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City of London and neighbours celebrate the fully completed Adelaide Street underpass
The City of London held a celebration for the Adelaide underpass, which cleared traffic caused by passing trains. CTV London's Brent Lale has the story. As a train stopped on the track at Adelaide Street and Central Avenue Saturday, cars freely flowed below on the now finished underpass. The City of London held a celebration to recognize the fully completed project which has seen traffic moving since April 2024. 'I don't know if that's a police car or a fire truck or a land ambulance, but you hear a siren behind me, that is exactly why this underpass is important,' said Mayor Josh Morgan while standing near the underpass. 'This is a critical pathway for emergency services to get to where they are, where they need to be. Let alone that, I, like every other Londoner, have been stuck here late for a meeting, waiting for a train to go by an Adelaide street.' While cars have been moving north-south for more than a year, work to complete the finishing elements and adjacent McMahen Park has been ongoing. 081025 - Adelaide underpass London Pedestrians cross under the Adelaide St. underpass on the new fully completed walkway on Saturday Aug 9, 2025. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) Commuters and residents are no longer impacted by delays, congestion and safety concerns for walking, cycling, riding transit and driving." Those that live in the surrounding area including the Piccadilly Neighbours Association (PNA) say this 'celebration is 100 years in the making.' 'I moved in here about seven or eight years ago and the CP Rail pretty much ruled the whole neighborhood and cross streets,' says Norman Sproule, chair of the PNA. 'Not just on Adelaide, but on Maitland, on Waterloo Street and every place else like that. The underpass just free things up completely for us.' Sproule says there is still some through traffic from downtown construction, but overall, the train delays are gone and that's improved the quality of life for those in the area. 081025 - Adelaide underpass London With a train stopped on the tracks, cars move freely on the fully completed Adelaide St. underpass on Saturday Aug 9, 2025 (Brent Lale/CTV News London) Although there were a lot of smiles during the event, one neighbour wasn't among those thrilled about the project. Gil Warren says the project came in more than 40 million dollars over the original estimate, and $88 million dollars was too much for 'people who stopped for three minutes for a train every three hours.' Warren is also upset about the number of properties which were required to be purchased by the City of London to complete the underpass including the lot which once was home to Frank and Gus' Pizza. 'In order to get construction yards to do this work, the city destroyed 12 units of housing for poor people and they destroyed 12 small businesses,' said Warren. Now, he wants the city to take the surplus properties including a parking lot at Adelaide and McMahen Street and turn them into residences. 081025 - Adelaide underpass London A parking lot at the corner of McMahen St. and Adelaide St. was purchased by the City of London during construction of the Adelaide St. underpass. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) 'What we're suggesting as a community is do the right thing, finish the job and build social housing on these lots,' said Warren. The $87.6 million project took three years to complete. 'I know everybody sees the finished product, but under the surface we had to redirect sewers, we actually have a pumping station because there's groundwater that we have to manage,' said Jennie Dann, London's Director, and Construction Infrastructure Services. 'This is a major corridor. We have 24,000 vehicles a day that travel on this road, so it's not just for cars, it's for pedestrians and connection to the community, emergency services, transit. Everybody's benefiting from having this project done.'
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London fire crews respond to kitchen fire
A fire broke out in the 700 block of Osgoode Drive, sending flames up the back wall and causing heavy smoke conditions, according to London fire crews. The crews put out the fire and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was determined to be cooking related. 081025 - London kitchen fire Fire crews responded to a kitchen fire in London. (Source: London Fire Department)
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Organizers say record amount of produce handed out to thousands this Ugly Potato Day
Tens of thousands of people flocked to Surrey today for the annual Ugly Potato Day event. As Sohrab Sandhu reports, organizers say this year the demand is higher than ever and a record amount of free produce was handed out.
