The document provides an overview of Metrolinx and details about construction progress on the Crosstown LRT project. Key points include: - Metrolinx operates GO Transit, UP Express, and PRESTO across the GTHA region, serving over 7 million people. - The Crosstown project is building new stations along Eglinton Ave in Toronto, with updates provided on construction at Cedarvale, Forest Hill, Chaplin, and Avenue stations. - Complex mining operations are underway to construct Avenue station underground, while deep excavation will begin soon at Eglinton station. - Community benefits and ongoing communication efforts are part of the Crosstown project.

1. CROSSTOWN LRT
Central West Open House
November 12, 2018

2. Mission
We connect our communities
Vision
Getting you there better, faster and easier
Values
Play as a team
Think forward
Serve with passion
2METROLINX OVERVIEW

3. GO TRANSIT, UP EXPRESS, PRESTO
3METROLINX OVERVIEW
• Serve a population of more than seven million across more than 11,000
square km stretching from Hamilton and Kitchener-Waterloo in the west
to Newcastle and Peterborough in the east, and from Orangeville and
Beaverton in the north to Niagara Falls in the south.
• In operation since 1967, GO now carries more than 70 million
passengers a year.
• The PRESTO card is the smart card fare payment system seamlessly
connecting 11 transit agencies across the GTHA and Ottawa.
• PRESTO replaces the need for tickets, tokens, passes or cash.
• UP Express connects the country's two busiest transportation hubs:
Toronto Pearson International Airport and Union Station in downtown
Toronto, offering a 25-minute journey from end to end, with trains
departing every 15 minutes.

4. REGIONAL TRANSIT MAP – CONNECTING THE REGION
4METROLINX OVERVIEW

5. REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN
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Vision: The GTHA will have a sustainable
transportation system that is aligned with land
use, and supports healthy and complete
communities. The system will provide safe,
convenient and reliable connections, and
support a high quality of life, a prosperous and
competitive economy, and a protected
environment.
31 Priority Actions to Support the 5 Strategies
• Metrolinx published the first regional
transportation plan (RTP) for the Greater Toronto
and Hamilton Area (GTHA) in 2008.
• We are required to review the RTP at least every
ten years, in alignment with Ontario’s Growth Plan
for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
• The legislative review of initial RTP led to the
development of the 2041 RTP. Key outcomes
include:
o Quadrupling the number of people and
doubling the number of jobs within walking
distance of Frequent Rapid Transit
o 27x more kilometres of the Frequent Rapid
Transit
o In addition to the capital costs, successful
implementation will also require operating
funding for transit services, fare integration
and programs for walking and cycling
METROLINX OVERVIEW

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Metrolinx overview
The objective of the Community
Benefits Program is that people
from historically disadvantaged
communities and equity-seeking
groups are positively impacted
by the Eglinton Crosstown.
Program has three streams:
1. Employment, Training and
Workforce Development
2. Social Enterprises and
Social Procurement
3. Investment (Community
Improvements)
COMMUNITY BENEFITS

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Metrolinx overview
COMMUNITY BENEFITS

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Metrolinx overview
BUSINESS SUPPORT – SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGN

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Metrolinx overview
PARKING

10. 416-782-8118 or 416-482-7411
24 hours/7days a week
www.thecrosstown.ca
crosstown@metrolinx.com
facebook.com/thecrosstown
twitter.com/crosstownTO
instagram.com/eglinton_crosstown
Crosstown West Office
1848 Eglinton Ave W (at Dufferin)
Crosstown East Office
660 Eglinton Ave E (at Bayview)
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METROLINX OVERVIEW
STAY IN TOUCH

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Cedarvale Station – Renderings *90% Design

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Cedarvale Station – Ongoing and Upcoming Works
• Shoring activities (piling, tie-backs, and decking installation) will be
ongoing through 2019.

