{"id":22532,"date":"2022-10-27T10:51:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T14:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=22532"},"modified":"2022-10-27T10:53:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T14:53:22","slug":"episode-667-the-big-push-the-big-box-failure-is-not-an-option-oct-27-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=22532","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 667 THE BIG PUSH…THE BIG BOX…FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION OCT. 27, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE 667     THE BIG PUSH…THE BIG BOX…FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION   OCT. 27, 2022<\/div>\n

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What is happening at the end of Pinetree Way?  A lot of people are chewing their fingernails this week end?  Because this is the week end<\/div>\n
of the big push\u2026Big push!  It is happening while the leafy splendour of Mary Fix Park remains unchanged as in the picture.<\/div>\n

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DATELINE:  OCTOBER 27, 2022    WHAT IS THE \u2018BIG PUSH\u201d?<\/div>\n

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I am sure that a  lot of top construction engineers will be nervously chewing their fingernails this<\/div>\n
week end.  Why?   Because this week end the big box is about  to be pushed under the<\/div>\n
railway tracks at Port Credit, Ontario.   Suppose something goes wrong and the push box<\/div>\n
fails.   Suppose the railway tracks above are moved even slightly then the whole  the push box is compromised\u2026i.e. bent, broken, collapsing.<\/div>\n
Then we have a major disaster on our hands.  East West transportation by rail will be disrupted.<\/div>\n
The GO trip will cease to operate.  Freight traffic also.  A disaster.<\/div>\n

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Tests indicate success.  Cross your fingers.<\/div>\n

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There are two \u2018Big Pushes\u201d planned.  The second one?  Pushing a concrete box under the Queen Elizabeth Way<\/div>\n
The box must succeed. .  Failure cannot be considered.  The Queen Elizabeth way is the most travelled<\/div>\n
super highway in Canada.   If the big push fails and the QEW is compromised then transportation east west will<\/div>\n
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So there will be two big pushes underway shortly both of which will allow the new Light Railway to connect<\/div>\n
Brampton to Port Credit.  The cost?  4.6 billion dollars.  The cost of success.   What is the cost of failure?<\/div>\n
Inconceivable.  Both big pushes must succeed.<\/div>\n

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I think it would be a good ides for all of us to the our fingernails this week end.<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n

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Just stones throw from Mary Fix Park is this jumble of construction signs, police cars, Excsvstors, drag lines, detours, and Johny on the Spots.<\/div>\n

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Something big is about to happen but no one can see behind this jumble of huge concrete slabs \u2026 THE BIG PUSH = THE BIG BOXES…one at Port Credit \u2026and the other<\/div>\n
at the Queen Elizabeth Highway and Hurontario Street.  The cost so far is 4.6 billion dollars.<\/div>\n

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COURTESY METROLINX \u2014 A large part of the $4.6 billion Hurontario LRT project is the push box, which is a large, hollow concrete box that will be pushed under the rail tracks to create a tunnel underneath without disrupting rail service above. Last year, crews completed a critical part of the process: the launch slab. The next step is to push the system through and lay the tracks. A pre-push successfully took place in February.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The $4.6 billion Hurontario LRT, which will be renamed the Hazel McCallion Line, a critical 18-kilometre north-south connection between Port Credit and Brampton, is on track with plenty of work on tap for 2022.<\/p>\n

Crews will be installing a tunnel underneath the GO rail tracks at Port Credit station and building a new underpass under the QEW at Hurontario Street. New flood walls are also being erected to protect Mary Fix Creek.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe delivery of the Hazel McCallion Line is making great progress,\u201d says Matt Llewellyn, a spokesperson for Metrolinx. \u201cSignificant pieces of work were completed in 2021, creating for an exciting start to 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year crews installed about 7.5 kilometres of new watermain, sanitary and stormwater sewers along Hurontario Street.<\/p>\n

The 11,000-square-metre Operations Maintenance Storage Facility (OMSF) south of Highway 407 and west of Kennedy Road is nearing completion, with the internal fit-out now underway. It will have an operating centre that will control the LRT system. Tracks will be installed in the yard this year.<\/p>\n


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As a refresher, the push box is a large, hollow concrete box that will be pushed underneath the Lakeshore West rail tracks at the Port Credit GO Station. This will create a tunnel under the rail tracks, allowing the future LRT line to move without disrupting rail service on the tracks above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Advance work on the push box is underway. This gives you an idea of the size. (Metrolinx photo)<\/p>\n

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