BATRA'S BURNING QUESTIONS: The Billions Dollar Question - when will the Eglinton Crosstown LRT open?

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9 ай бұрын

Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra and political columnist Brian Lilley wonder when will the over-budget, over-extended, over-deadline Eglinton Crosstown LRT ever open up? And what about its CEO and president Phil Verster and his noncommittal to answer questions to the opening date?

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@Sam19509 9 ай бұрын

Whenever my friends and I go to the Cineplex at Eglinton Town Centre usually Tuesdays and see a movie and then come outside at night after the showing is done we occasionally see the Crosstown LRT being tested and it is so infuriating we can’t ride it and have to get on the Eglinton bus which is slow and never arrives on the time indicated in the TTC text service.

@hockey_highlights_and_more 9 ай бұрын

It’s amazing how much they push climate change but don’t bother providing a proper public transit system, if we had a system like Japan or Korea i wouldn’t even drive

@Skyfoogle 9 ай бұрын

mike harris had the eglinton line filled in mid construction in the 90s. we will never have good transit, conservatives only know how to build highways.

@devo196047 9 ай бұрын

He is doing the same job no matter how many projects are being done. No increase was needed, especially for failure.

@colinjohnston5734 9 ай бұрын

Holy this thing looks so close to the Ottawa LRT. That same one that has single handedly taken Ottawa from the best rapid transit system in Canada to maybe like 8th place. Of transpose bus ways used to be beautiful and always on time.

@jimedge8301 9 ай бұрын

No no you can't take that away from Edmonton Alberta,we have the worst transit system in Canada 😂😂😂

@longjohn77 9 ай бұрын

@@jimedge8301Edmonton? Please. Winnipeg is by far the worst

@jimedge8301 9 ай бұрын

@@longjohn77 can't be ,how much has winter peg spent and how much is not up and running. Edmonton has spent millions and are still building,yet over 60% not operating . Still testing🙄

@djsmith2871 9 ай бұрын

@@jimedge8301I double dare you as an Edmonton LRT rider to go to Ottawa and figure out where you are and how their system works from the platforms. They've taken away the hundreds of red vested employees scattered about at every station to help residents figure out where the hell they are going and on what side they need to be. So you are on your own. This doesn't even cover literally putting your life on the line with each trip - not from criminals but rather the train itself.

@jimedge8301 9 ай бұрын

@@djsmith2871 calm down, the last time I took a ride on the LRT it didn't smell like piss ,so I'll take your word for it.

@ClaremontClassicGarage 9 ай бұрын

They're good at sucking up public $ and that's about it.

@donturner9510 9 ай бұрын

They don't have to justify it when everyone involved is corrupt

@lloydkuepfer1599 9 ай бұрын

Way better off privatization of puplic transit

@todd4918 9 ай бұрын

My girlfriend and I have a little wager when this finally opens. One of us is going to take the Martin Grove north to Eglington and then across as far as it goes and then go to Yonge and Bloor while the other takes the south bud to Kipling and then to Yonge and bloor. Who do you think will win. To be honest when people can hop on a bus to go to the Bloor line to go downtown it makes no sense. And if you’re on an Eglington bus it has to stop at every stop

@soso-zz9qf 8 ай бұрын

It has too many stops, should've been elevated, and honestly just should've been a grade seperated light metro. That being said, it's not supposed to be faster than line 2 (despite what the ads are saying), it's supposed to replace an over capacity bus with a higher capacity and (theoretically) faster option. That being said, eglinton should've been a true rapid transit option full stop.

@mazdarx7887 9 ай бұрын

It is what you want. You have elected teachers, lawyers and store owners that failed at their job to build and manage multimillion dollar projects. They hire the most incompetent and lazy workers to do the work. I watched five guys(two with white hats on) putting up a sign near Warden/Eglinton for the tracks. They used a speed square, tape measure and laser level to locate and drill a hole. They then test fitted the sign, took it down to locate with the tools the second hole, repeated the process for the four holes to mount the sign (just a straight pole with warning tape around it). This took about an hour, they had five more poles to mount.

@chrisfentum9305 9 ай бұрын

It's a joke! I have seen cops guarding small construction sites for over 70 bucks an hour!

@calvinduchaine5501 9 ай бұрын

In Edmonton one leg has been finished for 2 years, still not carrying passengers.

@djsmith2871 9 ай бұрын

Could be Ottawa. They forced theirs into service and I don't have enough time or space to list the problems. Sewage smell at your main, central station? Doors that jam when touched? Wheels that go from round to square? Trains that don't like ice or snow? How 'bout self-derailing trains? And that's just the highlights.

