Good idea, and one both the city and the property owner are interested in solving, but unfortunately the townhouse development on the other side of the tracks doesn't leave room for it. In fact, there isn't even room for a (much-needed) pedestrian bridge over the tracks here. A failure of planning, IMO.
Yeah, I was about to answer @Avenue 's original post on that. A bridge was in the initial plan (a tunnel had been proposed prior to that, but was problematic for a number of reasons, not least the logistics of interrupting a very busy rail corridor to do it) but the "angle" of the proposed bridge was also problematic. It's a bit of a lame out, as the "angle" was obvious from the get-go. It may have been that the span length was too long and thus needed more supports to make it happen. If I'm at the next meeting, I'll press them on it. There are also changes to Castlepoint's plans on the east side of the tracks, and surely the City and even Metrolinx must be pushing for connecting across the tracks to tie in the Lansdowne/Bloor GO station, and Castlepoint themselves to Loblaws.
