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THE EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT

Keelesdale Station

• Eglinton Avenue West and Keele Street /TretheweyDrive

Location

• Funded fully by the Province of Ontario.

• The Crosstown project is the largest transit expansionin the history of Toronto.

Funding

Station Construction

• Construction begins in 2016 and is scheduled to becompleted in 2021.

Timelines

• One of 15 underground Crosstown stations.

• The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will link to 54 bus routes,three TTC subway stations, various GO Transit lines,and a new UP Express station.

Unique Attributes

Connections

• The secondary entrance to the station, at thenorthwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and TretheweyDrive will be built adjacent to York MemorialCollegiate Institute, a City of Toronto designatedHeritage Interest Building.

• Support of excavation (also called shoring) is the first step in constructing the Keelesdale Station.

• A cut and cover method will be used at KeelesdaleStation.

Spring 2016

Future Keelesdale S

tation

Primary Entrance

Lobby

Secondary Entrance

Keelesdale Plaza

West Community Office1848 Eglinton Avenue West416-782-8118

crosstown@metrolinx.comwww.thecrosstown.ca

Thank you for your continued patience as we work to build this important project.

East Community OfficeUnit 110, 660 Eglinton Avenue East416-482-7411

THE EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT

2016 Construction

Utilities Relocation

• An area the size of the station’s footprint (about 130mx 20m - the size of two hockey rinks) will be cut, ashallow area excavated, and steel piles, braces andtie-backs will be installed around the sides to supportthe excavation.

• Once the shoring is installed, the crew may work underthe roadway safely, excavating to a depth of about 20mfor the site of the station box.

• Installing the shoring and decking is estimated to takeabout 14 months.

Shoring and Decking

Traffic and Transit Changes

• In early May a large watermain at Eglinton Avenue andTrethewey Drive/Keele Street will be relocated.

• The utilitiy work at each intersection is estimated to lasttwo months.

Road Closures

• From April to September all traffic on Eglinton Avenuemoves to the two most northern lanes east andwestbound.

• From April to September all traffic on Keele/Tretheweyshifts to the two lanes to the east for north andsouthbound.

• Approximately 25 parking spaces will be removedalong Eglinton Avenue.

• TTC bus stops (two stops on Keele Street and two onEglinton Avenue) for bus routes #32 and #41 will betemporarily relocated.

• Yarrow Road at Eglinton Avenue West will be closed forapproximately six to eight months.

• Residents can access Yarrow Road from either KeeleStreet south or Bicknell Avenue.

Pedestrian Access• End of May the pedestrian crossing on Eglinton

Avenue at Keele Street/Trethewey will be closed.

• The northwest corner sidewalk in front of York MemorialCollegiate Institute will be rerouted behind theconstruction area.

Since fall 2015, crews have been preparing Eglinton Avenue West for construction of Keelesdale and Mount Dennis stations. Construction will begin first on Keelesdale station, located at Eglinton Avenue West and Keele Street, we continue to prepare the Mount Dennis site for construction. We are on track to start constructing Mount Dennis station in summer 2016.

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