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London is getting its first glimpse of a proposed Adelaide Street underpass that will make one traffic-snarling level train crossing a thing of the past.

The multimillion-dollar concept design would route vehicle traffic underneath the CP rail crossing at Adelaide Street between Queens Avenue and Oxford Street – one of the city’s major north-south arteries.

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“I think this will provide better reliability for Adelaide Street. Better reliability for emergency vehicles, transit,” said project engineer Ardian Spahiu.

Project managers presented the preferred design at a public meeting Thursday evening at H.B. Beal secondary school, the third public meeting on the rail-crossing revitalization since 2016.

Current Version “I think it will be an attractive route in the future for others to use. Just to know you’re not going to get stuck at a train there, it provides some certainty.”

The preliminary cost estimate for the major roadway redevelopment is $54 million to $58 million. If everything goes according to schedule, construction could begin in 2021 and would take two years to complete, Spahiu said.