Work will begin on the Midtown Power Corridor Tunnel in September. It will snake its way under Moore Park and Rosedale from Bayview Ave over to Yonge Street. The tunnel will be part of a critical link in the way Toronto is able to get electricity. An overland portion of the corridor runs from the Leaside Transformer Station on Millwood Road to the Bayview Extension. The tunnel will connect up with an older part of the corridor which stretches to the transformer station near Casa Loma. A specialized 120 tonne boring machine will start tunnelling to make room for six high voltage cables that will carry an additional 100 megawatts of power, enough electricity to power 25,000 homes. The project will create 30 jobs and will help make Ontario’s current energy infrastructure more efficient. Construction is scheduled for completion by the end of 2014. Pictures show ribbon cutting yesterday. L to r. Peter Gregg, executive VP of Hydro One, Chris Bentley, energy minister and Anthony Hains, president of Hydro One. Previous post.
