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Updated plans for Toronto’s Yonge North Subway Extension released

The latest analysis from Metrolinx reveals how the project will serve the heart of major growth centres and significantly cut travel times – creating a critical and long awaited extension of our transit network. Updated plans for the Yonge North Subway Extension show how the project will make commutes faster and easier for tens of thousands of people travelling between York Region and Toronto. The … Continue reading Updated plans for Toronto’s Yonge North Subway Extension released

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Rock of ages – How drilling work on four Toronto subway projects are tapping into a subterranean GTA history, centuries in the making

While seemingly just a part of needed exploratory and preparatory work on subway routes, the bore holes speak to ancient movements of the Earth, as well as sleuthing faced by experts. To build a modern subway route, sometimes you have to dig back to the Ice Age. Field work for four major subway projects – the Ontario Line, the Yonge North Subway Extension, the Eglinton … Continue reading Rock of ages – How drilling work on four Toronto subway projects are tapping into a subterranean GTA history, centuries in the making

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