Toronto Lower Simcoe Ramp | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto

[pstogios]

This looks like it will be completed ahead of schedule.

What gives you that impression?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

What gives you that impression?

Can't speak to whether it is actually be completed on schedule (though penalties undoubtedly helps) - but it broke the usual pattern of empty worksites for public projects.

AoD

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Funny story about this photo: a few seconds after I took this, I saw a van turn into the ramp and start going the wrong way. Immediately my brain started freaking out and I'm like 'what are you doing?!' but it took 5 seconds before I realized it was a work truck, and the reason I was taking these photos was because it was closed and being demolished.

 

[ADRM]

TCHC. They seem to be THINKING about this as a development site, along with ALL of the garage, it goes east to Market Street so it's a fairly large site.

OT, but which site is that? Where's the garage?

 

[TOareaFan]

 

[hawc]

I see no obvious benefit to connecting Church Street to the Lake Shore and Queens Quay. What am I missing?

 

[TOareaFan]

I see no obvious benefit to connecting Church Street to the Lake Shore and Queens Quay. What am I missing?

I think the point someone was making was that whether or not there is benefit it is kinda moot because there is a large building in the way.

 

[dowlingm]

I see no obvious benefit to connecting Church Street to the Lake Shore and Queens Quay. What am I missing?

the Lower Yonge precinct study?

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

I see no obvious benefit to connecting Church Street to the Lake Shore and Queens Quay. What am I missing?

Improved connectivity for all modes of transportation between downtown and the waterfront.

 

[hawc]

Improved connectivity...

True. If only there were some way of reaching the lake near to Church street. Oh wait...

 

[dowlingm]

True. If only there were some way of reaching the lake near to Church street. Oh wait...

I don't know why they went to the trouble of doing a whole precinct study when they could have just looked at a Google Map

 

[hawc]

Maybe all streets don't have to hit the lake?

 

[DSC]

True. If only there were some way of reaching the lake near to Church street. Oh wait...

The map actually shows EXACTLY why - as the area south of the rail berm gets quite heavily developed - a north-south link between Yonge and Lower Jarvis would be a good idea - though not one worth doing UNTIL the TCHC building and the Green P garage are redeveloped. It's what is called 'thinking ahead and I understand why it puzzles you - it is not common in Toronto.

 

[hawc]

It's what is called 'thinking ahead and I understand why it puzzles you - it is not common in Toronto.

Keep your bitchy little comments to yourself. No one was being rude to you.

 

[dowlingm]

Keep your bitchy little comments to yourself. No one was being rude to you.

hawc - you asked why this was happening. You were told there was a process which had identified the need. You arbitrarily dismissed this, twice. Who's being rude?