dowlingm
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But meantime there are smartasses on Twitter claiming the City isn’t doing any of this work because it’s blowing the money on renaming streets with names they don’t find familiar enough
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Allandale25
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Toronto’s had a massive stormwater management project underway for years. Here’s what these new tunnels will do during downpours
The tunnels being built for Toronto’s largest stormwater management project primarily aims to improve water quality in waterways by storing then treating combined sewer overflow during storms, but will “significantly reduce” the number of homes impacted by flooding, too.
www.thestar.com
GabrielHurl
Active Member
The shaft on Bayview under the viaduct has been completed and site is being cleaned up - not sure what the final site condition will look like
DSCToronto
Superstar
They also closed out and landscaped (lots of trees) their 'yard' a bit further north on Bayview (east side) and I think the new landscaping at the corner of Bayview below the Queen St Bridge is also because that was a smaller (access area" for this tunnel.
downtownordinary
Active Member
What's the landscaping supposed to be here? 10+ years ago it was a (very rough) sports field/track, I think connected with Rosedale High School, is that coming back?
Northern Light
Superstar
Restoration is set to begin at the former Don Mills Parking lot of Taylor Creek Park/Coxwell Ravine as well.
Northern Light
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Northern Light
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A report to the next meeting of the General Government Ctte seeks to approve settlement of outstanding claims between the contractor for this project and the City.
It will cost another ~25M on top of many previous adjustments.
This will push the total project cost to just over 429M.
The wrap-up date is now slated for next month, not clear to me if that is also the in-service date.
The over-runs will funded by deferring other works planned for 2025/26.
I continue to have grave misgivings about the way in which Toronto Water has chosen to address CSOs (Combine Sewer Overflows). Its absolutely something that needed doing and needs doing, but they chose the most technically complex, challenging way to go about it, on the theory it was cheaper and faster than other options (which I favoured) such as conventionally separating sewers, making all low-volume side streets and laneways permeable, and perforating pure stormwater pipes to allow ex-filtration.
Their solution is behind schedule and over-budget. I think mine would have worked much better. On the other hand......see my post on the Lower Don Trail works in the Cycling thread this morning to understand why one can't even count on simple projects going smoothly.
It will cost another ~25M on top of many previous adjustments.
This will push the total project cost to just over 429M.
The wrap-up date is now slated for next month, not clear to me if that is also the in-service date.
The over-runs will funded by deferring other works planned for 2025/26.
I continue to have grave misgivings about the way in which Toronto Water has chosen to address CSOs (Combine Sewer Overflows). Its absolutely something that needed doing and needs doing, but they chose the most technically complex, challenging way to go about it, on the theory it was cheaper and faster than other options (which I favoured) such as conventionally separating sewers, making all low-volume side streets and laneways permeable, and perforating pure stormwater pipes to allow ex-filtration.
Their solution is behind schedule and over-budget. I think mine would have worked much better. On the other hand......see my post on the Lower Don Trail works in the Cycling thread this morning to understand why one can't even count on simple projects going smoothly.
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GabrielHurl
Active Member
Yes - that looks like what is happening - they have laid out the track
GabrielHurl
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hawc
Senior Member
Wonder and ye shall receive.
It's pretty remarkable to see this all cleaned up.
It has been a giant construction site the last few years.
Imagine running around that track not knowing there is a HUGE hole beneath you at one end.
Only curious thing is how do you get to it? There's no parking on site so you can't drive.
There are no obvious paths or stairs to it (not including the sketchy hobo stairs up the side of the ravine.)
I guess you ride your bike to it or BASE jump down to it from the Prince Edward viaduct?
rbt
Senior Member
Rosedale Heights has a path down to this area [take the stairs marked "To Pool", then keep going past the pool] and until 2018 they had a running track.
Northern Light
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hawc
Senior Member
Oh wow. I know those stairs. I didn't think they were real. I stand corrected.
max
Active Member
I think the stairs aren't passable. There was a downed tree when I last saw them while riding line 2.