@itseamuscallan7004 9 ай бұрын

Your 100% Right.MEANWHILE its business as usual- The daily reality in Canada is that Nazi Blood Money continues to be washed with a nod and a wink from Trudeau,s GVMNT. Hochtief AG of Essen Germany . This Company created its start up Capital operating eleven slave labour Death Camps for the Nazis. They suceSsfuly safeguarded their Blood money after WW2 and subsequiently funded corporate criminality in South Africa / Greece / Australia . Notwithstanding , Hochtief AG entered Canada and took control of one of Canadas largest Construction companies ( Clark Builders of Edmonton ) Hochtief AG is now funded by Canadian taxpayers through Federal and Provincial GVMNT Contracts .... DETAILED BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

@VAPOURIZE100 9 ай бұрын

I just gave up on riding most of the metro systems in the friggin GTA other than GO and maybe Miway others just suck I rarely ever take transit anymore and yes I work near eglinton n yonge lolll me and my coworkers wanted to rejoice when they finished a patch of concrete infront of our building 😂🤣 thts how hopeless the situation is.. and eglinton station looks like trash on the inside I think if the architects behind the station were brought back from the retirement or grave they'd be horrified at what's been going on today 😤 embarrassing simply embarrassing this CEO MUST BE FIRED and all the crooks under him 😤😤😤😤

@franki3Ru550 9 ай бұрын

I was 21 when this project started, I’m 31 and there still not sure when it’s going to open lol

@blurtam188 6 ай бұрын

Ford's buddy getting kickbacks to all of the politicians - including ford

@m-705 9 ай бұрын

Welcome to Canada. We charge first 🌎 prices for fourth world services

@anhbinbaccuc8850 7 ай бұрын

I'm tired of following this, so I thought I just forget about this and eventually it will open before I know it. Now that I remember and check back, and still nothing .......LOL

@cassidythecarpenter6497 9 ай бұрын

Look at the GCs doing the work. Duron is a shadddddyyyyy company

@Up_north_with_Mike 9 ай бұрын

I remember 10 years ago when they were poking holes on Eglinton to test soil blah blah blah and 10 years later there’s nothing but track.

@gerganatzoneva7615 9 ай бұрын

What's the hurry?!! It's been only..what?!, 13 years?!! Do you know how long the Sistine Chapel took??!!

@larrybethune3909 9 ай бұрын

I remember American comedians making jokes about about this. "The same orange cone in the same place for 10 years" was the punchline I think. You know it's bad when the Yanks notice.

@wooo-ooow 9 ай бұрын

Sorry, 😂. It is Canada

@JP..5-. 6 ай бұрын

Metrolinx is a shining example of incompetence. The TTC trains have become a filthy homeless shelter.

@bradjohnson169 9 ай бұрын

Should be called Metro stinks!

@solkinar 9 ай бұрын

"They laid track to close together" means that the workers can't operate the highly complex tool called a tape measure.😂😂😂

@DrakeFromStateFarm 9 ай бұрын

in their defense (not that they deserve it) the deficiency as far as tracks go was milimetres off.

@solkinar 9 ай бұрын

@@DrakeFromStateFarm the story is reported as millimeters off but sounds questionable. The weight of an LRT passing over a section of track would cause it to flex. Wear of metal wheels against metal track would cause it to be out of spec within months. Temperature change would also cause constantly changing measurements. As a welder and former railway worker I believe it to be out of spec more than just millimeters. Unless of course they mean 10 or 20 millimeters.

@Dee12327 9 ай бұрын

Edmonton has the saddest Transit system in Canada. Our LRT is a complete Joke, even after the 10’s of billions of dollars they’ve thrown at it.

@djsmith2871 9 ай бұрын

Ottawa transit has entered the chat.

@Dee12327 9 ай бұрын

@@djsmith2871 😂.. Ive never been but i would be surprised if it was as terrible as Edmontons

@djsmith2871 9 ай бұрын

@@Dee12327 As hard as it is to imagine, Ottawa's has leaped to first place in the race to dysfunction.

@Dee12327 9 ай бұрын

@@djsmith2871 I’m not doubting its terrible too, it’s just hard for me to imagine anything worse than Edmonton’s. When you to Calgary and see theirs its night and day in comparison to our shit show. Lol

@djsmith2871 9 ай бұрын

@@Dee12327 I can't speak to Edmonton's feeder routes, but LRT is night and day. Not even close. Will the Valley Line be a sh!tshow when it finally comes on line - probably, but more so due to Edmonton drivers that can't stop hitting it, but at least the main LRT works well. Ottawa's has screwed their entire system. And Ottawa's is brand new. Edmonton's is over 50 years old now? So lame. Just to paint a picture. Just after it opened in 2019, a private citizen created a blog so that riders could report breakdowns and delays in real time. The LRT still isn't fully working today.

@timothypearce1987 9 ай бұрын

What about the 20+ year update on the 400?

@steph1433 9 ай бұрын

No surprise

@akirafoxtrot2815 9 ай бұрын

haven’t you heard? Toronto is now an hour away from Toronto.

