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1. CROSSTOWN LRT

2. WHO IS METROLINX?

7. 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).

8. Project Players and Roles

9. 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

10. 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.

11. Crosstown Design Approach
Street Level – Contextual and
Inviting
An International Signature for
Toronto
Entrance – Bright & Secure
Concourse – Simple & Pristine Concourse – Transparent & Open Platform – Spacious & Animated

12. Accessibility
Station and Stops are designed to be universally accessible, including satisfaction of the
AODA, applicable City of Toronto Guidelines, the OBC, and CSA Standards.
Some of those features include:
• Barrier‐free paths from the entrance level to the station
platform level
• Tactile warning strips and tactile walking surface
indicators
• Signage systems with tactile indicators
• Passenger Assistance Intercoms (PAI)
• Low floor Light Rail Vehicles (LRV) with designated
wheelchair locations
• Nominal gaps from platform edges to LRV entries
• Automated visual and audible stop announcements
• On-street and off-street paratransit passenger pick-ups
and drop-offs

13. Environment & Sustainability
During Construction
• Programs to minimize impact on wildlife, their habitats, watercourses and trees
• Reduce impact on our community neighbours through the management of dust,
noise and vibration
• Sustainable construction practices, including active management of construction
and demolition generated wastes, targeting 75% waste diversion from landfills;
and off-site beneficial reuse of excess soil.
Project Design Sustainability
• Project wide application of Toronto
Green Standard
• LEED Certification at EMSF
• Bike parking for short- and long-term
users
• Dedicated pedestrian routes
• High Solar Reflectance Index paving
• Green roofs
• Water use conservation/efficiency
• Fritted glazing (minimize bird
collisions)
• Shielded exterior lighting (prevent off-
site light trespass)
• Sheltered waiting areas
• Energy efficiency – LED lighting, heat
recovery systems
• Landscaping – use of native, drought-
tolerant plants and large trees

14. How We’re Building the Crosstown: Construction Overview

15. Mined StationsCut-and-Cover Stations
• An area the size of the station’s
footprint is cut, a shallow area
excavated, and steel piles, braces, and
tie-backs are installed. Decking is then
placed over the excavation to allow
traffic to resume overhead.
• Mining occurs from inside of the
excavated entrances after the
shoring is complete. Each
underground area to be mined is
divided into segments, and mined
in sequence.
How We’re Building: Two Methods

16. The Crosstown: 2016 in Review
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• Tunnels complete
• Construction activities at all 15 underground stations
• Utility relocations & support in place, underway or complete
• Shoring work underway or nearing completion at several stations
• All design through 60% completion
• Transit system definition for underground segments 60% complete
• Full Building Permit application packages being finalized for submission Q1-Q3

17. The Crosstown: 2017 Construction Milestones
• Year of the Dig – 1 million tons to be
excavated in 2017
• Start excavating main station boxes
• Shoring & utility relocations at
interchange stations – Cedarvale,
Eglinton, Kennedy
• Track work – pour concrete base and
first track installation
• Maintenance & Storage Facility buildings
enclosed
• New Photography Bridge construction
• Mount Dennis foundation complete;
Kodak Building moved back
• Mount Dennis Pedestrian/LRT Tunnel
Connection
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18. West Portal: under the Elevated Guideway
*60% rendering

19. Elevated Guideway Concept
*60% rendering

20. West Portal – Elevated Guideway Concept
*60% rendering

21. West Portal Construction View
Roof Slab
(ongoing)
Base Slab

22. West Portal: completed & ongoing work
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Ongoing
• Walls formwork and rebar – box tunnel construction
• Utility relocation works for Elevated Guideway
• To follow: Retaining wall and backfilling for Eglinton Avenue West realignment
2000 m3 reinforced concrete poured to date

23. Year Quarter Construction Activity / Closure
2017
Q1
(Jan-March)
• Formwork & rebar for walls and roof slab
• Watermain relocation
• Hydro relocation (THESL)
Q2
(April-June)
• Watermain relocation, testing & handover to City of Toronto – completed
• Hydro relocation (THESL) – completed
• Box tunnel – completed
• Storm & sewer relocation from Black Creek Drive to Keelesdale Park South Drive
• Begin Elevated Guideway caisson foundation
• RSS wall for new Eglinton Ave realignment
Q3
(July-Sept)
• Elevated Guideway caisson caps & piers columns & west abutment
• Box tunnel backfill
• Eglinton Ave road construction stage 1 & 2
• Black Creek Bridge widening
• Storm & OGS relocation from Keelesdale Park South Drive to Municipal Drive
Q4
(Oct-Dec)
• Elevated Guideway on piers columns, columns caps and east abatement
• New Eglinton road construction stage 2
• Start U shape forming
West Portal: What to Expect in 2017

24. Current Traffic Configuration

25. Stage 2 Traffic Configuration – mid June

26. Support Works - Dewatering
• At Eglinton Avenue West and
Black Creek Drive, a number of
small wells will be drilled
where excavation will be
taking place.
• System will operate for the
duration of construction
(2020).
• The term “dewatering” means pumping from
the ground water at a site where there will be
excavation.

