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CROSSTOWN LRT

WHO IS METROLINX?

Continuing TTC rollout in 2017

Construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Line

Background

• In September 2008, Metrolinx launched a regional transportation plan – a 25-year, $50 billion plan -- to coordinate and integrate transportation and transit in the Greater Toronto Area

• In 2010, City of Toronto approved the project to build the Eglinton Crosstown from Weston Road in the west to Kennedy Station in the east.

• Following a competitive process, Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS) was awarded a contract in July 2015 to design, build, finance, and maintain the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT).

Project Players and Roles

What Are We Building – a New Modern LRT

• 15 underground stations and 10 surface stops – 9 km below ground and 10 km above ground

• A maintenance and storage facility

• A 19-kilometre route separated from regular traffic

• Transit communications system

• Links to 54 bus routes, three subway stations, GO Transit, and a new UP Express station

Safety First – Our #1 Priority

We train and direct staff to:

• Always have a site specific safety plan and site specific emergency plan.

• Ensure pre-work hazard assessments are complete and understood.

• Ensure job hazards analyses are complete and understood.

• Do everything possible to protect themselves, co-workers, and members of the public.

• Stop work if the safety of themselves, co-workers and members of the public cannot be assured.

• Identify and report unsafe behaviour and coach each other to make improvements.

• Be prepared and equipped to work safely.

Awaiting feedback from Safety

Fairbank Station Aerial Rendering

Main Entrance

Service Building

Secondary Entrance

60% design rendering

Fairbank Station Main Entrance

60% design rendering

Fairbank Station Secondary Entrance

60% design rendering

Fairbank Station Service Building

60% design rendering

BIKE PARKING

Fairbank Station Construction Progress

As of June 2017

Main Entrance

Service Building

How We’re Building Fairbank Station:

Support of Excavation – Top Down

• Also known as ‘shoring’ or ‘piling’, support of excavation is a common step in the process of constructing a building.

• An area the size of the station’s footprint (about 100m x 20m) called the ‘station box’ is cut, steel piles are installed around the perimeter, a shallow area is excavated, and braces and tie-backs are installed at the sides to support excavation.

• A concrete roof slab is constructed and placed over top of the excavated area, restoring traffic while crews work safely underground.

• Support of excavation at Fairbank Station will take approximately 1.5 years to complete

Fairbank Station: Progress to Date

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Demolition at the Main Entrance and Service Building

Installation of geotechnical monitoring equipment

Telecommunication utilities relocation

Support of excavation at the Main Entrance and Service Building

Hydro utilities relocation

60% design completion

Fairbank Station: What to Expect

Summer 2017

• Continue piling on the north side of Eglinton Ave W

• Continue wet utilities relocation on Eglinton Ave W

• Shift traffic on Dufferin Street to east; continue piling on the north side of Eglinton

Ave W

Fall 2017

• Shift traffic on Eglinton Ave W to the south to commence piling on the south side

of the station box

• Continue wet utilities relocation on Eglinton Ave W

Current Construction Staging

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Until September 2017

CONSTRUCTION ZONE

Upcoming Construction Staging

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Beginning as early as September 2017

Future Fairbank Station Exterior Plaza

Fairbank Station Exterior Plaza Features

The future Fairbank Station Exterior Plaza will feature:

• Contemporary design and finishes

• Space for community events

• New misting feature located in the plaza centre

• 15 benches

• 14 shade trees

• 10 bicycle parking spaces (plus 20 at the Service Building)

• Lighting

• Decorative grass

New Misting Feature

• 11 mist pavers designed to create a concentrated

“room of mist” in the plaza centre

• Operation schedule:

– 15 mins/hr for 12 hrs/day

– 7 days a week from May to October

– Lighting feature operates year-round

– Equipped with wind sensor to switch-off misting

during windy conditions

• Improved environmental, operational and atheistic

benefits versus a traditional fountain feature

TYPICAL MIST & LIGHTING PAVERS

Example Mist Feature

PLACE DES CANOTIERS, QUEBEC CITY

DAOUST LESTAGE

Example Mist Feature

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL AND RESIDENCES,

TORONTO NAK DESIGN GROUP +

CLAUDE CORMIER ARCHITECTES

PAYSAGISTES INC

Example Water Feature

LE MIROIR D’EAU, BORDEAUX,

FRANCE_ MICHEL CORAJOUD

Planned Public Realm Improvements

SECONDARY ENTRANCE

SERVICE BUILDING

EXTERIOR PLAZA

MAIN ENTRANCE

1 2 3

BIA Message Board

Community Art Display

Cycle Track

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4 Mist Water Feature

On-street TTC Stop

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Summary of Planned Public Realm Improvements

• New sidewalks and bike lanes

• Reinstatement of 16 trees complete with

electrical conduits for BIA lighting

• Reinstatement of eight (8) benches

• Reinstatement of 14 waste receptacles

• Reinstatement of 17 bike rings

• One (1) new TTC bus shelter on the east

side Dufferin Street, south of Eglinton

Ave W

• New light poles on the north side of

Eglinton Ave W, west of Dufferin Street

• Two (2) new electronic message boards

• New community art display incorporated

into Service Building façade (subject to

approval)

• New electrical conduits

• Reinstatement of branded street signs

• Improved accessibility

Proposed Community Art Vitrine

• Two (2) display cabinets

integrated into the Service

Building façade to host

community art work

• 1.5 m wide x 3 m tall x 90

mm deep

• Includes operable doors

and lighting

• Subject to approval

Community Benefits: 2016 Early Successes

Employment Information Session

February 2016

Community Clean Up – Keelesdale Park

April 2016

Employment Information Session

May 2016

ACCES Employment Speed Mentoring Marathon

May 2016

Business Opportunities Information Session

June 2016

Public Art and Youth Engagement Initiative – Mount Dennis

September 2016

Community Benefits: 2016 Early Successes

Food Sorting with North York Harvest

October 2016

Apprenticeship Mentor Opportunity at Habitat for Humanity GTA

November 2016

Signing of Apprenticeship Declaration

December 2016

Holiday Giving Program with New Circles

December 2016

Community Benefits: 2017 Initiatives

Date Event

March 2017 Women in Construction Series with YWCA Toronto

April 2017 Community Clean Up

May 2017 Speed Mentoring Marathon

June 2017 Procurement workshops for small- and medium-sized businesses on Eglinton and social enterprises

June 2017 Public Art and Youth Engagement Initiative – Thorncliffe Park

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