Residents along the future Ontario line exhausted by the 24-hour work

Construction of the Ontario Line is in full swing. To the great despair of residents near the future Pape station who feel wronged by the provincial transport agency.

The work takes place 24 hours a day, so our bed vibratestestifies Adam Cawleywho lives nearby.

We have floodlights that shine directly into our windows and they are on all the time. We cannot open our windows because of the clouds of dust entering our home. When we work, the Internet often goes out.

M. Cawley and many neighbors in the Pape-Danforth neighborhood complained to their municipal councilor, Paula Fletcher. She says city staff works daily with the agency, trying to push Metrolinx to force its contractors to mitigate the problems, but it’s a difficult task.

It is a provincial agency. They are not always obliged to acceptsays Paula Fletcher.

Metrolinx says it is taking care of the problem

A Metrolinx spokesperson did not agree to be interviewed on camera, but responded in a statement that the agency is working to respond to residents’ requests to reduce disruptions by organizing louder activities during the day.

Currently, at this specific location, we are implementing several measures to resolve the dust problems in the areaindicates the spokesperson’s press release.

This includes […] changing construction site entrances to reduce dirt, regularly watering trucks, cleaning roads with water after working hours, and manually removing residual dirt from the construction site, with particular emphasis on cycle paths.

The release also said the agency is distributing car wash vouchers to residents and has installed noise and vibration sensors.

Pour Stacey Reidwho lives a few blocks from the construction site, her biggest worry is the additional traffic the construction has brought to the neighborhood.

The mother assures that the larger trucks shake neighboring streets, obstructing visibility for pedestrians and motorists, and blocking cycle paths. I’m really afraid that someone will be knocked down or killedshe worries.

Falling dust like snow

Area MPP Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) says he went knocking on doors in the neighborhood last weekend and noticed the dust was falling like snow.

Nobody says they shouldn’t buildbelieves the member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), who sits in opposition. The question is: are you putting in place the policies and procedures that could minimize the damage?

With work beginning earlier this month on an Ontario Line bridge crossing the Don Valley, work has begun on all projects along the line’s 15 stops and 15.6 km.

The end of the work is scheduled for 2031, when the line will connect the light rail Eglinton Crosstown, in the northeast, Exhibition Place in the southwest. Pape station will be the connection point for travelers using line 2 of the metro. CTT.