@TheGreatLaker 9 ай бұрын

If it was fully grade separated it would be open by now....

@dijonperry8286 9 ай бұрын

Only waste Toronto taxpayers money. Not the rest of the country.

@Skyfoogle 9 ай бұрын

cities are economic powerhouses. if toronto wasn't subsidizing the rest of ontario then it would be completely self sufficient.

@drewhester6836 9 ай бұрын

Verster wasn't around at the beginning of this project. He has actually done a great job on all the projects he has created. It is really the construction company consortium that should be held responsible.

@martyflannigan5052 9 ай бұрын

and now the St. Clair street cars have been pulled for repairs on the tracks

@mikefoehr235 9 ай бұрын

I knew all along that Dildeau was a knot 🪢 sea 🌊

@Matt-nw2te 9 ай бұрын

There’s a very simple solution: FIRE EVERYONE! OUST FORD! Everyone wins

@WhoTube277 9 ай бұрын

Mafia.

@itseamuscallan7004 9 ай бұрын

@scottb9026 9 ай бұрын

Metrolinx is not a construction company. They have teams of contractors actually doing the building. The Crosstown project predates Metrolinxs as an organization, it predates the Ford government and all of the ministers of transportation and infrastructure. The trade off here is time or money, quality is none negotiable. And given how this project was setup by the liberals it is not realistic to say it can be sped up with more money because that’s just not realistic given the money it would take. The real transit issue I would love for us to discuss is amalgamation of all the GTA transit organizations into one regional network like Transport for London and other multi-city metros in Europe and Asia.

@user-di2lk7iy1j 9 ай бұрын

When its a government contract, competence is inversely related to salary. The art of BS is directly related to salary, as is delays & bonuses. In the real world, ppl get fired, not rewarded!

@2xtreem4you 9 ай бұрын

If Canada gave this job to China the same people would complain. I can guarantee that it would have been completed long time ago and possible cost less.

@kevmack101 9 ай бұрын

would have been alot cheaper to give everyone a tax credit to by an ebike or a scooter and build more and better bike lanes

@tintinlol7881 9 ай бұрын

It's a scam

@shmujew4791 9 ай бұрын

but the government can CHANGE the CLIMATE

@matthewmokanski8783 9 ай бұрын

I wish I could get a bonus for missing deadlines.

@flightographist 9 ай бұрын

These two are in the same state of arrested development as the decision makers responsible for this debacle...and countless others. Good luck urbanites, I'll live out my days way-far-away.

@crhayes 9 ай бұрын

Leave it to people who talk for a living to criticize those who build incredibly complex things for society. Talk about adding zero value.

@lloydkuepfer1599 9 ай бұрын

Public transit needs to be cut. One of the biggest waste of money in government. How about users pay for it

@gabrielmataleo4573 9 ай бұрын

Sames goes with all the suburban roads, only so little who are going to drive on that taxpayer funded road infront of your driveway, you should pay for the additional cost instead of us

@lloydkuepfer1599 9 ай бұрын

We do pay for roads. It's a user fee CALLED a gas tax. We all know there is no fee for puplic transit the ticket you buy doesn't cover the cost

@gabrielmataleo4573 9 ай бұрын

@@lloydkuepfer1599 The Government of Canada collects about $5 billion per year in excise taxes on gasoline, Ontario alone our highway cost more than $7.5 billion a year to maintain. TTC is projecting a $366-million budget shortfall, which is way less then the deficit on highway maintenance

@lloydkuepfer1599 9 ай бұрын

yes you said shortfall. How much do they spend on public transit. And it's more than TTC Toronto isn't the only city. Believe me motorist pay for the roads. Vehicle tax. plates. tolls. gas tax public transit needs to charge more for ridership

@gabrielmataleo4573 9 ай бұрын

@@lloydkuepfer1599 Government of Canada is investing $3 billion per year for public transit across Canada, which is similar to the amount they collected. On Federal Level GST/HST does not apply for vehicle sales, most toll goes into private equaity as they are BOT model. I dont see much funding goes back into public tax money, if you have specific example or source could you list them So we know how our government functions?

@lloydkuepfer1599 9 ай бұрын

Use public all you want. I don't care. It should pay for itself

@DonWon4725 9 ай бұрын

This LRT project has some seriously flaws listennig the press confrence listening to hot air flapping at the gums.

@FryBagInc 9 ай бұрын

I tuned in thinking you were about to talk about Ottawa. So thanks but no.

@TentaclePentacle 9 ай бұрын

rob ford might be a crack head, but he was a crack head that can actually get things done. Unlike this ford.

@joekolin3211 9 ай бұрын

wow.....what a waste of money ..when the people have ..high rent and no where to live ....i wonder ..where is all the ...people with common sense at ...????