Staff and students at Children’s Garden School on Eglinton had some special visitors last week, Natalie from Metrolinx and Krista from Crosslinx. They were at the school to talk to staff and students about the building of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. The children loved it. They learned about cut and cover construction and how much more efficient the LRT will be at moving people across the City. They also learned about how the construction of the LRT is being managed, how tunnels are built, what it’s like for construction workers labouring underground and much more. Did you know that the digging of the tunnels goes for 24 hours a day, every day, or that it takes 15 minutes to walk the stairs back to the surface if the workers need to go to the bathroom or make a phone call? Natalie and Krista created a great presentation, totally appropriate for preschool to grade three children. The JKs and SKs even played Construction Worker Hokey Pokey. The children asked great questions and left feeling inspired about how things are made and how important public transit is. Metrolinx is on target to open for September 2021. We all look forward to the completion of the project so people can start moving freely along Eglinton again. There are plans to beautify Eglinton and add bike lanes as well. The videos here show work at Laird Station. This behind-the-scenes look is exciting. Interested in a Metrolinx presentation at your school? Contact Natalie.
