AnnetteMeetsJane said:
I am surprised that they still want to go-ahead with it at the current height given that it is so close to the Q-S Ontario Line station - would it be reasonable to assume that an MZO will be forthcoming at some stage and they could go higher than 14 & 15 storeys?
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Highest proposal near there is 24 stories. Most other proposals, to which there are a quite a few of them are around the 10 to 19 story range. Not sure this will change, but currently there doesn't appear any trends to buck what's going in there...

...yeah, it's weird, All the proposals around my area of Bloor/Spadina juncture are considerably higher.
 
November 28 - Activity on the site, with construction workers present:

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When the developer received approval for height etc. several objections were raised by owners on each side and the councillor requested that a meeting be held with the neighbours, and the architects / developer.
During that meeting, it turned out that plans as submitted had a number of issues with them including the design of the loading dock / trash storage and pickup. (I don’t see any changes to the submission to deal with that, nor reference to it in the response to planners.) The architects tried to paper over the problems, the councillor put down her phone and got involved, and then a junior mis-spoke and it went downhill from there. The planner didn’t easily find satisfying answers to the councillor's questions.
When the councillor left the architects office, she walked directly to the site to take a look for herself. It resulted in a long discussIon with her and the neighbours on the street. I suspect the councillor wasn’t thrilled with the planner, and perhaps her office is watching the project pretty closely… Knocking down trees without a permit isn’t a great start though.

It is also interesting that the GC hasn’t immediately put their banner up on the site as they did last time there was construction activity.
 
Construction staging area and related bylaws (2025-67 and 2055-67) were adopted at the Feb 5th city council meeting. Cameron will be one way southbound in front of the construction site till August 2027. Cones blocking off the west curb (where people parked despite the no parking signs) were set up sometime today.

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Background info: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-251569.pdf

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Personally, I think a south-only lane is a ridiculous decision that doesn't account for how the steet is used.

Street parking is only allowed on the East side, so youre going to have cars driving the wrong way through the narrow lane or trying to n-point-turn and pivot into a spot.
 
The one-way southbound is because (a) there is an entrance to a public parking lot immediately to the north of the construction staging area, which will have zero visibility of any North-bound traffic and (b) the dump trucks (sometimes as many as 18 at a time) for both Q-S Ontario line station sites stage on Cameron.There isn’t space for two-way traffic on Cameron, the construction staging area and the dump trucks.
If the Plaza corp. construction site, which has approvals, also starts up in the next few years Cameron will be a zoo.

Banning cars turning off of Queen W. on to Cameron has the added benefit that it reduces the risk for pedestrians crossing the pedestrian crossing along Queen.
 
GatorEG said:
Personally, I think a south-only lane is a ridiculous decision that doesn't account for how the steet is used.

Street parking is only allowed on the East side, so youre going to have cars driving the wrong way through the narrow lane or trying to n-point-turn and pivot into a spot.
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How many legal(!) parking spaces are there once the second construction site starts?Three? Two?
 
AnnetteMeetsJane said:
The one-way southbound is because (a) there is an entrance to a public parking lot immediately to the north of the construction staging area, which will have zero visibility of any North-bound traffic and (b) the dump trucks (sometimes as many as 18 at a time) for both Q-S Ontario line station sites stage on Cameron.There isn’t space for two-way traffic on Cameron, the construction staging area and the dump trucks.
If the Plaza corp. construction site, which has approvals, also starts up in the next few years Cameron will be a zoo.

Banning cars turning off of Queen W. on to Cameron has the added benefit that it reduces the risk for pedestrians crossing the pedestrian crossing along Queen.
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Thats a great point. I'd argue making all of Cameron one way southbound (and removing parking south of Paul Lane Gardens, despite the personal inconvenience) would make the most sense.

But Cameron will continue to be bi-directional on either side of the staging area, so the pedestrian crossing risk is still there. I dont think this change will encourage people to change their habits and people will continue to park wherever they think they can, legal or not.
 
^ I agree that south-only south of Paul Lane Gardens would have been the better choice.

The even bigger issue IMHO is the staging area on Spadina Ave. There is only space for single-file on the side walk, and it is even narrower than it appears because of the tree pit half-way along.
It isn’t clear to me why they need staging areas on both frontages, but they are paying a pretty penny for the privilege.
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Wasn't in position to take a good pic of the action, but drove by along Cameron and a lot of trucks and staff moving in and out of this site today
 
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