[DSCToronto]

Honestly, I doubt they are thinking that far ahead. Near the bridge, with the East Harbour Community Development planned on the north side and the McCleary District Development planned on the south side, I guess it doesn't make sense, other than to just wait 10 years or so and just bundle the extended work with those projects?

I had thought for years that they planned to put light rail all along this stretch. I guess the initial streetscape mockups had me fooled.

Tidying up the median where the rail line was is not a huge project and the area (it is only 300-400 meters long) is a mess 'sandwiched between' the new and, I assume, well done WT work just west of Carlaw and the older and' the 'acceptable' older median landscaping that starts at about the Farm Boy. There are no plans for any sort of light rail on Lake Shore East - though the median would certainly be a possible location for one.

 

[GameOnBrad]

Tidying up the median where the rail line was is not a huge project and the area (it is only 300-400 meters long) is a mess 'sandwiched between' the new and, I assume, well done WT work just west of Carlaw and the older and' the 'acceptable' older median landscaping that starts at about the Farm Boy. There are no plans for any sort of light rail on Lake Shore East - though the median would certainly be a possible location for one.

I've never agreed with medians like this. I remember complaining about them from as far back as the age of 12. Basically, it might make the street "look pretty" but it's also not comfortable or usable space for pedestrians or cyclists to use. Like, who wants to be completely surrounded by cars, sitting on a bench, walking, or biking in a median.

This is what their current intent appears to be:

What I wish they would have done is get rid of that median altogether, take the space they intended for the median and move it to the north and south and you could literally increase the tree and bush count by a dramatic amount and give a larger amount of space away from the streetscape.

This is what I was hoping for: