Construction in advance of the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE) continues this week in the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York\u2019s Keele campus.<\/p>\n
Work is\u00a0underway to relocate the York University Flagpole to its new home at the west end of the common between the reflecting pond and the fountain. Starting this week, a new foundation will be built and once the foundation is ready, the flagpole will be removed from the subway construction area and installed to its new location\u00a0by the end of August.<\/p>\n
Right: The new home of the York University Flagpole. Photograph by\u00a0Edward Fenner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Activity related to excavating the subway site,\u00a0diversion of\u00a0utilities, delivery of materials and large equipment will continue this week. As part of this activity,\u00a0large equipment will be operating very close to the York Research Tower as work begins on the construction of the perimeter of the subway station box. This large equipment, which\u00a0will be approximately 20 metres high,\u00a0could reach\u00a0the mid floors of the York Research Tower.<\/p>\n Several large pieces of equipment will also be used in the construction of the station box.\u00a0Faculty and staff located on the tower\u2019s south side may experience some construction-related disturbances due to the proximity of the work to the building. This phase of work is expected to take approximately four months to complete.<\/p>\n There will be a also be one-day lane restriction today or tomorrow on James Gillies Street \u2013\u00a0east of the Seymour Schulich Building \u2013\u00a0to position a drill rig on the east side of the building. Traffic control personnel will be\u00a0on site to help ensure safe movement of pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Once the rig is in place,\u00a0construction work will begin in earnest on the excavation of a deep shaft in advance of tunnelling operations. This work is expected to take up to\u00a0five weeks to continue.<\/p>\n For more information, visit\u00a0York University's\u00a0Subway Construction<\/a> web page.\u00a0For specific TYSSE construction information, contact the construction information line at 1-800-223-6192 or e-mail the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension<\/a> at TYSSE@ttc.ca<\/a>. For hearing impaired service, contact TTY Service 416-481-2523 (daily, 8am to 6pm, closed holidays).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The flagpole will be relocated to the west end of the Harry W. Arthurs Common and a new crane will be erected on the south side of the York Research Tower...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[29],"yfileauthor":[],"qualifier":[],"yfile-author":[],"tags-to-show":[145],"workflow":[],"class_list":["post-17447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-community","tags-to-show-community"],"acf":{"internal_publish_date":null,"original_image":null},"yoast_head":"\n