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It’s begun. The multi-year Crosstown LRT dig, shift and tunnel at Eglinton Ave.E and Brentcliffe Rd. has arrived. Next stop: Year 2020. In between, a daily helping of Holy Hell as businesses, residents and drivers figure out how to cope. Today saw crews moving utility poles on the north side of Eglinton further to the north. No room for pedestrians at all in this scenario. The space is for another lane of traffic westbound. The big TV signals were on the scene today offering their regrets about your next few years in this neighborhood. They spoke to the well-patronized businesses on both sides of Brentcliffe Rd. As the video on the left shows, the line will be tunneled west from here to Yonge. The video shows the tunnel beginning at Laird but in fact that’s just the last station on the Leaside leg of the line (Mt. Pleasant, Bayview and Laird). Trains will emerge and exit from the tunnel at Brentcliffe with the next eastbound being Leslie St. Business people are shown speculating about what they will do. The shops off Brentcliffe can be approached from Vanderhoof. Those who know how to access Vanderhoof from Beth Nealson should be able to pull a fairly quick end run to get to these places. But it’s not going to be any good as a plan to go east on Eglinton. Global News Previous posts
