You're invited to participate in the online consultation for the Central Station Reference Concept Design. In this consultation you will learn more about the preliminary designs for the LRT stations, surface stops and alignments and the City's Eglinton planning study. You can share your input with the project team by completing the survey at www.thecrosstown.ca.
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Central Station Reference Concept Design Online Consultation
1. Welcome to the Central Station
Reference Concept Design
Online Consultation
Please review the presentation and complete the
survey.
February 28, 2013 to March 14, 2013
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2. Online Consultation Overview
February 28, 2013
Provide a brief Crosstown update
Update on the AFP Process
Present The Crosstown station and stop design philosophy
Provide latest details on locations of stations and stops
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4. Overview
What is The Crosstown?
$4.9B Project ($2010) funded by the Province of Ontario
19 kilometres east-west Light Rail Transit (LRT) from Kennedy to Mt. Dennis,
including a tunnelled central section
New transit connections to Yonge, University-Spadina Subway, Scarborough
RT and GO Stouffville line and future connection to GO Kitchener line
Up to 26 stations
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5. Overview
Where we are in the process
Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) launch shaft approaching completion
Soil testing is currently underway from Don Mills Road to Weston Road
West tunnel contract awarded summer 2012
Conceptual design and requirements identification
What’s next
Utility relocation at station locations beginning with Keele Street in winter 2013
Construction of TBM launch and extraction shafts at Eglinton West station
TBMs arriving on site in spring 2013
Tendering of project
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6. New Approach:
Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP)
Public-private partnership models have been underway in Canada for 20
years
165 projects
21 transportation projects
$51 billion total project value
Canada-wide examples
Canada Line rapid transit project (Vancouver)
Autoroute 25 (Montréal)
Trans-Canada Highway (Atlantic Canada)
Ontario examples
Pan Am games athletes village
Ottawa Light Rail Transit
Highway 407 East Phase 1
Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway (formerly the Windsor-Essex Parkway)
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8. New Approach: Advantages of AFP
Increased capacity to bring projects to market
Transfer of risk
Appropriate risks transferred to private sector to ensure “on time, on budget”
delivery and value for money
Design, construction, cost escalation, schedule delays, operations,
maintenance, life cycle and financial risk
Cost certainty
Optimal cost combination: combines capital, maintenance and life cycle costs
Integration of design and construction
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9. New Approach: Roles and Responsibilities in the Design
Build Finance Maintain Model
Metrolinx Role Finance
Design • Project Budget
• Overall scope (inclusion of • With Infrastructure Ontario, run a
maintenance, operations, competitive procurement
etc.) process; select the winning
• Project-Specific Output contractor
Specifications (with Maintain
Consultant team)
• Testing & Commissioning (with
• Real Estate Acquisition (with Toronto Transit Commission)
City of Toronto)
• Safety Certification and Project
Build Acceptance
• Oversee Construction Phase TTC to operate
• Quality Assurance • Integrated with existing TTC
system
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11. Approach to Station Design: Urban Design Principles
Locate station entrances and vents to limit the amount of frontage impacted
Explore opportunities to consolidate and locate above grade mechanical vent
shafts where their impacts on adjacent development can be minimized
Site station entrances and ventilation infrastructure with possible new
development in mind
Locate primary and secondary entrances so that they can help to contribute to
the creation of a consistent building setback
Minimize the impact of vents and other facilities through careful siting
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12. Approach to Station Design: Architectural Principles
Station and stop designs should reflect their
civic role through high quality architecture and
urban design
Logos, station names, and signage should be
used boldly and consistently to reinforce station
identity
Signage and way finding shall be highly
standardized
Variation of treatments used to differentiate
stations
Stations can embrace the local context through
design or art installations
The Public Realm should be used as an
opportunity to enhance user experience and
integrate stations into their surroundings
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13. Approach to Station Design: Safety and accessibility
Elevators will be included in all stations
Designated waiting areas will be included in all stations
Stations will use standard elements to make them familiar to passengers with
accessibility challenges
Integrate Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles into
station design
Light colours will be used to improve safety and efficiency
Incorporate fully glazed station entrances to maximize light
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14. Approach to Station Design: Public Realm Elements
Public Realm
Implementation of streetscape, furniture, and tree planting standards
Widen sidewalks within station area
Stations entrances will be identified by a consistent pylon sign
Some stations will include landscaped plazas which will:
• Compliment the design of the station
• Include pedestrian level lighting
• Include trees, hard and soft landscaping
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15. Approach to Station Design: Public Art
Stations will feature public art
Artwork will be integrated with
architectural finishes or
elements of the stations and
plazas
Surface stops may also include
public art
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16. Reference Concept Design
Stations are shown as a Reference Concept Design (RCD)
Reference Concept Designs, or functional designs, are used in the AFP model
as inputs to the development of the Request for Proposal (RFP)
The functional design is intended to identify the location of entrances, exits and
ancillary station (ventilation) equipment
Functional designs are not intended to provide architectural details for stations
The AFP partner will be developing designs for the stations and these will be
subject to public input
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23. Challenges of interchange stations
Interchange stations are much more complex to build than inline
stations for many reasons:
Little clearance between existing subway and new deeper station platform
which would require underpinning of existing subway structure
Existing subway stations and bus terminals must remain in operation during
construction
Complex stations being built in already built-up areas
Interchanges with surface transit must be incorporated
Opportunities for natural light will be difficult due to depth of stations
Vertical movement must provide proper connectivity between two platform
levels
Clear wayfinding signage needed for efficient passenger flow
Resolution of code issues arising from the integration with existing structures
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77. Traction Power Substation
Traction power substations (TPSS) provide
system power to light rail vehicles
For underground stations TPSS are
integrated with stations building
They are planned with an average spacing
of 1.5 km along surface sections and 2 km
along underground sections
Integrated with adjacent landscape
Final locations still to be determined
• Keele • Wynford
• Dufferin • Jonesville
• Bathurst • Warden
• Yonge
• Bayview
• Don Mills
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78. Contact Us
Community Office: 1848 Eglinton Ave W.
416-782-8118
crosstown@metrolinx.com
http://thecrosstown.ca
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