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Cedarvale Station – Construction Progress Photos
Shallow Excavation
and Lagging Piling Activities
Roof Slab Rebar
Installation
Utility Relocation
under Allen Road

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Forest Hill Station – Aerial Rendering *90% Design

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Forest Hill Station – Ongoing and Upcoming Works
Ongoing
• Excavation and road restoration
• Overnight utilities relocation/installation – 95% completion of utilities work by
the end of 2018
Upcoming
• Traffic change; shift construction to the north
• An extended partial intersection closure is proposed to accelerate construction
schedule beginning late fall 2018
CURRENT
CONSTRUCTION
STAGING

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Forest Hill Station – Construction Progress Photos

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Chaplin Station – Renderings *90% Design

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Chaplin Station – Ongoing and Upcoming Works
Ongoing
• Piling and fire hall restoration works well underway
• Chaplin Cres closure for special pile and temporary decking installation
• Early start and possible late work can be expected
Upcoming
• Shallow excavation and concrete roof construction at Gilgorm Rd and Eglinton Ave
• Concrete bridge construction on Eglinton Ave west of Chaplin Cres
• New watermain and storm sewer installation on the north side of Eglinton Ave
CURRENT
CONSTRUCTION
STAGING

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Chaplin Station – Construction Progress Photos

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Avenue Station – Renderings *90% Design

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Avenue Station: Mined Station
Cross Cut
Access Adit
Main Entrance
Cavern
• Avenue Station is being constructed using a mined method known as Sequential Excavation Method
(SEM)
• 24 hour mining is underway at the Main and Secondary Entrances and will be ongoing to early 2020.
• The mining process includes three principal underground activities that occur in a continuous
sequence. This creates the large underground cavern that will house the station platform and
concourse.
• Horizontal ‘pipe roof’ supports the ground above
• Excavation of the materials below the ‘roof’
• Support of underground surfaces by spraying the walls and ceiling with concrete
Secondary
Entrance
400m to be mined underneath Eglinton Ave – from Avenue Road
to Lascelles Blvd.

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Avenue Station – Ongoing and Upcoming Works
Ongoing
• Mining work continues at both entrances.
• Monitoring and dewatering well maintenance is ongoing.
2019 Activities
• Final lining works will begin on sections of the caverns where mining excavation is
complete
• Waterproofing and final lining will occur inside of the complete caverns
• During the lining operations, there will be continuous delivery of concrete to the surface sites
• Additional connection holes to the tunnels will be required to facilitate final lining activities and deliver
concrete to the cavern level

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Avenue Station – Construction Progress Photos
Secondary Entrance
– Sept. 2018
Secondary Entrance
– Oct. 2018
Main Entrance
– Oct. 2018
Secondary Entrance
– Aug. 2018

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Eglinton Station – Renderings
Main Entrance
Future Main
Entrance Site
Future Main
Entrance Interior
Main Entrance Features
 Accessible entrance
 Connections to LRT and TTC Line 1
Subway
Interchange Station Features
 Underground connections to all four
corners of the intersection including the
Yonge-Eglinton Centre and Canada Square

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Eglinton Station – Ongoing and Upcoming Works
• Shoring activities (piling, tie-backs, and decking installation) will be ongoing on Eglinton Avenue at
Holly Street until early 2019.
• Deep excavation work will get underway between Duplex Avenue and Yonge Street as early as
mid-November.
– This work includes excavating to the bottom of the future station box (approximately 22 meters at the deepest
point).
– Spoils from the excavation will be extracted and hauled from the existing TTC bus depot site at the southeast
corner of Duplex Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West, and the Salvation Army site at the corner of Eglinton
Avenue East and Cowbell Lane.
– As early as December 2018, excavation and steel delivery work will be starting as early as 4:00 a.m. to
maintain schedule. Noise mitigation efforts will be in place while this work gets underway.
Excavation
Sites

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Eglinton Station – Ongoing and Upcoming Works
• Construction of the TTC service building at Berwick Avenue continues with pre-cast concrete
installations:
• The subway will close on the following weekends (1:30am Saturday to 6am Monday) to safely carry out the work.
For full information on TTC closures, visit https://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Subway_closures/index.jsp.
• November 24/25
• December 8/9, 15/16
– Work will occur 24 hours a day on Berwick from 7am Friday to 7am Monday.
– Additional weekend subway closures are anticipated throughout 2019.
TTC Service
Building
Rendering

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Eglinton Station – Construction Progress Photos
TTC Service
Building Works on
Berwick
Shallow Excavation
on Eglinton Ave
West of Yonge St
Piling Activities on
Eglinton Ave at
Holly St