The Ontario government has broken ground on the final tunnel segment of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension.
The 500m-long twin tunnels on the line’s eastern section will be built using the sequential excavation method, advancing 1-2m per day.
The tunnels will run just east of Jane Street to Mount Dennis Station, where the extension will connect to the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT service.
Once complete, Toronto’s 9km Eglinton Crosstown West Extension will connect seven new stations to the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, making travel faster and more convenient, while bringing more than 37,500 people within a 10-minute walk of transit facilities.
Minister of transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria said the government had a plan to tackle gridlock and shorten commutes for drivers and public transit users in the Greater Toronto area.
“As President Trump’s tariffs continue to threaten Ontario workers and our economy, it has never been more important to invest in transportation infrastructure. We will do whatever it takes to protect Ontario jobs and build for the future,” he said.
In June last year, TBMs Rexy and Renny completed digging the twin 6.3km tunnels on the western segment of the Eglington Crosstown West Extension.
Last June, the province completed tunnelling on the western underground portion of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension from Renforth Drive to Scarlett Road, where the LRT will transition to a 1.5-kilometre elevated guideway, currently under construction.
Over the next decade Ontario is investing nearly C$70bn (€45bn) in public transit, which includes the largest subway expansion in Canadian history, covering the Ontario Line, the Scarborough Subway Extension, the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension and the Yonge North Subway Extension.
