The program includes four new Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines to neighbourhoods and areas currently not served by rapid public transit. These routes will reinforce the public transit focus of the City of Toronto’s Official Plan. Electrically-powered Light Rail Vehicles will travel in tunnels and reserved road lanes providing a smooth, fast and comfortable transit experience.
The Transit City LRT lines will support local economic development and reduce greenhouse emissions by allowing people to choose public transit as a convenient alternative to the private cars. Each line will provide seamless connections with the existing TTC subway system, GO Transit, other Transit City LRT routes and regional public transit networks in Durham, York and Peel.
Coffey Geotechnics will be providing geotechnical, geoenvironmental and hydrogeological consulting services to carry out ground investigations and aid in the analysis and design of the Sheppard East, Finch, Eglinton and Scarborough transit projects. The consultancy is currently providing geotechnical environmental services for the C$2.6 billion Toronto-Spadina Subway Extension Project that will wind through Toronto and the York University’s Keele campus into the City of Vaughan.
Coffey Geotechnics Canada vice-president, Michael Norman, said his team is excited with the opportunity to be involved in a project that will deliver transport infrastructure that will improve the lives of the local community through increased economic development, reduced traffic congestion and greenhouse emissions.
“Around the world, Coffey Geotechnics has been involved in a number of projects that required our expertise to ensure the proposed infrastructure is safe for its future users, providing peace of mind to our clients. We are looking forward to using our specialist knowledge in ground engineering to deliver extraordinary outcomes for the TTC over the next five years as we believe the long term environmental, social and economic benefits of this project will be welcomed by the community.”
With over 50 years’ experience in ground engineering, Coffey Geotechnics has worked on large scale, award winning transport infrastructure projects including Singapore’s Circle Line, a world class rapid transport project that passes through a highly urbanized area; the Inner Northern Busway in Brisbane, Australia; and the Limerick Tunnel in Ireland.
Coffey Geotechnics is currently providing specialist knowledge to authorities in Hong Kong and Singapore on the effects on nearby buildings of tunnel construction for mass transit projects. In addition to underground works, the consultancy is also working on other large infrastructure projects around the world, including roads, rail, bridges, ports and dams.
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Diana Krause, Global Manager External Communications, Coffey
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