The machines will mine eastward from Black Creek Drive. A second pair of TBMs will dig from just west of Leslie Street heading west toward Yonge and Eglinton. The machines will bore a little more than 10km of LRT tunnel at a rate of approximately 10m to 15m a day.
The new LRT line will run about 19km along Eglinton Avenue and will include up to 25 stations. More than 10km, from approximately Keele Street to Laird Avenue, will be underground. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is expected to be in service by 2020 and will create thousands of jobs.
"Our government is moving forward with the largest transit investment in a generation to get the region moving. The new Eglinton Crosstown LRT line will get commuters to work, school and play faster than ever before — up to 60 per cent faster than today," said Glen Murray, Minister of Transportation and Minister of Infrastructure
