvert Located at the signalized intersection of Eglinton Avenue East and
Rosemount Drive
• New traffic configuration implemented the weekend of
March 16, 2019.
• Preparatory work began late February 2019 includes: tree
removals, dewatering of wells and deep excavation.
9 months Late February 2019
Telecommunications
relocation work
Victoria Park Avenue to Birchmount Road
• Intermittent lane reductions along Eglinton Avenue East.
• There may be occurrences where a shoulder is narrowed and
traffic protection barrier placed.
Ongoing Commenced in 2018

• Weekend through access prohibitions- right in, right out between Victoria Park Avenue and
Birchmount Road.
The series started in November will continue into 2019. More details to follow
– Intersection Paving at Pharmacy Avenue to commence as early as March 30-31 and April 13-14.
• Guideway reconstruction work Pharmacy Avenue to Ionview Road.
– Thermos/Sinnott Road will be closed as early as April 15, 2019 and lasting for approximately six (6) weeks
• At-grade, four Traction Power Sub-Stations will be free-standing structures on City of Toronto
approved sites.
– Building underground or lowering the grade does not meet regulatory requirements.
– It would not be compliant with Toronto Hydro’s ‘Requirements for Customer Owned Sub-Stations’
or the City of Toronto’s storm water management guidelines: ‘Wet Weather Management Flow
Guidelines.
What’s coming in 2019
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Weekend Intersection Paving at Pharmacy Avenue
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TTC Temporary Route Change- 67A and 67B
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Guideway Work along Surface Section of the Eglinton
Crosstown LRT: Warden Avenue to Birchmount Road
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Stage 2

Massey Creek Culvert Reconstruction
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East At-Grade – Construction
Progress Photos
Guideway
after pour
Concrete curb
pour- east of
Pharmacy
Avenue
Catch basin
installation
- west of
Hakimi

Kennedy Station:
GO Transit Improvements
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Progress to Date
• Kennedy team accomplished one of its major milestones on March 18, which is the completion of the
vertical piles.
• Latest traffic flip implemented on January 26, 2019 this phase will last until end of May 2019.
• GO East platform restoration completed and handed over to GO Transit on February 9th, 2019.
• Storm and Sanitary activities as well as support of excavation (SOE) at the West Intersection is
completed.
Activities Underway
• Utility upgrades and relocations (THESL and telecom) within the Kennedy Station zone of influence
(ZOI).
• Wet utility upgrades and relocations continue within the Kennedy Station ZOI .
• Support of excavation for the Kennedy Portal and Main Station Box and tail track underway.
• TTC: West Ped Tunnel, East Ped Tunnel, TPSS; Support of excavation activities within TTC ZOI
underway, SRT underpinning activities.
• GO: GIMP Monitoring, SOE at Tail Track- North East platform, Rebar, formwork, concrete at West
Platform.
Kennedy Station: Progress to Date and Activities underway
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Current Staging: Kennedy Station
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Current Traffic Staging at Kennedy Road and Eglinton
Intersection
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The current traffic configuration at Kennedy Station was implemented January 26,2019. This
phase is expected to last until the end of May 2019.
• The north-south crosswalk on the west side
of Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue East
intersection will be closed for the duration of
this stage.
• The crosswalks on the north, south, and east
side of the intersection will remain open for
the duration of this stage.
• Temporary sidewalk access to Kennedy
Station only located at the south side of
Kennedy Road, pedestrians will need to cross
to north side to continue on Eglinton Avenue
East.
• A minimum of two lanes of traffic in each
direction on Eglinton Avenue East will be
maintained.
• One through lane southbound traffic on
Kennedy Road will be maintained.
• Left turn restrictions westbound at Ionview
Road and Eglinton Avenue East.
• New traffic signals will be installed 160m
east of Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue
East

• Completion of the West Portal by summer 2019.
• Kennedy Station will have an antenna (telecommunications tower) after the
project is completed ( more details to follow).
What’s coming in 2019 and beyond
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Kennedy Station-Construction Progress Photos
M&E and Mud-Slab Main Entrance Compound
Forming walls at West Portal
Kennedy Team- Vertical Pile Milestone Pile installation at Main Station Box