[turbanplanner]

But I was wrong about Doug, I guess. He wasn't elected until 1982... I thought he was older than that, but it's just his ideas were even more outdated.

Tbf try getting something fixed on one of the regions? I’ve reported things to York or peel and then they fight between the city vs the region who is responsible for repairs

 

[hawc]

It's going on FIVE years. Are they ever going to repave the Lower Don Trail?

 

[DSCToronto]

It's going on FIVE years. Are they ever going to repave the Lower Don Trail?

DJI_20250730195219_0038_D by Drone Alone, on Flickr

Go look back in this thread, the City have just announced that some will open in September, some in November. Too slow, of course, but it IS (supposedly() reopening fairly soon.

 

[turbanplanner]

It's going on FIVE years. Are they ever going to repave the Lower Don Trail?

DJI_20250730195219_0038_D by Drone Alone, on Flickr

Sorry for another sarcastic comment but, They're waiting till they can close some other giant stretch of trail so that they maintain an absolute minimum of 25% of the network closed
Based on last year's updates, the project should have been completed by now.

Lower Don River Trail Improvements

The Lower Don River Trail is undergoing improvements to upgrade accessibility, mitigate erosion and flooding from the Don River, resolve drainage issues and enhance overall trail connections.

web.archive.org

 

[hawc]

Yeah timeline is a joke.

 

[vic]

Meanwhile...

From https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/centennial-cycling-connections/

July 2025 Update: Starting the week of August 4 (weather permitting), the City of Toronto will install a new bikeway to provide a safer connection along Mill Road from Burnhamthorpe Road to Centennial Park Boulevard/Rathburn Road, as part of the Centennial Park Cycling Connections Project. View the Installation Notice

The project area is divided into two segments with different changes planned on each segment:

1. Burnhamthorpe Road from the Mississauga Border to Mill Road. A multi-use trail is planned to be installed on the north side of this segment. There are no impacts to the roadway.
2. Mill Road from Burnhamthorpe Road to Rathburn Road. A bi-directional cycle track is planned to be installed on the east side of this segment. The number of vehicle lanes will be maintained.

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Still think there should be a pedestrian and cycling bridge on Rathburn Road between Mississauga and Toronto over the Etobicoke Creek.

Just now (bus drive-by photo). Mill Rd. looking north from Burnhamthorpe.

 

[DSCToronto]

 

[Towered]

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Just now (bus drive-by photo). Mill Rd. looking north from Burnhamthorpe.

Poor Stephen Holyday must be having a conniption over this.

 

[Admiral Beez]

BlogTO has something on Lower Don Trail - it's delayed...as we all knew..

Another Toronto infrastructure project is now more than a year behind schedule

Residents who have long complained about the state of one of Toronto's most popular and scenic multi-use trails continue to wait for the City to comp…

www.blogto.com

Apologies if already posted, but this Star piece is on topic.

Is this repeatedly delayed construction project the city’s version of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT?

The Lower Don River Trail, closed to cyclists since May 2023, was originally supposed to reopen in the summer of 2024. City officials now say they hope to reopen part

www.thestar.com

Paywall free: https://archive.is/HD1Nu

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Apologies if already posted, but this Star piece is on topic.

Is this repeatedly delayed construction project the city’s version of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT?

The Lower Don River Trail, closed to cyclists since May 2023, was originally supposed to reopen in the summer of 2024. City officials now say they hope to reopen part

www.thestar.com

Paywall free: https://archive.is/HD1Nu

Cycling is a low priority. Single-occupant SUVs get the highest priority in the City of Toronto.

 

[txlseries4]

A few good reads about the decision

Leonid Sirota on his blog which focuses on constitutional law

The Bike Lanes and the Clown Cars

In defence of the controversial decision holding that demolishing bike lanes in Toronto is unconstitutional

doubleaspect.blog

TVO's John Michael McGrath, "ANALYSIS: What exactly does the court’s bike-lane decision mean?"

TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts

www.tvo.org

Piece by Michael Longfield, executive director of Cycle Toronto

Bike lanes are a local issue. When will the federal government step up and tell the provinces to stay in their lane?

While Ottawa has no direct authority over municipal bike lanes (no more than any province did before last fall), it's now overdue that Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister of

www.thestar.com

paywall bypass

 

[DSCToronto]

Cycling is a low priority. Single-occupant SUVs get the highest priority in the City of Toronto.

Walter. You keep making these kinds of comments and seem to forget that road projects for cars or transit projects for everyone are also delayed and too slow to finish. If you have actual evidence that the City (as opposed to individual councillors or general NIMBYs) gives priority to single occupancy SUVs, post it.

 

[GenerationW]

Walter. You keep making these kinds of comments and seem to forget that road projects for cars or transit projects for everyone are also delayed and too slow to finish. If you have actual evidence that the City (as opposed to individual councillors or general NIMBYs) gives priority to single occupancy SUVs, post it.

He derails every thread he posts on. So annoying.

 

[DSCToronto]

He derails every thread he posts on. So annoying.

People can be 'ignored' and that solves, or at least reduces, the problem, I recommend it.

 

[enter username]

Esplanade west of market looks done

And grading is underway on the don mills-gateway trail