A voice warns to stand clear of the yellow line as a screen lights up notifying riders that the next eastboundNo, this isn’t a message from the future. This was the scene Friday morning at the Oakwood LRT Station where the updating train information screens, modern signage and shiny glass staircase would be enough to convince a skeptic that they were inside a station on a functioning transit line.
“We’re not getting along. We’re in a broken relationship. It has a big impact,” said Geoff Smith, president and CEO of EllisDon, one of the four companies that makes up Crosslinx, calling the LRT “the most strife-ridden project” he’s worked on in his entire life. Metrolinx has called the lawsuit an “unacceptable delay tactic” and promised to fight it. A TTC spokesperson declined to comment for this story, and previously said “discussions to finalize agreements are ongoing” with Metrolinx.This lawsuit is the latest challenge for the LRT, which has for years been beset by drama and delays, causing significant disruption to businesses, residents and commuters on Eglinton Avenue East., but did not say when transit riders could expect to board trains.
Crosslinx said 13 out of 15 stations are at pre-revenue service occupancy, which is “appropriate for a project at this stage.” The front cab of the LRT, where the operator sits, looks more like a spaceship than a transit vehicle. Ernesaks said Metrolinx has “consistently offered to sit down with to work through their scheduling and productivity issues,” noting any litigation related to the LRT has come from Crosslinx.such a massive infrastructure project