dullturtle06
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The pedestrian Bridge is confirmed. It is part of the east harbour station contact. Will be built along side the station.
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hawc
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I rode my bicycle over to check it out today and... wow. The amount of demolition happening at Parliament and Front for the Corktown Station is wild.
Like two and a quarter entire city blocks full of buildings are getting ripped down. Clearly they don't need that much space for just the station entrances, so I assume this is a massive staging area and then I suppose will be enormous condo towers when it's all done.
I assume we're at the beginning of like a decade of construction here?
Like two and a quarter entire city blocks full of buildings are getting ripped down. Clearly they don't need that much space for just the station entrances, so I assume this is a massive staging area and then I suppose will be enormous condo towers when it's all done.
I assume we're at the beginning of like a decade of construction here?
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Dr. Snoot
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Will Metrolinx need both parcels for the entire build of the OL for staging (meaning no development will happen until the late 2020s)? Or, once the TBM is launched, will space clear up for immediate development (likely on the northern parcel) outside of a smaller staging area?
I haven’t read anything on this in the materials I’ve seen on phasing, but I’m curious. The question may be premature until the successful bidders know their construction requirements.
I am interested to know about the staging of things after the tunnel boring machine is launched at this location.
Will Metrolinx need both parcels for the entire build of the OL for staging (meaning no development will happen until the late 2020s)? Or, once the TBM is launched, will space clear up for immediate development (likely on the northern parcel) outside of a smaller staging area?
I haven’t read anything on this in the materials I’ve seen on phasing, but I’m curious. The question may be premature until the successful bidders know their construction requirements.
hawc
Senior Member
It's going to be exciting to see two relatively MASSIVE new bridges being built across the Don Valley.
Curious if there are any designs yet? Wonder if they'll be concrete or steel?
These are going to be huge and high. Won't look great having to be right next to existing bridges, but so be it.
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Curious if there are any designs yet? Wonder if they'll be concrete or steel?
These are going to be huge and high. Won't look great having to be right next to existing bridges, but so be it.
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Allandale25
Senior Member
^ I think I've seen renderings for the one between Minton Place and Thorncliffe. The rendering should be up on the Metrolinx Engage website for that portion of the line and maybe in one of the latest public presentations.
hawc
Senior Member
Was it this?
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Allandale25
Senior Member
^ Yes but I've seen another few as well.
44 North
Senior Member
Have you actually been on Line 1? I'm serious. It's pretty obvious the narrow disjointed egresses south of Bloor even at revamped stations will not allow the line to carry and maintain anything close to 60k pphpd. Why give a useless comparison?
Oh yeah these are probably the first high-level bridges this city has seen in a very long time. I'm very excited.
CapitalSeven
Senior Member
Sadly I expected them to be typical Ontario infrastructure, cheapest possible design, no regard for aesthetics, looking like they were imagined by the owner of a cement plant.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Will they reduce the traffic lanes to two lanes in each direction, so they can put in better cycling lanes and sidewalks, on the Leaside Bridge? Or will they add a cycling & pedestrian bridge to the Ontario Line bridge?
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The Leaside Bridge originally was built with a future streetcar right-of-way, but they widen the road for extra traffic lanes instead.
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From link.
The Leaside Bridge originally was built with a future streetcar right-of-way, but they widen the road for extra traffic lanes instead.
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allengeorge
Senior Member
At least one of the renderings floating around reflect your (and my) cynicism. These bridges should be special places, but sometimes we act as if we can barely rub two pennies together.
generalcanada
Senior Member
they arent touching that bridge at all. would probably need to get the city to cut the 2 lanes down for more bike and walking spaceWill they reduce the traffic lanes to two lanes in each direction, so they can put in better cycling lanes and sidewalks, on the Leaside Bridge? Or will they add a cycling & pedestrian bridge to the Ontario Line bridge?
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From link.
The Leaside Bridge originally was built with a future streetcar right-of-way, but they widen the road for extra traffic lanes instead.
From link.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Metrolinx is doing a more expensive bridge further south over the Don Valley, to be fair. I agree that this bridge was the better location to do something notable though.
fanoftoronto
Active Member
This one at the base of the Don. Image is from the video from a couple pages ago.
Kitsune
Senior Member
... metrolinx should be choosing a minimal most non-invasive design for the don river valley bridge. However this is metrolinx .. so expect max devastation and a pillar party.