CROSSTOWN LRT WHO IS METROLINX?

Continuing TTC rollout in 2017 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. Metrolinx Design Excellence Principles

1. A strong conceptual narrative vision across the system 2. Design that elevates the quality of the passenger Experience 3. Civic scale, materiality and quality 4. Clarity and simplicity of architectural expression through integrated design of all systems and elements 5. Responsiveness to contextual, local and future conditions

Environment & Sustainability

During Construction • Programs to minimize impact on wildlife, watercourses and trees • Reduce impact to community through the management of dust, noise and vibration • Sustainable construction practices, including targeting 75% waste diversion from landfills; and off-site beneficial reuse of excess soil.

Project Design Sustainability • Green Standard project wide • Water use conservation/efficiency • LEED Certification at EMSF • Fritted glazing (minimize bird collisions) • Bike parking • Shielded exterior lighting (prevent off- • Dedicated pedestrian routes site light trespass) • High Solar Reflectance Index paving • Landscaping – use of native, drought- • Green roofs tolerant plants and trees • Energy efficiency – LED lighting, heat • Sheltered waiting areas recovery systems 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

11 LRT: Tunnel Fit Out Tunnel Fit Out: Key Milestones Tunnel Fit Out: Concrete Delivery

• Mini concrete trucks delivering concrete into tunnel. Tunnel Fit Out: Invert Pour Stage 1

• 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 Tunnel Fit Out: 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 West Portal: under the Elevated Guideway Elevated Guideway Concept West Portal – Elevated Guideway Concept West Portal: What to Expect in 2017/2018

Year Quarter Construction Activity / Closure

Q4 • Continue driven piles for the Elevated Guideway (Oct-Dec) • Complete excavation, start Formwork & Rebar for Cast-in-Place (CIP) Retaining Wall 2017 • Begin watermain protection foundation works, formwork & rebar • Complete utilities relocation works & start recommissioning sewers • Begin Formwork & rebar for pile caps of the Elevated Guideway Q1 • Complete piling works for Pier 2 & east abutment (Jan-March) • Commence temporary re-alignment of • Complete watermain protection works for CIP wall

Q2 • Commence & complete Eglinton Avenue re-alignment works 2018 (April-June) • Commence u-shape shoring, excavation, formwork, & rebar works • Continue rebar & formwork for Elevated Guideway (through Q3) • Commence demolition & foundation for Black Creek Bridge Q3 • Place Girders for the Elevated Guideway & Black Creek Bridge (July-Sept) • Begin Landscaping for Eglinton Q4 • Complete Rebar & Formwork for Elevated Guideway (Oct-Dec) • Complete U-Shape Formwork & Rebar West Portal: Pier 2 Traffic Plan West Portal: Eglinton Realignment West Portal: Landscaping Elevated Guideway: West at Black Creek Drive Elevated Guideway: East at Black Creek Drive Elevated Guideway: North at Black Creek Drive Keelesdale Station: Main Entrance Keelesdale Station: Secondary Entrance Keelesdale Station: Third Entrance

Third Entrance

Keele St Keelesdale: What to Expect in 2017/2018

Year Quarter Construction Activity / Closure

Q4 • Excavate to the bottom of the station 2017 (Oct-Dec)

Q1 • Concrete, rebar, mechanical, electrical and waterproofing (Jan-March) construction. Under deck and within excavation. Q2 • Concrete, rebar, mechanical, electrical and waterproofing (April-June) construction. Under deck and within excavation.

2018 Q3 Concrete, rebar, mechanical, electrical and waterproofing (July-Sept) construction. Under deck and within excavation.

Q4 • Concrete, rebar, mechanical, electrical and waterproofing (Oct-Dec) construction. Under deck and within excavation. Keelesdale Station: Tunnel Wall Breakthrough

• Tunnel breakthrough will start within Q4 of 2017. • Tunnel will first be cored into and u-fill placed within a 12m section to the tunnel spring line.

U-fill Keelesdale Station: Tunnel Wall Breakthrough

• The top portion of tunnel will be removed for this 6m section allowing access to an excavator to fill the remaining portion with native fill material. Keelesdale Station: Tunnel Wall Breakthrough

• As the native fill placement progresses the tunnel top half is removed. Keelesdale Station: Station Box Construction

Tieback installation below a 1350x1800 COMB sewer. 40ft below street level Keelesdale Station: Station Box Construction

Utility support and excavation under Eglinton Ave traffic deck. Community Benefits

The Community Benefits Program aims to ensure people from historically disadvantaged communities and equity-seeking groups are positively impacted by the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Project.

Program will be divided into streams: 1. Employment, Training and Workforce Development 2. Social Enterprises and Social Procurement 3. Investment (Community Improvements)

36 Community Benefits: Employment

CTS is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and we are building relationships with local workforce agencies who work with individuals facing barriers to employment.

We also organize job fairs, offer resume review tips and provide pre- orientation details to help improve job matches and support applications to CTS.

Community Benefits: Business Spend

CTS procurement policy includes a commitment to maximizing procurement and supplier opportunities for social enterprises and local businesses.

 Social enterprises • Partnership with the Steps Initiative to produce community murals • Printing with Eva’s Phoenix Print Shop (employs homeless youth) • Partnership with Building Up to wash storefront windows along Eglinton

 Local businesses • Maintain list of local businesses on Eglinton that produce materials required for Project • Support local businesses with increased access to CTS Procurement Community Benefits: Investment

CTS Builds Communities is a program where CTS demonstrates care and stewardship over the neighbourhoods of Eglinton Avenue.

• Sorted food donations at Dorset Park Food Bank (near ) after Thanksgiving with CTS staff in October 2016. • Incorporation of students from Marc Garneau C.I. (near future ) in mentorship opportunity at Habitat for Humanity GTA Build with CTS staff in November 2016. • Holiday Giving Program done in support of New Circles Community Services (near future O’Connor stop), CTS staff sponsored 7 families in December 2016. • Organized a 3-part Women in Construction series in partnership with the YWCA Toronto (near Kennedy Station) to empower and provide mentorship to more than 20 Eglinton-area girls in March 2017. Business Support

Marketing Communications and Advertising Strategy Overview • Based on feedback obtained from focus groups with businesses and the seven local BIAs, the Crosstown Business Support strategy campaign will be implemented in three stages:

• Phase 1 (2017-2018): • Improve the on-the-ground experience around construction sites for patrons visiting Eglinton. • Phase 2 (2018-2019): • Roll-out of hyper-local marketing and advertising campaigns each quarter with specific tools and tactics that are targeted for each unique business community and are tied into an over- arching “Shop Local” campaign for all of Eglinton. • Phase 3 (2019-2021): • Roll-out of over-arching “Shop Local” campaign for all of Eglinton that establishes Eglinton as a destination place in Toronto. Business Signage Parking Support

Business support parking pamphlet

Green P directional signage Business Support

Current Strategies: • Window washing and street cleaning for businesses in close proximity to station sites. • Directional postcards for businesses to handout to patrons and help them navigate the construction sites to their business.

Upcoming Strategies: • New and engaging, promotional signage highlighting business and communities along the corridor. • The development of the hyper-local marketing and advertising campaigns in collaboration with Metrolinx and the seven local BIAs. • Ongoing monthly meetings with the seven local BIAs to discuss marketing initiatives and explore opportunities for collaboration.

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