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Some piles driven. From Sunday.

 

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June 12, 2018
CONSTRUCTION NOTICE: Port Lands Flood Protection

Overnight lane closures: Lake Shore Boulevard at Cherry Street – Monday June 11 to Friday June 15

As we prepare to begin construction on Port Lands Flood Protection, we are gathering critical information to help finalize our designs and construction approach. This includes surveys to inspect and document underground utilities within the project area. In order to conduct these surveys, we will close sections of two eastbound lanes on Lake Shore Boulevard between Cherry Street and Don Roadway between 9:30 PM - 5:30 AM starting Monday June 11 to Friday June 15. Northbound lane closure: Cherry Street – Thursday, June 14On June 14, between 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM, we will be closing a small section of the sidewalk on the east side of Cherry Street, south of Villiers Street. Crews will be installing instruments needed for geotechnical monitoring. Flagmen will be on site to direct pedestrians around this closure. During this time, northbound traffic will be reduced to one lane between Villiers and Commissioners Streets.

CHERRY STREET LAKEFILLING – PROGRESS UPDATE Lakefilling

Truck traffic to and from the construction site will increase as lakefilling ramps up. Dump trucks are being used to place clean fill into the lake, creating new land around Essroc Quay.

As illustrated in the map above, trucks will access the construction site at 312 Cherry Street via the following routes:

• To the Site: Lake Shore Boulevard to Don Roadway to Commissioners Street
• Exiting the Site: Cherry Street to Lake Shore Boulevard

Note: The Martin Goodman Trail on Cherry Street will remain open and accessible at all times. As well there are no lane closures or restrictions.

Deliveries will occur between the hours of 6:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Crews will aim to restrict deliveries during peak travel times, such as morning rush hour. We are making every effort to minimize the amount of work outside of regular business hours. However, there is a chance that some deliveries may be unloaded during nights and weekends. This activity will comply with noise standards specified by the City through its permit application process.

Note: There will no construction trucks parked on public roads.


Dock Wall:

Construction of the new dock wall is about 75 per cent complete Crews are installing the pipe piles that support the new dock wall using a vibratory hammer whenever possible to keep noise to a minimum.

The final step will involve drilling into the lake’s bedrock securing the foundation of the dock wall (installation of core beam and toe pin). This process will start mid-June.

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Marine Landscaping

The crew has mobilized and has been placing and shaping the core stone (the aggregate shown in the images below) that will form habitat coves when this work is complete.

UPCOMING WORK:

Surveys

On June 14, between 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM, we will be closing a small section of the sidewalk on the east side of Cherry Street, south of Villiers Street. Crews will be installing instruments needed for geotechnical monitoring. Flagmen will be on site to direct pedestrians around this closure. During this time, northbound traffic will be reduced to one lane between Villiers and Commissioners Streets.

As we prepare to begin construction on Port Lands Flood Protection, we are gathering critical information to help finalize our designs and construction approach.

This includes surveys to inspect and document underground utilities within the project area. In order to conduct these surveys, we will close sections of two eastbound lanes on Lake Shore Boulevard between Cherry Street and Don Roadway between 9:30 PM - 5:30 AM starting Monday June 11 to Friday June 15.

Additional surveys are being conducted west of the Don Roadway between Villiers and Commissioners Streets. These geophysical surveys and investigations will inform the design of the new Don River. Part of the process to prepare the area for these surveys involves clearing away small vegetation.


Site Preparation

We are preparing to start work on the full Port Lands Flood Protection project. The graphic below shows what to expect from July 2018 to September 2018.

Area 1: Site preparation will include demolition of a parking lot and building as well as clearing of vegetation. Tree cutting in this area is scheduled for August 2018. During tree cutting, we will work with Toronto and Region Conservation to ensure birds and bats are protected.

Area 2: We will build a temporary structure to separate work zones along the River Valley and Don Greenway.

Area 3: Site preparation will include the demolition of a parking lot and building as well as clearing of vegetation. Tree cutting in this area is scheduled for August 2018.

In addition to this activity, site preparation work is also ongoing at a number of locations in the Port Lands. This includes drilling to collect soil and groundwater samples, surface water sampling, land surveying, pilot testing for soil treatment technologies, geophysical surveys, and vegetation and wildlife surveys.


QUESTIONS:

To learn more about this project, please visit portlandsto.ca. Use this online form to send us questions or concerns about construction or email us at plfp@ellisdon.com. For urgent construction related issues, please contact Cameron Coleman, EllisDon, at 416-464-3583.

 

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From the latest WT newsletter.

Construction on the Cherry Street Lakefilling is about 40 per cent complete. The internal confinement berm is complete and work has started on lakefilling and the new dock wall. Marine landscaping has also started, building the foundation for new aquatic habitat.

We are preparing to start construction on the full Port Lands Flood Protection project. Site preparation work is also ongoing at a number of locations in the Port Lands. This includes drilling to collect soil and groundwater samples, surface water sampling, land surveying, pilot testing for soil treatment technologies, geophysical surveys, and vegetation and wildlife surveys.

For details about what to expect this summer, read the latest construction notice here.

 

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Next public consult:


Save the Date: Community Consultation on Port Lands Flood Protection – July 18

Our giant model of the future Port Lands on display at our February 2018 public meeting. Don’t miss your chance to see the model this July!

Join us on July 18 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to learn more about Port Lands Flood Protection. We’re one year into this seven-year project that will re-naturalize the mouth of the Don River and create a new river valley through the Port Lands. When this project is complete, Toronto will have a new island, new parks and green spaces and new roads and bridges – the foundation for future communities just minutes from downtown.

At this meeting, we'll present basic project information and updates on design and construction. We’ll collect public feedback on the design of the new river valley and natural green spaces, roads and bridges. Project team members will also be there to answer your questions.

More details about this meeting will be confirmed soon. Check the new Port Lands websitefor updates or follow us on Facebook to get event invites.

 

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They were working late at 8 pm this evening. From the Cherry St. bridge.

Starting to fill in this basin.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

They were working late at 8 pm this evening.

Using those sweet solstice light hours.

 

[ADRM]

Cool near-term construction phasing breakdowns in the latest WT CEO Board Report; into the real heavy stuff very shortly (assuming the capital approval that was being sought was obtained):

 

[innsertnamehere]

It's hard to believe this project is actually going to be in full swing. I feel like this has been in planning for so long, and suddenly, it's moving very quick.

 

[44 North]

That's a considerable volume of earth to be removed. Lots of potential dumptrucks on area highways. Any word on if they'll remove spoil by seafaring vessel, I guess post-treatment?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

That's a considerable volume of earth to be removed. Lots of potential dumptrucks on area highways. Any word on if they'll remove spoil by seafaring vessel, I guess post-treatment?

I think they are trying to reuse most of it on site.

AoD

 

[44 North]

ah, probably explains the 'stockpiling'. And does seem smart to do since we'll be major terraforming and creating berms and whatnot.

 

[steveintoronto]

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JOHN LORINC
SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL
PUBLISHED MARCH 11, 2012UPDATED MAY 3, 2018

The numbers are staggering. Over the next decade, Waterfront Toronto expects to excavate two million cubic metres of contaminated soil and bring in another million of clean fill as the agency and its developers begin to revitalize the Port Lands. It's a process that will continue for decades, according to newly released real estate studies commissioned by the city.

That's enough to cover everything from Yonge to Spadina and the waterfront north to Queen in a metre of dirt. "The scale," said WT chief executive John Campbell, "is enormous."
[...]
Under the terms of its agreement with Green Soils, WT and its partners will send contaminated Port Lands soil to the new facility, provided the company offers rates competitive with the tipping fees charged by GTA landfills and other firms that offer soil remediation, including Direct Line Environmental in Pickering. Direct Line Environment is owned by GFL, which last fall won Toronto's curbside waste outsourcing contract and also has close ties to trucking companies that haul massive quantities of Toronto construction fill out to Durham Region.

Green Soils CEO Ashley Herman said the company plans to test various emerging soil cleaning technologies licensed from other firms. "For the first little while, it's going to be a bit of a world's fair."

The potential environmental impact is significant. According to Mr. Campbell, a study done for the agency found that if waterfront construction crews relied exclusively on the "dig and dump" approach to disposing of contaminated soil excavated from the Port Lands, they will generate 50 million kilometres of truck traffic on GTA highways. The estimated cost: $65-million for road wear and tear, accidents, fuel and tipping fees. A typical dump truck costs $125 an hour to operate.

"Taking soil from a construction site to a landfill isn't the best way of doing things," said Toronto environmental consultant Gordon Onley. "As we go forward, there's going to be a breaking point."

By Canadian standards, the WT project is a novel approach to dealing with brownfield sites. But other countries have plenty of experience in this field, especially the Netherlands; indeed, WT consulted with Dutch firms as it developed the soil cleaning strategy. Quebec, in turn, has landfill taxes designed to encourage construction companies to find other uses for excess soil.
[...]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/new...lean-up-port-lands-excavations/article553027/

Challenge
The revitalisation of Toronto’s waterfront is one of the largest urban brownfield remediation projects in the world. Much of Toronto’s waterfront was constructed by filling in parts of Lake Ontario with materials that are considered contaminated by current standards. Remediation efforts within the waterfront area included the excavation and removal of contaminated soil, which was expected to generate in excess of two million cubic metres of impacted soil.

To deal with the almost 800 hectares (2,000 acres) of waterfront land requiring remediation prior to redevelopment, Waterfront Toronto wanted to establish a pilot soil recycling facility to evaluate the best soil remediation tools and techniques available to determine the technological, environmental and economic feasibility before proceeding with a permanent, full-scale facility.

Waterfront Toronto planned to use the latest and best technologies to treat and reuse the soil, rather than ‘digging and dumping’, which simply transfers the contamination and problems to landfill sites. The strategy was to recycle the soil as much as possible. It would also provide a source of treated soil that can be used in the revitalisation of the waterfront.

The goals of the pilot were to identify the range of treatment options and costs of remediating soil, as well as to confirm that impacted soil can be treated to environmental standards set by the Ministry of the Environment.
[...]

https://www.deme-group.com/dec/references/establishing-soil-recycling-facility-port-lands

It's good that Lorinc is on this story. It's expected in some quarters to take some unwanted twists.

 

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The view, yesterday:

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[innsertnamehere]

I wonder how they plan on getting that barge out of there.

 

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Interesting video on this from City News:

https://www.680news.com/video/2018/...t-promising-to-transform-torontos-waterfront/