Station box excavation expected to be done spring 2013
Drilling for the York subway site has resumed and will continue to take place for five weeks, with the station box scheduled to be completed by spring of 2013.
Obrascon Huarte Lain and FCC Construccion are currently the contractors in charge of digging the station box, and once the digging is finished, the site will be handed over to a new contractor.
“A drill rig is currently drilling piles into the ground in preparation for the construction of the scoop, which is a light well that will bring natural light into the concourse of the station,” says says Debbie Cole-Gauer, TTC community relations coordinator.
Ellis Don Construction Inc. will construct the station on all levels, “including the track level, where you get on and off the train, and where the train comes in, the concourse level, and the main level as well,” says Cole-Gauer. “They are going to build the structure and the entranceway and everything to do with the station.”
Once finished with the excavation of the site, OHL and FCC will continue to work and construct the remainder of the tunnels north of Steeles Avenue West and proceed to build the Highway 407 station.
Hamid Adem, Assistant News Editor
