Ground broken on Eglinton Crosstown West Extension
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With the flip of a swap, Premier Doug Ford turned on a boring machine Monday to mark the beginning of tunnelling for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension.
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“The extension is a seven-stop subway line that can join communities and companies throughout Toronto, Etobicoke, and Mississauga,” Ford mentioned. “It is a world-class metropolis. It wants and deserves world-class public transit.”
A 9.2-kilometre extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, the venture, which incorporates some above-ground sections, will run alongside Eglington Ave., connecting a brand new Mount Dennis station — at Weston Rd. — to Renforth Dr.
The province’s 4 precedence subway tasks are the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension, the Yonge North Extension, the Scarborough Subway and the Ontario line, he mentioned.
Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra mentioned these tasks will develop the financial system and supply extra alternative for residents and companies.
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“The federal authorities is contributing nearly $1.9 billion to this venture alone, which is a part of $10.4 billion of funding for tasks within the Toronto space… We’re dedicated to a historic stage of constructing Ontario, constructing Canada,” Alghabra mentioned.
Toronto Mayor John Tory mentioned the groundbreaking ceremony reveals an actual dedication to getting the extension carried out.
“I feel you’ll be hard-pressed to search out one other time in all the historical past of Toronto or this area the place a lot transit building was underway at one time,” Tory mentioned. “After a long time of debate and delay, we now have damaged the transit gridlock collectively, and we’re going to get the transit constructed collectively.”
Metrolinx says the tunnelling portion of the venture needs to be wrapped up by the tip of 2023 or earlier in 2024, however there are two different elements to the venture and a closing completion date is just not but obtainable.
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