King-Victoria Transit Hub

[ZEBuilder]

5 years to construct.  Ugh.

Engineers in the room - couldn't this conceivably be done in 2 to 3?

Short answer is yes. However without being involved in this project I can't say the exact reasons.

It's entirely conceivable that they do the first phase which encompasses everything required for the station to be operational, so the platforms, bus loop, parking, King St Bridge, Victoria St reconstruction (assuming Ford doesn't get in the way) wait a bit and then do the actual building resulting in the entire project to encompass 5 years. After all we're dealing with Metrolinx and they can be difficult to work with.