CASE STUDY: LESLIE BARNS AND STREETCAR TRACK CONNECTION PROJECT Client: Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Toronto, Ontario OVERVIEW The TTC is replacing its current fleet of streetcars with new, low floor, accessible vehicles. In order to provide the necessary vehicle maintenance, repairs and storage capacity, the TTC built a new maintenance and storage facility, located at the corner of Leslie Street and Lake Shore Boulevard. The new fleet of streetcars also required the construction of an 800 metre connecting track along Leslie Street between Queen Street and Commissioners Street, which the new streetcars will use to access the facility. Significant streetscape improvements, greening initiatives and public art along Leslie Street and on Queen Street in the vicini

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