Toronto GO Transit: Davenport Diamond Grade Separation | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

[EnviroTO]

So a property owner, perhaps one not directly victimized by graffiti, gets to pay for both the presence and absence of law enforcement.

No, that is the current model. People who have their property vandalized, littered on, or dumped on need to clean up their own property even though they weren't responsible with no assistance from the government and because no police are doing anything to catch people nobody is caught to pay for it.

Not policing and not sharing the burdens evenly is basically putting all the burdens on victims.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Wow, I remember the night these beams went in!

 

[Northern Light]

Wow, I remember the night these beams went in!

LOL PE, you make it sound like it was decades ago and you're recalling a childhood memory!

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I'm always impressed by your memory actually, but more for holding stuff; than long predates you or your adult self, and you remembering it as if you had been there.

 

[Toolio555]

Has been confirmed by multiple sources that CP plan is to remove the diamond tracks by mid to end of June

 

[vic]

Bloor St. bridge demo coming up this weekend.

Bloor Street West weekend full closure, detours planned

A section of Bloor Street West will be closed from May 19-22 for rail bridge demolition.

www.metrolinx.com

 

[Toolio555]

Some overnight track removal or what? About 5 workers on site. One is grinding away and the other banging away.

 

[rdaner]

The old bridge is gone and road open. Now I am wondering about the property to the east on the north side that has a one storey factory on it?!

 

[robmausser]

Anyone know the timelines for putting the trail and other beautification stuff under the guideway?

 

[facepalming_brooklynite]

Anyone know the timelines for putting the trail and other beautification stuff under the guideway?

And is there any news about the Lansdowne GO station?

 

[Metroscapes]

And is there any news about the Lansdowne GO station?

Apples and oranges, man, the City has had success building trails.

 

[smably]

And is there any news about the Lansdowne GO station?

Oh, I asked the councillor's office about it and got this response on May 10:

The City is currently still awaiting the provincial government's decision on whether they will provide the additional funding requested by the City. Our City staff have promised further updates as soon as more information is available, however, this is all we know at this point in time.

I assume this means that the window to award the contract has passed and this will have to be re-tendered if and when the city gets funding.

 

[smably]

From a few minutes ago:

I rode a Barrie Line train through here on the weekend for the first time since the guideway opened and it was equally impressive from above.

 

[vic]

There's been a push from local residents to make the Antler-Lappin connection happen. Petition:

Sign the Petition

Create a Lappin-Antler walking path to improve access for Wallace-Emerson community

www.change.org

And even BlarghTO wrote about it:

Angry locals say Metrolinx broke a promise with Toronto's new elevated rail line

The first commuter trains zipped along Toronto's newest elevated rail line in early April, but just weeks after Metrolinx's Davenport Diamond Guidewa…

www.blogto.com

Councillor Alejandra Bravo posted a statement about it just now:

Statement on Davenport Diamond Greenway Antler-Lappin Connection

Ward 9, Davenport

www.alejandrabravo.ca

 

[Metroscapes]

There's been a push from local residents to make the Antler-Lappin connection happen. Petition:

Sign the Petition

Create a Lappin-Antler walking path to improve access for Wallace-Emerson community

www.change.org

And even BlarghTO wrote about it:

Angry locals say Metrolinx broke a promise with Toronto's new elevated rail line

The first commuter trains zipped along Toronto's newest elevated rail line in early April, but just weeks after Metrolinx's Davenport Diamond Guidewa…

www.blogto.com

Councillor Alejandra Bravo posted a statement about it just now:

Statement on Davenport Diamond Greenway Antler-Lappin Connection

Ward 9, Davenport

www.alejandrabravo.ca

I did a little sleuthing for this. The parcel fabric suggests the parking lot is a parcel addressed as 90 Ward Street, separate from 80 Ward Street, where the two-storey non-residential building stands.

A decade-old report on the city's website reveals it was purchased by the City in 1953 for a watermain, and then authorized for sale in 2012 for $145,000. A listing of property classifications for small business tax suggests 80 and 90 Ward Street are grouped together as of March 2022.

So it seems like the owners of the adjacent building may still own it, and has not given the lot up for sale.

 

[vic]

Yeah. It's super unfortunate that the City sold it off for parking, especially since the Davenport Diamond project was already in the works.

Thanks for digging up those details. I knew the general idea that the City sold it off, but not those specifics.