27. Support Works – Utilities Mitigation
What to expect: Watermain Replacement
• Water main replacement work will include trenching and removing and replacing
pipes.
• This work will occur on watermains on Eglinton Avenue West between Avenue
Black Creek Drive and Keelesdale Drive.
• Lane closures will be required for this work. At least one lane in each direction will
be maintained.
• Pedestrian access will be maintained.
A public notice with additional details will be distributed prior to work beginning.

28. LRT Tunnel Fit Out

29. Tunnel Invert Pour: Key Milestones

30. • Concrete trucks deliver concrete every 30-60 minutes, depending on how far
down the tunnel the work is occurring
• Trucks park beside the shaft at Cedarvale (Allen Rd. and Eglinton), and unload 9
m3 of concrete into a large pipe, into one of two mini concrete trucks (4.5 m3
each) at the shaft floor.
• The mini truck in the shaft then drives down the tunnel to the next section of
tunnel to be inverted.
• The first stage of concrete pour began in tunnel section 1 on April 4, 2017, and
tunnel section 2 on April 17, 2017.
• On average, crews complete a section approximately 80 metres in length of the
concrete slab per day in each tunnel.
Tunnel Fit Out: Progress to Date

31. Concrete Invert Pour - Concrete Delivery
• Mini concrete trucks delivering concrete into tunnel.

32. • Concrete trucks deliver loose concrete to the work area
• Loose concrete mix is used to fill the bottom of the tunnel
• Tunnel Fit Out Crew flatten and smooth it
Concrete Invert Pour - Stage 1

33. Concrete Invert Pour – Stage 2
• Workers install welded mesh which functions like rebar to help reinforce the next
layer of concrete
• Higher strength concrete is poured to provide the flat track slab for the rail tracks
• Workers spread the concrete, and a truss screed machine vibrates it into a perfectly
level surface

34. • Track work will begin at the Eglinton
Maintenance and Storage Facility (EMSF)
within the Vehicle Cleaning & Inspection
Facility (VCIF) as early as summer 2017.
• This track will be the spur line to the rail
corridor that will deliver the light rail
vehicles to the VCIF at the EMSF site
• Mid to late in 2017, small portion of
track installed in tunnel (TBD between
the West Portal and Keelesdale Station)
• This section of track will be the test
section for the tunnel fit out.
• Majority of track will be installed in the
tunnels after the station box
construction completion across the line
Tunnel Fit Out: What to expect in 2017

35. Caledonia Station Aerial Rendering
BUS LOOP
90% design rendering
*Bridge connection is not part of Crosstown LRT construction
STATION
FUTURE BRIDGE
CONNECTION*

36. Caledonia Station Main Entrance
90% design rendering
FUTURE
RETAIL SPACE

37. Caledonia Station Exterior Plaza
90% design rendering
SHELTERED
BIKE PARKING

38. Caledonia Station Bus Loop
90% design rendering
BIKE PARKING

39. Caledonia Station Construction Progress
As of May 2017
WORK ZONE

40. How We’re Building Caledonia Station:
Shoring and Deep Excavation
• An area of approximately 130 x 20 meters,
called the ‘station box’, was cut and 108 steel
piles were installed around the perimeter
(shoring).
• A shallow area has been excavated while
wooden lagging, braces and tie-backs are
installed at the sides to support excavation.
• Small wells were drilled between piles and a
dewatering system comprised of two pumps
and a tank was installed to remove
groundwater.
• Once dewatering is underway, crews will
excavate 30 meters down (deep excavation) to
expose and demolish the top of the tunnel.
• Approximately 700 cubic meters of material
will be excavated each working day.

41. Caledonia Station Progress to Date
Complete
 Installation of geotechnical monitoring equipment
 Bell and hydro utilities relocation
 Traffic signal relocation at Blackthorn Ave and Eglinton Ave W
 Shoring of the station box
 Installation of dewatering system
 Shallow excavation (to first level of tie-backs)
 Installation of lagging, braces, tie-backs and walers (first round)
 Tower crane erection
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42. What to Expect in 2017
Construction Activity Planned Start Date
Approximate
Duration
Monitoring of geotechnical equipment Since 2016 Ongoing
Installation of lagging, braces, tie-backs
and walers
Since April 2016
Eight (8) months
remaining
Site service connection for wet utilities Since May 29, 2017
Two (2) weeks
remaining
Dewatering Spring 2017 Ongoing
Deep excavation Spring 2017
Eight (8) months
remaining
Demolition of the top of the tunnel Fall 2017 Two (2) months

43. Current Construction Staging
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Began May 29 until June 8

44. Upcoming Construction Staging
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Beginning June 8 for two (2) weeks

45. Long-term Construction Staging
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Returning Late June 2017 until 2021
TRUCK
ENTRY &
EGRESS
TRUCK
ENTRY &
EGRESS

46. Community Benefits: Coming Up in 2017

47. Business Support
Marketing and Advertising Support in 2017:
• Host focus groups with businesses to determine marketing/advertising priorities
• Implement Marketing and Advertising campaign to support businesses across Eglinton
• Rollout social media, digital, print and traditional forms of marketing and advertising
Ongoing On-the-ground Business Liaison:
• Open for Business signage for impacted businesses
• Parking support strategy to identify local Green P lots along the corridor
• Monthly Marketing meetings with the seven local BIAs
• Business Marketing workshops
• Collaboration with Digital Main Street to provide online and digital support to
businesses
• Monthly canvassing to obtain feedback regularly

48. Stay up to date

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