Metrolinx, the Ontario government agency charged with managing the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, will shortly open an office in the Sunnybrook Plaza. The information was confirmed by Metrolinx Monday (July 7, 2014) to the South Bayview Bulldog with an undertaking that more information is on the way. The building permit in the window of the former Source Electronics space at Sunnybrook is dated July 3,. 2014, so Metrolinx may not be quite ready for its formal public announcement. The location is next door to Home Hardware. It appears from the look of the work done so far that Metrolinx will be able to accommodate members of the public in semi-private spaces. One can imagine discussions about issues related to the multi-year construction now underway on Eglinton Ave. East. As is known, the intersection of Eglinton and Bayview Ave. will see the building of the main LRT station for this corner at the site of the McDonald’s across Eglinton from the plaza. Another entrance to the LRT will be built in the Metro parking lot on the northwest corner. There will be surface work related to the tunneling as well with all the traffic delays that this may entail. Stations will also be built at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Eglinton and at Laird Drive and Eglinton. All this work will disrupt the rather easy way Leasiders and others have been able to get about their neighborhood. Also this week Metrolinx has published a diagram-map showing how the traffic on Eglinton east of Brentcliffe Rd. is being reduced to one lane each. This week’s squeeze is temporary but will be followed by many more as work continues to bore the tunnels west to Yonge Street. The diagram (below) shows the location of the tunnel work in beige and the traffic pushed to the north side of Eglinton.
