When filled with lake water, that will have a nasty drop at the shoreline if someone decides to take a swim.
Everyone will be dead and long gone before any changes happen on the south side. LaFarge has no plans in closing its sites down or moving as it needs the current land to support building of Toronto. This been stated a fair number of times for various projects I have work on for this area. The ship turning area and channel are to remain just that, but part south of the new river will happen in our time where it can.The goal is to eventually renaturalize the south side as well - I think the site is privately owned by LaFarge and the Docks, and both had issues with doing it at this stage I believe (particularly LaFarge).
That won't happen - this is a barrier wall, not a dockwall where the transition to water is abrupt - the constructed river valley will extend further into the excavated area. See https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...ment-m-s-waterfront-toronto.3363/post-1215233
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Everyone will be dead and long gone before any changes happen on the south side. LaFarge has no plans in closing its sites down or moving as it needs the current land to support building of Toronto. This been stated a fair number of times for various projects I have work on for this area. The ship turning area and channel are to remain just that, but part south of the new river will happen in our time where it can.
I too would prefer them to move to the "Cement Campus" at east end of the Ship Channel but they will go (somewhere) in time. Best we concentrate on the work and the park north of the Ship Channel until THAT gets done. Even if someone expropriated Lafarge there are not likely to be $$ to actually DO anything with it and the other privately-owned land adjacent.As I've said before, the government should expropriate the LaFarge property for refusing to negotiate in good faith and choosing to be an obstacle to this critical city-building initiative.