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Hillside collapse at Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction site
October 22, 2020

Hillside collapse at Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction site leaves neighbours worried about their homes

A slope above a construction site for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT partially collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, alarming nearby residents who have been advised to stay out of their backyards and are worried their properties will be next to fall down the crumbling hillside.

Kristin Jenkins, a spokesperson for Crosslinx, the private consortium building the LRT, said the cause of the incident near the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Brentcliffe Road is still under investigation. The site is just east of a tunnel exit portal for the $5.3-billion LRT line, and crews are constructing a retaining wall there in order to widen Eglinton Avenue.

Jenkins said, “no one’s safety is at risk, although it’s understandable that residents are concerned.” She said Crosslinx advised residents in affected homes Tuesday evening not to use their backyards “out of an abundance of caution.”

Engineers had been dispatched to the site to make recommendations about how to stabilize the area, and on Wednesday afternoon crews were using a backhoe to add soil to the base of the slope in order to shore it up. Eglinton Avenue remained open.

“Crosslinx is carrying out all recommendations so that the work site and properties backing onto the slope remain safe,” Jenkins said.

Anne Marie Aikins, a spokesperson for Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency overseeing the LRT project, acknowledged what she described as a “significant movement of the earth” near the Brentcliffe site. In a statement, she said “safety is critical to everything we do” and Metrolinx is “confident Crosslinx is taking the issue seriously.”

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