Dundas St. construction to be completed early
Downtown artery between Church and Yonge Sts. scheduled to reopen Aug. 19
Construction to replace a water main and TTC streetcar tracks on Dundas St. East, between Church and Yonge Sts., will be completed two-and-a-half months ahead of schedule, Mayor John Tory announced Thursday.
Torontonians should see this as evidence “of a new culture that we’re trying to bring to how we do these jobs at city hall,” Tory told a news conference at Dundas and Victoria Streets on Thursday morning.
Construction on Dundas started in April and was scheduled to last until Halloween.
The downtown artery will now reopen Aug. 19, Tory said.
“Everybody pushed, I pushed, our staff pushed, and I think the real Herculean effort here was made by the contractor . . . and by the TTC.”
Hours were extended and the contractor assigned extra crews and equipment yet “the cost of the con- tract remained the same,” Tory said. “The contractor would rather do it faster by adding additional crews and equipment so they can move onto their next assignment.” The project budget was $3.7 million.
“Everybody pushed, I pushed, our staff pushed, and I think the real Herculean effort here was made by the contractor . . . and by the TTC.” MAYOR JOHN TORY
The work involved replacing a 100year-old water main from Church to Yonge, replacing streetcar tracks and realigning curbs so they’re compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
Work hours have been extended for 32 construction projects across the city, including overnight work at nine locations and around-the-clock work at seven other locations, city staff said in a release.
Last week, Wellington St. reopened after water main work was completed two months ahead of schedule.