Construction Updates

The Eglinton Crosstown is a transit project that will provide rapid and reliable service across Eglinton Avenue including an underground central section and will be up to 60% faster than bus service today.

What: Crews will perform some core holes for quality testing at the Oakwood headwall locations.

Where: The work zone will be on the north east side of Eglinton Avenue West and Oakwood Avenue.

When: Starting as early as July 21, 2014 for two to three weeks, crews will perform some holes for quality testing. Read more »

What work is starting?

What: Enbridge will be relocating gas lines for the construction of the Crosstown tunnel and future Bayview Station. Read more »

What we are building

What: A cross passage is a tunnel cut between two other parallel tunnels for maintenance or emergency purposes. Crews will be building one headwall for the future cross-passage required for future maintenance of the tunnels. Read more »

What is the purpose of the construction work at Chaplin?

Station headwalls create the frame for future underground stations, and are required to be in place prior to the arrival of tunnel boring machines at each of the station locations along the Eglinton Crosstown route. Construction of the headwalls requires a grout plant to be established nearby to pump a form of concrete, otherwise known as “grout”, to the station headwall location. Read more »