[Lisa1956]

As nobody posted photos I was wondering if my optimistic side had taken control and had been wrong but I peered over the Dundas St bridge today to see work is ongoing!
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the gates at Corktown Common have been open for a few weekends lately, allowing cyclist/hikers access to the work area (informally, of course).

 

[DSCToronto]

the gates at Corktown Common have been open for a few weekends lately, allowing cyclist/hikers access to the work area (informally, of course).

Yes, there have been photos here and we actually took the whole trip down from Pottery Road to Corktown Common about a month ago - and reported on it here.

 

[GameOnBrad]

I went for a very long walk today and noticed some construction. I realized I hadn't walked down Harbord Street in over a decade. So, I walked the entire length of it, from Queen's Park to Ossington. It's a major construction zone, creating permanently separated bikes lanes with elevated platforms for the bus stops along the route and every single street corner is being upgraded.

They seem to have started at Grace Street and worked their way east but they have cones going west from Grace Street, all the way to Ossington.

 

[nfitz]

I went for a very long walk today and noticed some construction. I realized I hadn't walked down Harbord Street in over a decade. So, I walked the entire length of it, from Queen's Park to Ossington. It's a major construction zone, creating permanently separated bikes lanes with elevated platforms for the bus stops along the route and every single street corner is being upgraded.

They seem to have started at Grace Street and worked their way east but they have cones going west from Grace Street, all the way to Ossington.

The signage on Queens Park (now old enough to be on Streetview - it looks unchanged from when I was there on Thursday) says to Ossington.


Be that all for bike lanes or not, I don't know.

 

[GameOnBrad]

The signage on Queens Park (now old enough to be on Streetview - it looks unchanged from when I was there on Thursday) says to Ossington.
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Be that all for bike lanes or not, I don't know.

They are definitely planning work west of Grace Street. The only work I see pending atm is the intersection curbs waiting on cement. The bike lane work hard stops just before you reach Grace Street though. I'm curious if west of Grace Street is just a second phase or later segment they plan to do. Because, walking west, it was like "This looks pretty much done", then a block later "All this still needs to be done", then a few blocks later "This is pretty much all done as well". It's amusing.

I also watched a bunch of workers stop traffic while trying to pry off a stubborn external sewer lid while all the bike lane construction and paving was happening. And other spots they were digging up parts of the road for some reason. Looks freshly paved but they have had to dig something up.

Maybe they are doing some surface level sewer work as well?

 

[DSCToronto]

They are definitely planning work west of Grace Street. The only work I see pending atm is the intersection curbs waiting on cement. The bike lane work hard stops just before you reach Grace Street though. I'm curious if west of Grace Street is just a second phase or later segment they plan to do. Because, walking west, it was like "This looks pretty much done", then a block later "All this still needs to be done", then a few blocks later "This is pretty much all done as well". It's amusing.

I also watched a bunch of workers stop traffic while trying to pry off a stubborn external sewer lid while all the bike lane construction and paving was happening. And other spots they were digging up parts of the road for some reason. Looks freshly paved but they have had to dig something up.

Maybe they are doing some surface level sewer work as well?

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The new way of paving streets (which i saw few weeks ago on George Street north of King) is to grind off the old asphalt and fix any serious concrete problems below it, then put down the bottom layer of asphalt then go and cut around all the utility holes and raise them about an inch above the new asphalt and pour concrete around them and then, several weeks later, return with the top layer of asphalt. This photo is a cut from one of yours. showing a 'manhole' ready to be exposed and raised..

You also note that they seem to have done some blocks but not others, this can happen because either the missed block is 'special' in some way or they know someone has plans to excavate it or ???