Major construction expands across entire route of 9.2-kilometre extension.

Crews have started digging the tunnels that will connect the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension to the existing terminus of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (to be known as Line 5 Eglinton when it opens) at Mount Dennis Station.

The extension will make Line 5 Eglinton another expansive east-west rapid transit line for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), running all the way from Scarborough, through midtown Toronto and into Mississauga. The project will add seven new stations to Line 5 Eglinton’s 25 stations and stops.

Last year, the contract to design and build the second underground segment of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension was awarded to Strabag Inc.

Construction is also marching ahead for another important segment of the line – the 1.5-kilometre elevated guideway that will run over the Humber River. Crews started work this spring on the foundations and piers of the bridge, which will span from just west of Scarlett Road to just east of Jane Street.

With major construction now underway across the entire route of the project, the vision of bringing more rapid transit to thousands of people in west Toronto and Mississauga is coming more and more into focus.