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IT’S HAPPENING, TODAY Forum Eglinton Crosstown LRT Metrolinx’s Core Business – Providing Better, Faster, Easier Service We have a strong connection with our Adding More Service Today Making It Easier for Our customers, and a Customers to Access Our great understanding Service of who they are and Building More to Improve Service where they are going. Planning for New Connections Investing in Our Future MISSION: VISION: WE CONNECT GETTING YOU THERE COMMUNITIES BETTER, FASTER, EASIER 3 Train Testing Video: Click Here 6 Eglinton Crosstown Supports for Community • The Eglinton Crosstown LRT Project contractually requires the constructor, Crosslinx Transit Solutions Constructors (CTSC), to embed community benefits in their work, including ensuring that local communities and historically disadvantaged groups benefit directly from the province’s $5.3 billion investment. • We are committed to making the pathway to professional, administrative and technical (PAT) roles in the construction industry more accessible to people facing barriers to employment. • CTS has hired 209 people in PAT roles to date, as well as 185 apprentices and journey persons from historically disadvantaged and equity seeking groups. • We are committed to supporting small and medium sized businesses along the Eglinton corridor, businesses impacted by our construction, and social enterprises that create employment and training opportunities for people who face systemic barriers to employment. • CTS has spent more than $800,000 on social enterprises and more than $7 million at local businesses. EGLINTON CROSSTOWN Eglinton Crosstown COVID-19 Construction Safety • With construction remaining classified as an essential industry, work on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT continues through the COVID-19 pandemic. • Crosslinx Transit Solutions, the constructor of the Crosstown, has undertaken a comprehensive COVID-19 response plan to minimize the risk to workers, keeping staff and the communities around our sites safe. This plan includes: • A mask mandate for all workers on site • A daily screening questionnaire prior to entering site • Frequent rapid testing for workers on all sites • Outdoor seating/break spaces to minimize indoor interactions • Mandatory isolation for any worker who may express symptoms • Crosslinx is encouraging all employees to make an appointment to receive a vaccine as soon as they are eligible to do so. EGLINTON CROSSTOWN WELCOME Our Eastern Works Open House will feature the following stations and stops: • Science Centre • Aga Khan Park & Museum and Wynford Stops • Pharmacy and Hakimi Lebovic Stops • Golden Mile, Ionview and Birchmount Stops • Kennedy Station PROJECT QUANTITIES 273.5 km medium 111 escalators 15.2 million job hours voltage/direct current 38 two-vehicle trains cable 208 overhead 60 elevators 6000 tons of rail 5 new bridges catenary system poles 60 KM/H street level MODEL: Bombardier Flexity Freedom POWER SUPPLY: Overhead Catenary Read more about how Eglinton Crosstown will change Toronto’s cityscape here. 16 Train Testing 16 Eglinton Crosstown PROJECT UPDATE • The Eglinton Crosstown project is now over 75% complete • Three stations – Mount Dennis, Keelesdale and Science Centre – are largely complete • 86% of track has been installed • Vehicle testing is now underway Eglinton Crosstown What to Expect: Systems and Track 2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 • 75% of track installed • Installation of track and OCS between Cedarvale Station and • 50% of OCS(Overhead Catenary System) Leaside Station. installed • Avenue to Laird and Kennedy tail track installations. • OCS energized from Mount Dennis to west of • Fiber line installations between Cedarvale Station and Laird Caledonia Station. Station. • Tunnel lighting installed from Mount Dennis to • Installation of tunnel lighting between Caledonia Station and Caledonia Station and from Laird Station to Leaside Station. Science Centre Station. • Installation of MV/DC cables between Caledonia Station and • At-grade section between Sunnybrook Stop to Laird Station. Kennedy Station ready for static testing. • Ready for MV/DC energization between Caledonia Station and • Sunnybrook to Kennedy MV/DC cables Laird Station. installed and prepared for vehicle testing. • Completion of OCS and track installations. SCIENCE CENTRE STATION Eglinton Crosstown What to Expect: Science Centre Station 2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 • OCS wiring installation complete • Substantial completion • Urban tapestry installation • Completion of final landscaping • Tiling artwork installation at the main • Installation of station signage and furniture entrance and platform • Escalator and elevator installations • Floor