Lisa1956
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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).
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DSCToronto
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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
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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.
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.
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nfitz
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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
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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
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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 ???
enter username
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The paving crew is working on the Hoskin roadway this morning. I also made a diagram so we can track the overall progress a bit easier
UntitledCyclist
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Speaking of Sentinel, I was up riding to YorkU yesterday and I think it's fully done. At least from what I could see.
Smooth like butter. Here are a few snaps looking north.
The only issue was that some people with driveways try to park on the gap between sidewalk and bike lane, partially obstructing the lane, but not too many.
Edit: I only rode north from Dovehouse, so if any work remains it would be south of there, between Sheppard W and Dovehouse.
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adityat
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I got a reply back from Mayor Chow about Eglinton Complete Street
nfitz
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Seems reasonable. I was doing a rare drive along Eglinton (westbound) turning north on Bayview the other day. Stuck behind buses, with the turning lane already turned into a bicycle lane - thinking they should have waited until the subway opened!
I was also thinking they should paint a bit of the ramp where the turning lane used to be green, where it is adjacent to the existing roadway - because I can see someone trying to drive onto it - especially in poor weather!
At first glance it looks very much like a turn lane!
At a minimum the sign should be further east; it's not even a bike lane until after the car has started to turn into the non-lane!!
Cambry Ardship
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As I understand, those were built by Metrolinx, in their project areas, to the planned specifications agreed between them and the city. The problem isn't so much that, as it is the city dropping the ball on building the rest of the network, which is their responsibility. So you've got these little insanely dangerous stubs everywhere because the city delayed their work.
UntitledCyclist
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It's the same boilerplate I got. I don't find it particularly reasonable at all. A big piece of the reconfiguration has already happened between Chaplin and Holly Street (just east of Yonge). This segment has the same buses as the rest of Eglinton West, and yet they have managed to keep people moving.
Buses have always been a part of the EglintonTOday design, though the LRT will see a big reduction in bus volumes.
The bike lane installation has been tied to the opening of the LRT (in a larger symbolic sense, but also a planning sense due to the bus situation) and also to the repaving of the road.
By repaving now but punting bike lanes down the road to later, they lose the momentum and impetus of piggybacking off a bigger road project.
Speaking of impacts to commuters: that repaving is currently choking big swathes of Eglinton. Needed work, and the pain is temporary – but so is the LRT delay (right?). So would a few weeks or months of bike lanes pre-LRT be such a disaster? I doubt it. The Chaplin-Yonge piece shows this.
Assuming the LRT actually opens soon AND the city actually gets the lanes done at that time, I will be somewhat placated.
But if this latest delay leads to many months or another year without EglintonTOday bike lanes, I am done with this mayor.
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PL1
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The right turn lane (to Bayview) has been a bike lane for at least one winter. At first some cars did try to turn using the bike lane, but I haven't seen that for a very long time (I'm there daily). Prior the the Sunnybrook plaza being razed, people would use that for right turns. Of course, it's all fenced off now.
nfitz
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tallcoleman
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I rode this yesterday and it looks like it's complete for the full project area from Sheppard to Lamberton. (Photo sequence) There were a couple road markings left to paint, but all the paving appeared to be finished.
It's very nice, but there are some small details that seem odd to me. E.g. they made the protection bump-outs at Sentinel and Grandravine so smooth as to be essentially pointless. The intersections also have markings that make them look like they're supposed to be raised, but if you were driving, there would be no noticeable bump as you approach the crosswalks. Still pretty nice as far as suburban streets go though!