Crosstown LRT delayed a year by defect at Yonge/Eglinton

A statement Tuesday from Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster says that the transit line will not open next year as planned. The opening is now estimated to happen sometime in 2022.  Verster says that in addition to “several challenges” facing workers, engineers have now found “a defect under the TTC station box” at Eglinton (and Yonge) station. This problem, which will be little understood by the public, is said to need repair before the project can be completed. “Metrolinx, Infrastructure Ontario, CTS (Crosslinx Transit Solutions), and the TTC have been seized with addressing this defect and although a way forward has been determined, the station will be delayed further,” Mr. Verster said. The Eglinton Crosstown was expected to open in the fall of next year but Metrolinx now says it will be “well into 2022.”