Toronto Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

Traffic Notice: Commissioners Street & Don Roadway Closures
December 2019-August 2022


740c1ee2-b6d7-4432-827d-2ea1c3f7a76a.png


Starting in early December, Commissioners Street will be closed between Cherry Street and Don Roadway. Don Roadway will be closed between Commissioners Street and Villiers Street. This closure will remain in place until Summer 2022.

Our design to protect this area from flooding includes road and utility work. These closures will allow us to:
  • Raise the grade of both Commissioners Street and Don Roadway by as much as three metres
  • Upgrade underground utilities, which will improve stormwater and wastewater management and eliminate the need for overhead wires
  • Prepare the road to accommodate the new Commissioners Street Bridge
To learn more about what we’re building, find a project map at portlandsto.ca/project-map.

What to expect during these road closures:
  • TTC stops along Commissioners Street will be relocated to Villiers and Saulter Streets.
  • The Lower Don Trail will be closed between Villiers and Commissioners Streets. Cyclists can use shared lanes on Villiers Street to access the Martin Goodman Trail on Cherry Street, west of Don Roadway.
  • Those travelling south on Don Roadway can access Cherry Street to the west or Saulter Street to the east via Villiers Street.
Future road work

Cherry Street will be realigned further west of its current path and connected to a new bridge over the Keating Channel. The existing Cherry Street and lift bridge will remain open until we can open new Cherry Street and the new Cherry Street Bridge. A minor diversion will be created at the intersection of Cherry and Polson Streets starting in Spring 2020 and ending in Winter 2021.


5cc5eaf8-f8ec-4efc-a941-52270eac33c7.png


Construction Update


c0e3dcd2-b32e-4150-b74b-00aee89d6d74.png


Click here to open a larger version of this map.​


Improvements to Villiers and Saulter Streets will be completed by December 1, 2019. Find details about that work here. Note: There will be no on-street parking on Villiers Street when it reopens.

Continuing through Winter 2022, construction equipment will at times need to cross the Cherry Street at Lake Shore. When this happens, a flagperson will be stationed at the intersection to ensure the safety of cyclists and pedestrians. Traffic on the Martin Goodman Trail will be given priority. Signs will also be posted as needed to alert northbound and southbound cyclists to truck traffic.


0d2bed4b-a084-4ea1-a0f5-1a581f8cc0ed.png


Crews continue installing the cut-off walls in the first section of the new river valley. The walls will form the structure of the river’s edge, keeping excavation dry and stable. The work will continue into winter, when we will start to remove water to prepare for dewatering and deep excavation of the river valley.


5cc5eaf8-f8ec-4efc-a941-52270eac33c7.png


2e6bb51b-15a5-4680-baaf-e126f9d643ec.jpg
3b6899b3-e76f-489f-b80e-78d5e4f08d8b.jpg


Left: A dewatering plant is being installed south of Commissioners Street, east of Cherry Street as we prepare to begin deep excavation on the river valley.
Right: Foundations for the new bridge to the north and south of the Keating Channel are almost complete. We expect to install the first of two Cherry Street North Bridges in 2020. Crews have also started work on the new alignment for Cherry Street.


f7e00897-0318-4b76-849e-56ea81151cc3.jpg
f455f5b4-3b2e-41d9-b7eb-7b1f03487df5.jpg


Left: Landscaping is complete on along the new shoreline that has been created as part of Cherry Street Lakefilling.
Right: Marine landscapers have also been planting underwater in the newly created habitat coves.


5cc5eaf8-f8ec-4efc-a941-52270eac33c7.png


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.
 
Traffic Notice: Commissioners Street & Don Roadway Closures
December 2019-August 2022


740c1ee2-b6d7-4432-827d-2ea1c3f7a76a.png


Starting in early December, Commissioners Street will be closed between Cherry Street and Don Roadway. Don Roadway will be closed between Commissioners Street and Villiers Street. This closure will remain in place until Summer 2022.

