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14773
The National Post has a good overview of the proposals in the study results released last week concerning the future of the Gardiner Expressway. they don't...
Chris Beach
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Oct 1, 2006
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14774
http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GONE/2006/09/29/c3464.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html Ministry of Transportation Completion and opening of transportation corridor in...
Chris Beach
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Oct 1, 2006
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14775
The contract to clear the tress and such from the new 7 freeway ROW has been called. This project, which covers between Jinkinson Road (the end of the current...
Chris Beach
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Oct 1, 2006
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14776
... http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/artslife/story.html?id=d03892e0-552b-4316-9946-2f0c7146c9ad&k=72715&p=1 ... Still unacceptable IMO. Full freeway...
captainbeowulf
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Oct 1, 2006
8:35 pm
14777
... I don't understand why Toronto is so eager to spend (at least) $1 billion to actually reduce the capacity of Toronto's road network. It would seem that...
Scott Steeves
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Oct 1, 2006
9:10 pm
14778
For those who want to see the report (I think its a condensed version of it), here is a link: http://www.towaterfront.ca/dbdocs/451ad1fc5015e.pdf - Josh...
elgoalio_29
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Oct 2, 2006
1:19 am
14779
Why was the Gardiner elevated in the first place? Greg...
Greg Fox
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Oct 2, 2006
1:20 am
14780
... It's simply because it is such a political hot potato, and now that it has been released to the public, this years election in the city to the south of me...
elgoalio_29
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Oct 2, 2006
1:21 am
14781
... intact ... an ... I would agree. Like for example if an accident happens on a 400 series highway or any highway or road, it tends to do close the highway...
Mark
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Oct 2, 2006
3:03 am
14782
... But ... No, because if Toronto is smart (which is questionable), it will put extra funding into temporary (or permanent) alternatives, completely wreck the...
elgoalio_29
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Oct 2, 2006
3:10 am
14783
You are correct as the old elevated I-93 through Boston was elevated on steel girders and supports rather than concrete. elgoalio_29 <elgoalio_29@...>...
red wine
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Oct 2, 2006
3:15 am
14784
The Boston situation was a faulty bolt that held tiles on the ceiling of one of the new tunnels constructed as part of the big dig. The bolt failed and the...
red wine
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Oct 2, 2006
3:20 am
14785
3 years of pain? Try longer. You have to factor in the dismantling the Gardiner which will take some time. The EA process which takes longer (but in this case...
Mark
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Oct 2, 2006
6:07 am
14786
... I don't know if there is an exact reason "why" but I think space available (the lakeshore was heavily industrialized at the time) and because elevated...
elgoalio_29
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Oct 2, 2006
4:29 pm
14787
... Exactly. Montreal has the Autoroute Ville-Marie, aka A-720, which will soon be completed to expressway standards to A-25 via the "projet de modernisation...
captainbeowulf
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Oct 3, 2006
12:08 am
14788
Hiho, ... But, again, it's all landfill, and this tunnel would suffer from all the leaks and problems that the harbourfront streetcar tunnels have, and will ...
Andrew Gurudata
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Oct 3, 2006
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14789
"However, the federal budget surplus, which just went to pay down the debt, was $13 billion. If Canada as a whole recognizes that revitalization of its urban...
red wine
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Oct 3, 2006
3:46 pm
14790
... IMO ... would ... put ... railway ... I love this idea, and have often postulated something quite similar. A 10-lane Gardiner could be built on top of the...
Scott Steeves
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Oct 3, 2006
9:40 pm
14791
Has anyone else noticed that the MTO has painted Orange lines on the EB 401 off-ramp to Weston Road? Special signs have been erected advising drivers to...
Scott Steeves
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Oct 7, 2006
6:42 am
14792
... Great. I now look forward to the drive home every day so I can watch the progress on this. So far there's been lots of dredging of swamp and backfilling...
zygomaticos
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Oct 7, 2006
1:29 pm
14793
... Considering the mazes of barrels I've seen on too many construction projects, I'm a big fan of that idea. Steve ...
Steve
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Oct 7, 2006
2:00 pm
14794
Weren't there orange lines in the Yonge St. area a while back? Greg...
Greg Fox
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Oct 7, 2006
4:28 pm
14795
The highway will be renamed to General Brock Parkway on October 13, 2006. Donna Cansfield and Lincoln Alexander are expected to lead a ceremony at Brock's...
Greg Fox
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Oct 7, 2006
8:36 pm
14796
... will the 405 number be removed? or will it be co-designated 405/General Brock Parkway? (like 416/Veterans Memorial Highway) Always been confused about...
Tim K
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Oct 7, 2006
9:35 pm
14797
... I'd guess the latter, as the MTO doesn't seem to like removing numbers. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/ontroads/message/14540 (about halfway down) ...
Chris Beach
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Oct 8, 2006
5:14 pm
14798
So, I've taken a couple of trips to the west in the past week or so, to Detroit (via Windsor) and to Blenheim, and here's a few things to report. 1....
Chris Beach
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Oct 8, 2006
5:30 pm
14799
As in every tragedy, the question the media asks is, "how can we sell more papers?" And the answer is the usual story theme, COULD IT HAPPEN ...
Chris Beach
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Oct 8, 2006
5:45 pm
14800
In the city business portion (notices of meetings, bylaw adjustments, street renaming, basically anything that needs public notice) of the London Free Press...
Chris Beach
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Oct 8, 2006
6:09 pm
14801
... really? i'm a little surprised, considering that road was just completed last spring. Oh well, I think it needs to be done...sooner than later, as that...
Tim K
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Oct 8, 2006
6:52 pm
14802
... http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/A\ ... based on past experience in closely looking at Ontario highways standards...
Tim K
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