Remarks which were emailed Sunday night to members of the Leaside Property Owners Association say that concerns have arisen about protecting the foundation of the Scenic on Eglinton condominium complex if the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT tracks follow their original overland route approved in 2010. In a previous post The South Bayview Bulldog reported that Metrolinx, the Ontario Government planning body responsible for construction of the LRT, had decided to tunnel the line all the way from Laird Drive to Don Mills Road. In the 2010 plan, trains were to exit the tunnel at Brentcliffe Rd. The change requires trains to travel under the Don River. The emailed remarks, said to have been authored by Carol Burtin-Fripp, vice president of the LPOA, say that residents who attended a meeting on December 11, 2012, were told of “new property constraints” related to the Scenic on Eglinton, which is still under construction. It is said that the original overland route, exiting the tunnel at Brentcliffe, would require temporary shoring to protect the foundation of the condominium. Other matters raised in the remarks were the inconvenience created by the elimination of two stops (Leslies and Ferrand Drive), congestion at Laird and Eglinton if Leslie-York Mills commuters are bused to Laird station and the additional cost of the longer tunnel. LRT might impact Eglinton condo foundation
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Remarks which were emailed Sunday night to members of the Leaside Property Owners Association say that concerns have arisen about protecting the foundation of the Scenic on Eglinton condominium complex if the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT tracks follow their original overland route approved in 2010. In a previous post The South Bayview Bulldog reported that Metrolinx, the Ontario Government planning body responsible for construction of the LRT, had decided to tunnel the line all the way from Laird Drive to Don Mills Road. In the 2010 plan, trains were to exit the tunnel at Brentcliffe Rd. The change requires trains to travel under the Don River. The emailed remarks, said to have been authored by Carol Burtin-Fripp, vice president of the LPOA, say that residents who attended a meeting on December 11, 2012, were told of “new property constraints” related to the Scenic on Eglinton, which is still under construction. It is said that the original overland route, exiting the tunnel at Brentcliffe, would require temporary shoring to protect the foundation of the condominium. Other matters raised in the remarks were the inconvenience created by the elimination of two stops (Leslies and Ferrand Drive), congestion at Laird and Eglinton if Leslie-York Mills commuters are bused to Laird station and the additional cost of the longer tunnel. 