Our design to protect this area from flooding includes road and utility work. These closures will allow us to:
  • Raise the grade of both Commissioners Street and Don Roadway by as much as three metres
  • Upgrade underground utilities, which will improve stormwater and wastewater management and eliminate the need for overhead wires
  • Prepare the road to accommodate the new Commissioners Street Bridge
To learn more about what we’re building, find a project map at portlandsto.ca/project-map.

What to expect during these road closures:
  • TTC stops along Commissioners Street will be relocated to Villiers and Saulter Streets.
  • The Lower Don Trail will be closed between Villiers and Commissioners Streets. Cyclists can use shared lanes on Villiers Street to access the Martin Goodman Trail on Cherry Street, west of Don Roadway.
  • Those travelling south on Don Roadway can access Cherry Street to the west or Saulter Street to the east via Villiers Street.
Future road work

Cherry Street will be realigned further west of its current path and connected to a new bridge over the Keating Channel. The existing Cherry Street and lift bridge will remain open until we can open new Cherry Street and the new Cherry Street Bridge. A minor diversion will be created at the intersection of Cherry and Polson Streets starting in Spring 2020 and ending in Winter 2021.


5cc5eaf8-f8ec-4efc-a941-52270eac33c7.png


Construction Update


c0e3dcd2-b32e-4150-b74b-00aee89d6d74.png


Click here to open a larger version of this map.​


Improvements to Villiers and Saulter Streets will be completed by December 1, 2019. Find details about that work here. Note: There will be no on-street parking on Villiers Street when it reopens.

Continuing through Winter 2022, construction equipment will at times need to cross the Cherry Street at Lake Shore. When this happens, a flagperson will be stationed at the intersection to ensure the safety of cyclists and pedestrians. Traffic on the Martin Goodman Trail will be given priority. Signs will also be posted as needed to alert northbound and southbound cyclists to truck traffic.


0d2bed4b-a084-4ea1-a0f5-1a581f8cc0ed.png


Crews continue installing the cut-off walls in the first section of the new river valley. The walls will form the structure of the river’s edge, keeping excavation dry and stable. The work will continue into winter, when we will start to remove water to prepare for dewatering and deep excavation of the river valley.


5cc5eaf8-f8ec-4efc-a941-52270eac33c7.png


2e6bb51b-15a5-4680-baaf-e126f9d643ec.jpg
3b6899b3-e76f-489f-b80e-78d5e4f08d8b.jpg


Left: A dewatering plant is being installed south of Commissioners Street, east of Cherry Street as we prepare to begin deep excavation on the river valley.
Right: Foundations for the new bridge to the north and south of the Keating Channel are almost complete. We expect to install the first of two Cherry Street North Bridges in 2020. Crews have also started work on the new alignment for Cherry Street.


f7e00897-0318-4b76-849e-56ea81151cc3.jpg
f455f5b4-3b2e-41d9-b7eb-7b1f03487df5.jpg


Left: Landscaping is complete on along the new shoreline that has been created as part of Cherry Street Lakefilling.
Right: Marine landscapers have also been planting underwater in the newly created habitat coves.


5cc5eaf8-f8ec-4efc-a941-52270eac33c7.png


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.
 
Streety McCarface said:
The fact that this bridge is not supporting a Cherry streetcar extension (from the looks of it) is really bad news.
Click to expand...

The streetcar will have its own bridge separate from the roadway, which will be built at some unspecified future date whenever the city finally gets around to building waterfront transit.


216026

216029
 
salsa said:
The streetcar will have its own bridge separate from the roadway, which will be built at some unspecified future date whenever the city finally gets around to building waterfront transit.
Click to expand...

The skepticism is of course well founded, but just by way of clarification, they are indeed building the bridge as a part of this work; WT has designated it for BRT for the time being upon open, to be upgraded to LRT in the year 7094 once the funding comes through.
 
ADRM said:
The skepticism is of course well founded, but just by way of clarification, they are indeed building the bridge as a part of this work; WT has designated it for BRT for the time being upon open, to be upgraded to LRT in the year 7094 once the funding comes through.
Click to expand...

Year 7510, perhaps?

AoD
 
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top