Toronto Rees Park Playground and Pavillion | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

[smably]

Apparently the storm water shaft was no longer necessary.

Can anyone shed some light on why this is the case? It seems like the Inner Harbour West Tunnel is in design and moving ahead, so is this just a matter of having chosen a different location for this storage shaft? And if that's the case, what's the new location?

 

[DSC]

FARM Committee 22 February.

 

[Northern Light]

FARM Committee 22 February.

We'll see.

TBD.

 

[CanAsian]

So after decade of waiting for this park to be in fruition ended up for nothing huh? Typical Toronto.

 

[Northern Light]

So after decade of waiting for this park to be in fruition ended up for nothing huh? Typical Toronto.

Bit more complicated than that.............

Limited amount I can share..........that isn't already public

The public part is informative, if not comprehensive.

 

[smably]

Can anyone shed some light on why this is the case? It seems like the Inner Harbour West Tunnel is in design and moving ahead, so is this just a matter of having chosen a different location for this storage shaft? And if that's the case, what's the new location?

Extremely belated update on this in case anyone else was curious. I couldn't let this go, so I followed up on an email I'd sent back in January and got this back from a senior engineer on the project:

The Inner Harbour West Tunnel project is currently in the design phase, and is anticipated to start construction in 2029. Through the design process, an opportunity was identified to eliminate the storage shaft within Rees Street Park, while still meeting the overall storage requirements for the system within the tunnel itself and the other shaft locations. No additional shafts have been added to the project at this time.

There you have it!