Tuscani01 said:
Fair, though the budget for this art is likely a tiny fraction of the cost of the boardwalk and negligible in the grand scheme of things.
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I am not sure if the art is much cheaper than the boardwalk as the steel base for the latter is already in place and 'all' that is required is the top wooden planks but .....
 
DSCToronto said:
I am not sure if the art is much cheaper than the boardwalk as the steel base for the latter is already in place and 'all' that is required is the top wooden planks but .....
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Then you would get a boardwalk to and from nowhere, because the steel is only in place for the small section where the dockwall was rebuilt for the water outflow. No point.
 
Tuscani01 said:
Then you would get a boardwalk to and from nowhere, because the steel is only in place for the small section where the dockwall was rebuilt for the water outflow. No point.
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As far as I know, the section with the steel is the only part that is expected to get a Boardwalk in the foreseeable future - it is certainly the only part that I think 'needs' to be done sooner than later or, at the very least, a plan for finishing that section off discussed and put into the WT priority list needs to be made public. Having a boardwalk all along the lake would be 'nice' but the lovely treed walkway that Claude Cormier designed between Jarvis and (now) Parliament is pretty damned nice as it is and the only reason i want any boardwalk there is to get rid of the steelwork - or put it to some use!

The WT website ( https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/our-projects/stormwater-treatment-system ) only refers to" increasing the width of the Water’s Edge Promenade at the foot of Sherbourne Common.".

In-Water Pipes​

The final piece of the stormwater management system is the in-water pipes currently being installed along the Water’s Edge Promenade in East Bayfront. Once the pipes are connected to the system in 2024, they will convey stormwater from the Dockside area of East Bayfront to the Cherry Street Stormwater Management Facility. In the coming years, our plans include building a boardwalk extension over the pipes, increasing the width of the Water’s Edge Promenade at the foot of Sherbourne Common.
 
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tripwire said:
I love that they were future thinking and put the steel beams in place first, but my goodness, I hope they are prioritizing getting funding to finish the boardwalk. Leaving something half finished for years is just sad (and ugly).
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Yes it is good to think ahead but I think the pipes required at least some of the metal beams so they probably really HAD to install part of the structure, even if maybe not all.
 
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