The Avenue & Chaplin Construction Liaison Committee Meeting was held on May 2, 2018. You can see the presentation here:
WHAT WORK IS TAKING PLACE?
The term “dewatering” means pumping water from the ground at a site where there will be excavation. At Eglinton Avenue West and Avenue Road, small wells have been drilled around the entire station box where the underground mining excavation will be taking place. The dewatering system is installed in two phases, drilling of the wells and then digging shallow trenches to connect the wells and lay the pipes, pumps, and valves for the system. The volume of soil that requires dewatering is significant. Read more »
The Avenue & Chaplin Construction Liaison Committee Meeting was held on April 4, 2018.
You can see the presentation here: Read more »
Thank you for attending the open house about Chaplin Station to Leaside Station on March 21, 2018.
For those of you who missed it, the presentation is here: Read more »
What Work is Happening?
The Eglinton Crosstown includes a 10-kilometre underground portion, between Weston Road and Laird Drive, where 15 below-grade stations are under construction. Eleven will be built using a “cut-and cover” method and four, including Avenue Station, are going to be “mined.”
Excavation of the Main Entrance at Avenue Station is nearing completion and mining will begin soon. Read more »
The construction liaison committee meeting of Chaplin and Avenue Stations was held on March 7, 2018. You can see the presentation here: Read more »
ORIGINAL POST: FEBRUARY, 16, 2018
RE-ISSUE DATE: MARCH 2, 2018
WATERMAIN LINING OVERVIEW Read more »
WHAT WORK IS TAKING PLACE?
Mining operations will begin at the Avenue Station Main Entrance in Spring 2018. The mining equipment is planned to be delivered to the site during the weekend of March 2 – 4.
In order to lower the heavy mining equipment to the bottom of the Main Entrance shaft, a temporary crane will be erected on Eglinton Avenue. This crane will take up one additional westbound lane of traffic, just west of Avenue Road. Read more »
Original Issue Date: October 14, 2017 (West Sewer Section info)
Updated: January 23, 2018 (East Sewer Section - timing update)
Updated: February 16, 2018 (East Sewer Section info and timing)
Updated: February 20, 2018 (East Sewer Section - timing update) Read more »
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