TRONto
Active Member
This was discussed elsewhere I believe. The city did a report and that's how far it got.
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Beltline Trail
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Northern Light
Superstar
No.
The E-A was stopped in progress.
They only got to the Terms-of-Reference Stage.
Report recommending the termination of the process is here: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/pw/bgrd/backgroundfile-93979.pdf
Recommendation from said report:
Johnny Au
Senior Member
I notice the complete lack of high-resolution photos of the individual stations of the York Beltline Trail publicly accessible on the Internet.
I have taken several photos of Salinas Court Beltline station today:
I have taken several photos of Salinas Court Beltline station today:
tmlittle
Active Member
The decorative brickwork here is fantastic.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
The York Beltline Trail is very underrated, despite it having plenty of traffic, even during the pandemic.
robmausser
Senior Member
The disconnect from the rest of the Beltline at the Allen really kills it.
They need to extend it through that right of way to the Allen and then put one way separated bike lanes on each of the bridges north and south of it over the Allen with sinage etc.
It will become more useful when it terminates in the West at the new Caledonia GO station. Even more useful if they extend the proposed Davenport Diamond path up to it.
robmausser
Senior Member
I kinda had another think about this and the proposal to build a pedestrian bridge connecting the two Beltline trails.
Looking at Google Maps, Aldburn Road overpass is about the most useless bridge ever. I actually am surprised it was even built at all. Not only is it ridiculously close to Elm Ridge Drive bridge, but what is it even connecting? Two dead end roads? For what purpose?
I really think that the Aldburn Road bridge should be closed to car traffic and just be repurposed to a pedestrian/cycling only bridge to cross the Allen.
Northern Light
Superstar
Ultimately, I'm in favour of filling in The Allen here, which would make a bridge moot. But given that that is not on the immediate horizon, I think your proposal is a reasonable way to repurpose existing infrastructure and make a better link in the interim.
robmausser
Senior Member
Yes I think the takeaway is that a direct pedestrian bridge would be a waste of money really, with this bridge being so close by and some Allen proposal being floated.
Btw I'm in favour of decking over the Allen with a park, but keeping the road underneath.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Slowly, the problem with CO from motor vehicles will diminish. At least by 2035, all new cars and light-duty trucks sold in the country will be zero-emission vehicles. While used vehicles will still be around, by the 22nd century, it should be a different story.
Allandale25
Senior Member
robmausser
Senior Member
While I was happy at first, I think this is a sign that the city has given up on this last portion of the trail between Marlee and the Allenway.
Why build a fully separated bike lane all along Roselawn from the Allen Greenway to Marlee if youre going to use the part labelled "Future York Beltline trail connection"
Seems to me like they aren't going to use it and are just not saying so to not get any negative feedback until this work is done.
Northern Light
Superstar
I am given to understand that the extension of the trail in green is still a go.
That will be handled by Park, Forestry and Recreation.
Transportation is doing the on-road link.
The Trail, however, will dead end at the sidewalk/path along the Allen soundwall for the foreseeable future.
Nothing is in process on an additional bridge over The Allen at this time.
Cambry Ardship
Active Member
It's really positive they're moving forward with improving the active transportation infrastructure around Marlee. I hope this is the start of revitalizing around the area--the bike lanes (painted stripe) on Roselawn to the west have all but disappeared, and the bike lanes on Marlee to the north could really use physical separation, and there is the space to do so. The suite of improvements will make it a lot safer and useable.
I'm a little unsure why they wouldn't just extend the Greenway south 50m to Eglinton, and the 20m strip on Eglinton between Marlee and Winona looks excluded as well (though I suppose that is TBD with the rest of the active transportation work on Eglinton).
I'm a little unsure why they wouldn't just extend the Greenway south 50m to Eglinton, and the 20m strip on Eglinton between Marlee and Winona looks excluded as well (though I suppose that is TBD with the rest of the active transportation work on Eglinton).
robmausser
Senior Member
Sure, but I think then the Roselawn work is redundant and unnecessary. If it was a longer strip, sure, but in the case of extending the trail I would just do this:
And put a Bikeway on the Allen Path on the west side connecting to the new York Beltline Trail extension.