and wall tiling works • Electrical and communication finishes • Louver installation at the main entrance • Remaining civil works • Ornamental fencing installation at the bus terminal • Glazing finishes WYNFORD STOP Eglinton Crosstown What to Expect: Aga Khan Park & Museum and Wynford Stop 2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 • Watermain connection at the Aga Khan • Shelter finishing activities Park & Museum Stop • Begin static testing of LRVs in east • North sidewalk construction between East Don River Bridge and Wynford Stop • Final paving and restoration • North sidewalk construction between • General landscaping Sloane Avenue and Jonesville Crescent • Barrier curbs at East Don River Bridge • Track works complete • OCS wiring installation complete SLOANE STOP Eglinton Crosstown What to Expect: Sloane and O’Connor Stop 2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 • Sloane Stop shelter structure installation • Platform ramps, curbs, walls, handrails at • Road widening between Swift Drive and both stops Bermondsey Road • Retaining wall at Swift Drive, north side • Retaining wall at Swift Drive, south side • Shelter finishing activities • Light pole installation at O’Connor Stop • Begin static testing of Light Rail • Sidewalk construction on the north side of Vehicles(LRV) in east Eglinton, east of Sloane Avenue • Final paving and restoration • Sidewalk construction at four corners of • intersection at O’Connor Stop (Victoria Park) General landscaping • Track works complete • OCS wiring installation complete PHARMACY STOP Eglinton Crosstown What to Expect: Pharmacy and Hakimi Lebovic Stop 2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 • Sidewalk construction at four corners of • Shelter finishing activities both intersections • Begin static testing of Light Rail • Light pole installation at both stops Vehicles(LRVs) in east • Handrail installation at Pharmacy Stop • Final paving and restoration • Planter curbs at both stops • General landscaping • Track works complete • OCS wiring installation complete IONVIEW STOP Eglinton Crosstown What to Expect: Golden Mile, Birchmount, and Ionview Stops 2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 • Shelter installation for all stops • Roadworks between Birchmount and Kennedy • Light pole installation for all stops on the south side of Eglinton • Sidewalk construction at four corners of • Platform ramps, curbs, and handrails at all stops intersections at Golden Mile and & Birchmount • Shelter finishing activities Stops • Begin static testing of Light Rail Vehicles(LRVs) in • Massey creek culvert filled & west wing wall east construction complete • Final paving and restoration • Track works complete • General landscaping • OCS wiring installation complete KENNEDY STATION Eglinton Crosstown What to Expect: Kennedy Station 2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 What to Expect for 2022 • Structural steel at main entrance • Escalator and elevator installation • Substantial Completion complete • Reinstate middle lanes on Eglinton • GO entrance structural steel at • Reinstation and completion of east 75% completion and west GO platforms • Mechanical and electrical works • Completion of GO track diversion at GO platform (substantially completed) • Track works will continue at the portal • Louver installation at main entrance • New parking lot at main entrance • Utility casing installation under • Final paving and restoration GO tracks • General landscaping • All inverts poured Eglinton Crosstown LRT East Testing & Commissioning What to Expect • In late May, light rail vehicles (LRVs) will be delivered to the east end of the alignment to conduct testing and commissioning activities between Brentcliffe Road and Kennedy Road. • The LRVs will run mainly on the surface along a track in the center of Eglinton Avenue. • The LRVs will follow traffic signals as they cross through intersections. • Prior to testing, the overhead catenary system (OCS) will be energized in order to power the vehicles. Eglinton Crosstown LRT Testing to Date • First vehicle deliveries to Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility (EMSF) in 2019. • Testing Mount Dennis and Caledonia Stations began in 2020. Eglinton Crosstown LRT Eglinton Crosstown LRT Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Energization • The OCS is the poles and cables installed over the LRT tracks that power the LRVs. • Power is delivered from 10 traction power substations along the alignment to the LRVs via OCS cables. • The OCS must be energized in order to power the LRVs. • As of May 3, 2021, the OCS will be energized between Laird and Kennedy stations. • Like other transit systems in the city, when the OCS is energized the cables are electrified and dangerous if encountered. .