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DSC said:
Do they ever dredge the Ship Channel or will they have to do dredging there once it becomes an 'overflow' for the Don - presumably that will bring down lots of silt and junk.
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Good question some big ships in that Shipping Channel for sure.

This was there Saturday morning down at the very end:

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Pretty morning by the water, despite the cold.

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Word is that Cherry St Bridger will close Jan 24 now and not surprise. Tomorrow will see a lot of drivers who have been using Cherry St all their life will bypass the New Cherry St regardless of the signs. If they close it as originally, those drivers would have to travel to the east and them come back my Commissioner.

globalexpress said:
Hopefully Lafarge will move their cement facility from Polson.
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In all the planning meetings for the area I have attended, it been stated time after time, Lafarge has no plans to relocate their plant. Same for other things in the Shipping channel and where do you see everyone moving to, to free up land???
 
drum118 said:
Word is that Cherry St Bridger will close Jan 24 now and not surprise. Tomorrow will see a lot of drivers who have been using Cherry St all their life will bypass the New Cherry St regardless of the signs.
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Let's hope they put concrete jersey barriers across it and not some orange pylons.
 
hawc said:
They will be like Redpath Sugar. Hundreds of condos will go up around them and they'll be like, "We ain't movin!" :D
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I never saw these things as an eyesore...but as part of the infrastructure that makes us urban. So they can stay as long as they need and want to.
 
hawc said:
They will be like Redpath Sugar. Hundreds of condos will go up around them and they'll be like, "We ain't movin!" :D
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It's employment in the area also reduces huge shipping costs if they are located elsewhere along with delivery time on overcrowded highways.
 
hawc said:
Let's hope they put concrete jersey barriers across it and not some orange pylons.
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It's necessary especially once the bridge is removed.
 
drum118 said:
Word is that Cherry St Bridger will close Jan 24 now and not surprise. Tomorrow will see a lot of drivers who have been using Cherry St all their life will bypass the New Cherry St regardless of the signs. If they close it as originally, those drivers would have to travel to the east and them come back my Commissioner.


In all the planning meetings for the area I have attended, it been stated time after time, Lafarge has no plans to relocate their plant. Same for other things in the Shipping channel and where do you see everyone moving to, to free up land???
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The City has plans to relocate them to the "Concrete Campus" at west side of Leslie Street and Ship Channel. There is some hint that a settlement may have been reached, see https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2020.CC22.9

That said, the Lafarge plant is really not too disruptive and a relic of our industrial past!
 
So who is going to be the very first Urban Toronto'er to drive across all 3 bridges with photographic evidence of said trip when they open tomorrow or Wednesday?

I say drum118 or globalexpress will have us all beat.
 
DSC said:
In the past (and in the future??) they had to dredge the Keating Channel. Do they ever dredge the Ship Channel or will they have to do dredging there once it becomes an 'overflow' for the Don - presumably that will bring down lots of silt and junk.
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UPDATE:

See THIS Report https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.EX4.1 There is $$ is 2024 Budget for it see below..

Notes they DO plan Keating dredging and, because the Cherry Bridge cannot be raised for the dredger, there is a backlog!
Sediment and Debris Removal

6. City Council approve, in principle, phase one and phase two of the One-Time Backlog Keating Channel Dredging Program as outlined in Attachment 5 to the report (April 18, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, subject to funding in the 2024 Budget.

7. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services or designate, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to negotiate and execute required agreements with Waterfront Toronto, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, PortsToronto or other parties for the One-Time Backlog Keating Channel Dredging Program as outlined in Attachment 5 to the report (April 18, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

• $24.000M – Keating Channel Dredging to remove accumulated sediment for Keating Channel as outlined in report EX4.1, PortLands Flood Protection Update
 
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