evandyk
Senior Member
Is it more or less complex than the stairway at Tom Riley Park?
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Cycling: West Toronto Railpath (City of Toronto, Phase II Proposed)
facepalming_brooklynite
Active Member
Is that connection to Sorauren Park included in the plans? I thought that was only talked about as a possible future expansion
smably
Senior Member
Correct. The connection to Wabash is not funded, but the bridge landing is designed to accommodate a future connection.
smably
Senior Member
I think this is a separate bridge rehab project. The new bridges for the railpath extension will be over the Barrie Line, Lansdowne, and Brock, and they'll be brand new and purpose built.
max
Active Member
Queen as well, the Dufferin jog elimination project really only did half the work needed on the Queen Street Subway.
generalcanada
Senior Member
City of Toronto and the Government of Canada announce agreement to fund West Toronto Railpath Extension
News Release August 1, 2024 Earlier today, the City of Toronto and Government of Canada announced a partnership to fund the extension of the popular West Toronto Railpath multi-use trail that will connect Toronto’s residents and visitors with new areas of the city. Under the funding agreement...
www.toronto.ca
innsertnamehere
Superstar
$75 million a kilometre for a bike path? Are they nuts?
Northern Light
Superstar
City of Toronto and the Government of Canada announce agreement to fund West Toronto Railpath Extension
News Release August 1, 2024 Earlier today, the City of Toronto and Government of Canada announced a partnership to fund the extension of the popular West Toronto Railpath multi-use trail that will connect Toronto’s residents and visitors with new areas of the city. Under the funding agreement...
Posted last Thursday, on the previous page:
Cycling: West Toronto Railpath (City of Toronto, Phase II Proposed)
Say it ain't so! I wonder if, over the next year, they can carve out some time to touch up the blue-green gradient mural? Now that the greenery has died (or maybe been trimmed back?) there's a big blank space. I'm talking about this one: For the time they're taking and the charge-back to the...
See my comments at the above link.
goodcitywhenfinished
Active Member
The media should be making a frenzy over this.
We will not be able to realize an extensive bike network if we put up with insane costs like this.
Im just confused more than I am angry. How is it this expensive?
This might be the worst case of public overspending I have seen in this city.
We will not be able to realize an extensive bike network if we put up with insane costs like this.
Im just confused more than I am angry. How is it this expensive?
This might be the worst case of public overspending I have seen in this city.
facepalming_brooklynite
Active Member
Seems like a much better investment than spending 2 billions on the Gardiner
Northern Light
Superstar
No one is arguing against the project itself.......... its the amount of money the project is being stated as costing that is the problem. Mx has some explaining to do.
Amare
Senior Member
I hope they plan on using the finest quality gold on that asphalt to make that $75 million/km go far. Maybe they're planning on also giving us some diamond encrusted railings as well with that kind of insane spending.