The annual Jane’s Walk takes place on the first weekend of May, and has grown to over 200 cities and 1,500 walks around the world. Over the past few years, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Community Relations Team has both participated in and led Jane’s Walks in communities along Eglinton.
Building on the interest and success of our past walks, the Community Relations Team is presenting an expanded five part Jane’s Walk program in 2017 that will give participants a complete view of the 15 underground stations for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. The program will include five walks, all focused on the planning, design and construction of the LRT project, and also exploring the challenges of building a major transit line through the centre of the city.
Each two-hour walk will cover approximately two kilometres of the alignment.
Please join us to learn more about the Crosstown Project!
Walk 1: Mount Dennis to Caledonia
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Meeting point: South West corner of Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue West
Themes: Kodak Building, Energy, Maintenance & Storage Facility, West Portal and elevated guideway
Walk 2: Yonge to Leaside
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Meeting Point: North West corner of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue – Outside of the Yonge Eglinton Center, near the raised platform.
Themes: Extracting the TBM’s, Building an Interchange Station, Preserving Local Heritage
Walk 3: Fairbank to Forest Hill
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Meeting point: West Community Relations Office 1848 Eglinton Avenue West
Themes: How We Can Support Local Business, Building an Interchange Station, Local Eglinton History
Walk 4: Laird to Science Centre
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Meeting Point: Outside Starbucks at Laird
Theme: Brentcliffe Road Launch Shaft, Building Science Centre Station, LRT on the Surface
Walk 5: Chaplin to Avenue
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Meeting point: North East corner Gilgorm Road and Eglinton Avenue West
Themes: Eglinton Connects Planning Study, Building in an Urban Environment, Preserving Heritage
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