StreetcarRider
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Meanwhile, over at the Dundas staircase…
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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
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PL1
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I guess they just can't rush perfection...
Admiral Beez
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What about the ramp on the Riverdale Park bridge? Best I can tell nothing has happened beyond some concrete foundations.
Carpe Diem
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The component parts of the ramp have been delivered to site, but nothing assembled as of Monday.
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Admiral Beez
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It really is amazing. The city and its contractor ripped out the original bumpy, yet usable path in early 2023 (the bumps were useful in slowing Mamils). That will be three years to rebuild a bike path and add some stairs to the Dundas bridge and a ramp to Riverdale.
Lower Don River Trail Improvements
The Lower Don River Trail is undergoing improvements to upgrade accessibility, mitigate erosion and flooding from the Don River, resolve drainage issues and enhance overall trail connections.
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My favourite part of this fiasco is how the contractor failed to survey the site, and thus only discovered after they scoured the old trail away that they needed more money and time from the city (at the threat of "down tools").
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Milaisacat
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They didn't survey???It really is amazing. The city and its contractor ripped out the original bumpy, yet usable path in early 2023 (the bumps were useful in slowing Mamils). That will be three years to rebuild a bike path and add some stairs to the Dundas bridge and a ramp to Riverdale.
Lower Don River Trail Improvements
The Lower Don River Trail is undergoing improvements to upgrade accessibility, mitigate erosion and flooding from the Don River, resolve drainage issues and enhance overall trail connections.
My favourite part of this fiasco is how the contractor failed to survey the site, and thus only discovered after they scoured the old trail away that they needed more money and time from the city (at the threat of "down tools").
StreetcarRider
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Lest we forget: this is the second closure of the same trail for multiple years around this area. Remember the other one from 2015-2017?
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Toronto’s Lower Don Trail to reopen later this month after many delays
The $3.6-million Pan Am Games legacy project will officially reopen Sept. 23 — over one year late.
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They did but did it badly. A child of 10 could see that the Don River bank was easily washed away (it did so in every big rain storm!) so why they thought it could support the supports for a staircase without very deep piling is a 'mystery'. Or simply incompetence!!
TwoWheelPoli
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Oh yeah! I remember that one which led to the new Bellevue Underpass. At least now we have Bayview as an alternate route whereas it didn't exist at the time of that closure.Lest we forget: this is the second closure of the same trail for multiple years around this area. Remember the other one from 2015-2017?
Toronto’s Lower Don Trail to reopen later this month after many delays
The $3.6-million Pan Am Games legacy project will officially reopen Sept. 23 — over one year late.
UntitledCyclist
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Nary a print in the snow... Imagine trying to make a timelape video of this project!
Admiral Beez
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Easy. You look away and low ball the offer to get the job, and then beg forgiveness once the scale of the job is accurately reported, and demand more money and time.
TwoWheelPoli
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Today's Infrastructure & Environment Committee meeting looks like it will be a long one! 56 speakers registered for the TransformTO item (a.k.a. Toronto's climate action plan) and another 51 speakers for the bike plan item (which includes Kingston Road). You can follow along at the YouTube link starting at 9:30 AM.
UPDATE: Item IE26.12 regarding Cynthia Lai Park will be debated at 1:30 PM followed by the bike plan item (IE26.6).
UPDATE: Item IE26.12 regarding Cynthia Lai Park will be debated at 1:30 PM followed by the bike plan item (IE26.6).
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Northern Light
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This took a bit longer than it should have......but there's a new voice on Bsky that will let you get a tiny bit of the news and information I and @TwoWheelPoli share .....maybe 40 seconds faster, if you're quick.
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Northern Light
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Ok..... that's it. I'm sicking @TwinHuey on the Cliffcrest Scarborough Village SW Residents Association!
I'm going to post their submission on the Kingston Road improvements.
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