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Welcome to the Online Consultation

Western Alignment & Vehicle Maintenance & Storage Facility Update

Please review the presentation and complete the survey by July 10, 2012.

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Format for Feedback

• Please complete the online survey at www.thecrosstown.ca by

July 10, 2012

• A consultation report to inform the designers will be posted
• nline at: www.thecrosstown.ca

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Online Consultation Overview

Part 1

• Crosstown Background, Key Developments & Construction Update

Part 2

• New Keele Street to Weston Road Routing – Preliminary Planning

Part 3

• Vehicle Facility – Preliminary Planning

* Metrolinx is beginning the Mount Dennis Mobility Hub Study for the area around the station.

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The Purpose of this Online Consultation

• Provide a brief project update
• Present proposed changes & improvements to the alignment from Keele

Street to Weston Road

• Provide an overview of the Maintenance and Storage Facility layout &

challenges

Most importantly:

• Get your input on the Preliminary Planning early in this process.

A second community consultation will be held in Fall, 2012

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Presentation Part 1: Crosstown Background, Key Developments & Construction Update

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What was determined in 2010

Keele to Jane Section

A street-level LRT alignment on the following panel was approved through a study (Transit Project Assessment) in 2010.

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2010 Alignment (Street Level)

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What we heard in 2009 – 2010

Community Concerns were raised during the previous study. The new study will address these:

• Traffjc concerns at Black Creek Drive
• Pedestrian Crossings at Weston Road
• Property impacts in the vicinity of Weston Road
• Plan for Crosstown connection to GO Transit

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Key Project Developments since 2010

• An off-street (elevated) route is now proposed from a portal west
• f Keele Street to Black Creek
• Underground LRT is now proposed from Black Creek to Weston

Road

• An underground “Weston Rd/Mt Dennis Station” is now

proposed, just east of Weston Road

• Protecting for future GO Transit connection
• Preliminary plans are developing to retain Kodak Building

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Proposed New Route Alignment – 2012

• This project includes construction to Weston Rd/Mt Dennis

Station to be complete in 2020

• The timing and construction method for Weston Road to Jane

Street is TBD through further study

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Potential Benefjts of the New LRT Route Proposal

• Improve access to the proposed Vehicle Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF)
• Build a new underground LRT station near Weston Road
• Improve pedestrian connections at the newly proposed Station
• Provide a new bus terminal for connection to proposed Weston Road/Mount

Dennis Station

• Preserve the former Kodak Employees Building for future re-development
• Protect for a future GO Transit to Crosstown LRT connection

A new study will now assess the pros and cons of the design changes and identify measures to mitigate any impacts such as those related to “Weston Rd/Mt Dennis” Station.

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The Eglinton Crosstown Plan 2012

• 19 km Rapid Transit Line (Jane/Black Creek Drive to Kennedy

Station)

• 10 km Underground Tunnel (Keele Area to Laird Drive*)
• SRT Replacement, Enhancement & Extension from Kennedy

Station to Sheppard Avenue East

• 60% faster than bus service today

* Exact alignment west of Keele Street TBD through this study

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The Crosstown – 2012

*Final number and location of stations subject to Provincial review

• 60% faster than

current bus routes

• 15 minutes from Keele

to Yonge

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Implementation

• The Keele to Weston Rd/Mt Dennis

Station segment is part of the Province of Ontario’s $8.4 Billion investment for Transit expansion in Toronto

• Crosstown Phase 1 (2011 – 2020)

– Tunnel contract for Keele to Yonge and Keelesdale Park Bridge are currently being tendered for bids – 6 LRT Stations are currently under design (Keele to Chaplin)

Future Community Centre Future Bridge

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Crosstown Construction Update

• Tunnel preparation work at Black

Creek and Eglinton in Keelesdale Park

• Piling rigs are building concrete

support walls for the future west tunnel launch shaft

• The west launch shaft will enable

tunnelling works in late 2012 towards Allen Road

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Presentation Part 2: Route Alignment Update Keele Street to Jane Street

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Guiding Principles

The plans being presented today are conceptual, and will be refjned over the coming months to:

• Minimize impacts to the natural environment
• Reduce property impacts if possible
• Minimize costs
• Minimize impacts to buildings
• Enhance access to vehicle facility

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Study Areas

* For future study *

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2012 – New Proposed Plan/Profjle

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Weston Rd / Mt Dennis Station

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Presentation Part 3: Vehicle Maintenance & Storage Facility Preliminary Planning

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Maintenance and Storage Facility Requirements

• 17 hectares (42 acres) of fmat property
• Vacant property preferred or property which causes minimal

displacement of existing commercial/industrial activities

• Ideally zoned for industrial/employment or transportation use
• Proximity to the Eglinton line – ideally less than 1 kilometre
• Ideally close to future intersecting LRT lines.

