![]() ![]() Published: 09:39 BST, 17 September 2022 | Updated: 19:46 BST, 17 September 2022Īmerican President Joe Biden has left the White House and will arrive in London this evening alongside his wife Jill ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday. The Queen's funeral: All the latest Royal Family news and coverageīy Brittany Chain For Mailonline and Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent and Laurence Dollimore For Mailonline.Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese touched down and went to Green Park to lay a wreath on Sunday.Some embassies have requested exemptions - for security reasons - to have their leaders travel separately.Biden is unlikely to travel with the crowd and will instead use armoured vehicle, 'The Beast'.But they are still expected to board a shuttle bus to the funeral alongside other world dignitaries. ![]() Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako boarded a luxury first class flight to London this morning.US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill have left the White House en route to London for Queen's funeral.It is currently scheduled to be completed by 2031.Joe and Jill Biden begin trip to UK for Queen's funeral after Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako prepare to swap first class luxury for seat on the world leaders' bus The 15-stop, 15.6-kilometre Ontario Line will run from Exhibition Place through the downtown core along Queen Street before heading north to the Ontario Science Centre. They looked at it, they discovered that it was actually hard to build and construct streetcar tracks in an urban area and they panicked and said ‘let’s run buses instead.’ But the TTC, who actually do understand how to deliver transit in an urban area, said that was unacceptable and not only did they come up with an alternative, they found an existing contract to do sewer work and found a way to piggyback doing the diversion into that contract.” ![]() “We made an agreement with them that they would provide a streetcar diversion while the work on Queen Street was taking place. “This demonstrates to us how utterly devastating the mistake was when we handed construction and transit planning up to the province of Ontario,” Coun. is being asked to complete 570 metres of streetcar track installation, in part, because they are already contracted to handle watermain replacement work in the area. However, in a report tabled at the TTC board last week staff said that a utility issue was identified that “surpassed previous expectations and has delayed the start of the construction of the streetcar tracks for the diversion.” The provincial transit agency had initially committed to complete the work necessary to divert a downtown portion of the 501 Queen route along Adelaide and Richmond streets for the four years that the Queen Street closure is required. The sole-source contract, which still needs to be approved by city council, was proposed by staff after it became clear that Metrolinx would not be able to complete the track work prior to the beginning of construction on Queen Street. This is due to the long-term closure of Queen Street between York and Bay streets to accommodate Ontario Line construction. Shuttle buses will still be required to supplement service along the 501 Queen route for about 10 months, starting in May. a nearly $40 million sole-source contract with the understanding that they will complete the work by March,2024. TTC officials had previously estimated that it would take another 20 months to complete the installation of streetcar tracks along Adelaide Street and allow for the diversion of the 501 route around subway construction without the need for shuttle buses.īut on Friday members of the city’s general governance committee voted to hand Midome Construction Services Ltd. Shuttle buses may not be replacing streetcars along a portion of the busy 501 Queen route for as long as initially thought. ![]()
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