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THE EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT

Eglinton Station

• Eglinton Avenue and Yonge Street.Location

• Funded fully by the Province of Ontario.

• The Crosstown project is the largest transit expansion in the history of Toronto.

Funding

Station Construction

• Construction begins in summer 2016 and is scheduled to be completed in 2021.

Timelines

• One of 15 underground Crosstown stations.

• The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will link to 54 bus routes, three TTC subway stations, various GO Transit lines, and a new UP Express stop.

Unique Attributes

Connections

• The Eglinton Crosstown station will be underground, serving as an interchange station that connects to the TTC Yonge subway line.

• As an interchange station, Eglinton will be one of the busiest. There will be four entrances -- two on the south side of Eglinton Avenue east and west of Yonge Street and two on the north side.

• Utilities relocation and support of excavation (also called shoring) are the first steps in constructing Eglinton station.

• A ‘cut and cover method’, which involves excavation and installation of wooden decking, will be used at Eglinton Station.

Spring 2016

Future Eglinton S

tation

Main Entrance

Platform

Lobby

Interchange

West Community Office1848 Eglinton Avenue West416-782-8118

crosstown@metrolinx.comwww.thecrosstown.ca

Thank you for your continued patience as we work to build this important project.

East Community OfficeUnit 110, 660 Eglinton Avenue East416-482-7411

THE EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT

2016 Construction

• As early as July 2016, work will start on relocating water mains and storm and sanitary sewers.

• The utility work is expected to take approximately four (4) months.

Utilities Relocation

Traffic and Transit Changes Pedestrian Access

• Construction zones will be set up along Eglinton Avenue and Yonge Street at various stages of utilities relocation and shoring work.

• There will be lane closures on Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue to carry out the utilities relocation and shoring work.

• At least one lane in each direction east-west along Eglinton Avenue and north-south along Yonge Street will be maintained.

• Turns at the Yonge-Eglinton intersection will be restricted at various stages of utilities relocation and shoring work.

• Sidewalk and crosswalk closures on the north and south sides of Eglinton Avenue east and west of Yonge Street will occur intermittently. A pedestrian walkway north or south of Eglinton Avenue will be maintained as work shifts.

• Sidewalk and crosswalk closures on the east and west sides of Yonge Street north and south of Eglinton Avenue will occur intermittently. A pedestrian walkway east or west of Yonge Street will be maintained as work shifts.

Since fall 2015, crews have been preparing Eglinton Avenue for construction of the Eglinton station. Starting as of June, crews will set up work areas at the step of the main and secondary entrances of the future Eglinton station.

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• An area the size of the station’s footprint (about 130m x 20m - the size of two hockey rinks) will be cut, a shallow area excavated, and steel piles, braces and tie-backs will be installed around the sides to support the excavation.

• Once the shoring is installed, the crew may work under the roadway safely, excavating to a depth of about 20m for the site of the station box.

• All phases of shoring and decking are expected to take approximately sixteen (16) months to complete.

Shoring and Decking

• Access to Eglinton Avenue from Cowbell Lane will be closed for approximately one (1) month as early as June 2016.

Road Closures