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Maintenance and Storage Facility

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Maintenance and Storage Facility Concept

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Bus Terminal

The Weston Rd/Mt Dennis LRT Station will be connected to a new 15-bay bus terminal.

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Bus Routes Serving the Bus Terminal

It is proposed that the following TTC bus routes will serve the new bus terminal:

• 19 Jane South (new)
• 32 Eglinton West
• 35 Jane
• 35E Jane Express
• 71 Runnymede
• 89 Weston (local northbound)
• 89 Weston (local southbound)
• 161 Rogers Rd
• 168 Symington
• 170 Emmett (new)
• 171 Mount Dennis
• TTC Wheel-Trans

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Bus Terminal:

MSF Site with Kodak Building

Eglinton Ave W Existing Building Black Creek Dr Photography Dr

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Study Processes Transit Project Assessment (TPAP)

• The alignment study focuses on the proposed changes to the

approved Eglinton-Crosstown LRT plan, and will assess the impacts of the changes using the same assessment factors as the previous study.

• The public will be provided opportunities to review and comment
• n the assessment of the impacts of the proposed design

changes, and measures to mitigate those impacts.

• The impact assessment and results of the study will be

documented in a report for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Project.

• The Vehicle Facility will also undergo study under the TPAP

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Environmental Impact Assessment and Mitigation of the Project

• As part of the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP), the project team will:
• Document the assessment and evaluation of the impacts of the project on the environment;
• Explore and incorporate measures to mitigate negative impacts of the project; and,
• Develop means to monitor or verify the effectiveness of mitigation measures.
• The project team includes natural, socio-economic and cultural environment specialists such as:
• air quality
• geotechnical
• safety
• archaeological
• health effects
• natural environment
• economic
• heritage
• traffjc
• fjsheries
• noise
• The results of the impact assessment will be documented and reviewed by various government agencies

and members of the public. The following display provides a summary of the issues that will be explored.

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Environmental Factor Areas

• Natural Environment
• Cultural Environment
• Fisheries and aquatic habitat
• Cultural heritage features
• Terrestrial habitat and species
• Archaeological resources
• Specially designated features and species
• Constitutionally protected aboriginal or
• Groundwater

treaty right

• Contamination properties
• Socio-Economic Environment
• Direct impacts on residents and businesses including things such as:
• Displacement of residences
• Displacement of businesses
• Displacement of community features
• Indirect impacts on residents and businesses including things such as:
• Changes to noise levels – comparing future ‘do nothing’ to future with the project
• Changes in local and regional air quality and the implications on human health
• Changes to aesthetic environment
• Changes to access, travel patterns and traffjc

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Alignment & Facility - Consultation Process

Timelines

Online Consultation — June 26 – July 10, 2012 Consultation #2 — Fall, 2012

• Update on Alignment. Respond to consultation #1 Input
• Update to layout of Vehicle Maintenance & Storage

Facility

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The Crosstown Team

Please get in touch with us

Devin Horne, Franca Di Giovanni, Denise Jayawardene E-mail: eglintontransit@ttc.ca Online: www.thecrosstown.ca Tel: 416-338-6310 Fax: 416-397-8193 TTY: 416-481-2523 Visit our West Community Office at 1848 Eglinton Avenue West (at Dufferin) Community Office Hours — 2012 Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tuesday & Thursday: by appointment

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Next Steps

• Please submit comments to the project team by July 10th, 2012
• Refine the preferred project option
• Assess the project impacts
• Develop mitigation methods
• Second Public Consultation in Fall, 2012
• Prepare a draft study summary report for public and agency review

THANK YOU!