Construction in the Port Lands - February 2024
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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2024
- See progress on the river valley that will become the new mouth of the Don River! Since the last construction update, we opened two new roads: New Cherry Street and Commissioners Street, which you can see in this video. We also flooded the river! You can see work happening on the future parks, including the foundations for new playground structures. For more information, visit www.portlandsto.ca/construction or follow Rocky @TheRockRipper on Twitter or Instagram. Learn more about the Port Lands Flood Protection Project here: portlandsto.ca/project-details/
Really happy to see purpose oriented development that prioritizes the long term viability of the city rather than whatever makes the most short term cash.
except they cut off the bike paths from east end to downtown along the lake when they didn't need to, adding multiple km to my regular bike commute, the city does not care for cyclists
@@zachhoyThe mayor is a dedicated cyclist. Maybe with enough pressure this can actually change.
@@kerriadereth The mayor is a fraud who lived in subsidised housing while she was on city council. Her husband at the time was NDP mpp Layton. Her whole current regime is a farse ...
@@zachhoybuddy there’s fucking bike lanes everywhere how many more could you need😂 entitled ass cyclists fr.
@@zachhoy as a part of the redevelopment of the lakeshore bridges they're building new bidirectional bike paths next to the lakeshore that'll go all the way downtown--building infrastructure always causes pain in the interim which sucks but that's kind of life
This is one of the most transformative city building projects occurring anywhere in the world. It's flood protection, climate resilient, will substantially expand green space where it's needed most (downtown), re-introduce native plants/animals, include affordable housing, and a gorgeous free/accessible public amenity. It will enrich the lives of every generation that follows. What a fabulous investment in Toronto's future. Well done!
Bravo to all the talented engineers, construction workers, and all the other people who are working to build something the whole city can enjoy!
Love these updates. Looking great.
Beautiful! I've always believed that Toronto's Waterfront had an enormous amount of untapped potential.
This is perfection. I am beyond impressed at the amount of work, but even more impressed by the quality of design that has gone into this.
For the love of all things I hope the developers impress us.
Hats off to the mayor and council that approved this project. Nice to see they had a vision for the future and not just the next election cycle
The project is looking awesome. Excellent work.
Great communication. Seems like this project is being executed really well 👍
Looks like a great effort in shaping an environment that isn't just stroke-inducing straight lines
I can't wait for the new Port Lands to open and to be able to go down to the lake for a picnic.
Looks great! Can't wait to see the finished product.
I haven't been down since December.
I'm about to ride down now before the cold snap comes.
Great job keeps it up❤
The stone work looks incredible. Looking forward to the next video update!
Really amazing project!! It’s so great to see it come to life before our eyes. I can’t wait to see the final outcome. Love the new promenades! I wondered if the existing one would continue eastward all the way up to the North bridges. It’s currently disconnected right by that ship looking condo development at the end of queens quay. It would be great if it continues all the way out to the bridges. 🙌🏾🍻
The river looks great!! So excited to see what this ill look like when grass starts growing in
Incredible! This is hugely exciting for Canada as a country and Toronto as a city 🇨🇦
Am so excited about this
Looking good! Tyvm for visual and audio updates!
Drove over it yesterday. I expect the bike trails to be great.
Great job on the project and video! These updates are great
Looking forward to visiting in the summer!
This project keeps looking better and better. I'm going to cycle down there today!
This is so beautiful! Well done
I have been watching videos on Canada for a few years now and while the nation as a whole has many projects going on, Toronto is really shaping up to be something amazing. It's crazy to think that as a Child NYC, Chicago, L.A., and Chicago I would have thought no city outside of Mexico City would ever match them, but Toronto is probably already a world class city, but it on its way to surpass all American cities but NYC by mid-century.
well you're watching from afar, from inside Toronto it's a dumpster fire. All of this is just PR and videos. Actually living here is a nightmare. Our traffic is worse than LA now. Car drivers and cyclists alike are being fully attacked by the city, every route and method of transportation is a nightmare. I'm a cyclist, and biking is MUCH worse and more dangerous these days than it used to be. Don't let the PR fool you, our politicians are self-serving and corrupt. The main bike route from East to West was cut in two for this project, even though they could have made a temporary alternative. But nope.
Well i’m not so sure it’s world class yet, it does have a very worldly feel to it. It’s still not found its identity yet, but with all the new architecture and developments to come I am pretty confident in 30-50 years we will have a completely different city.
nowhere near world class....
I'm absolutely STUNNED concerning the views expressed above from those (I'm guessing the Canadians?) who said Toronto isn't world-class. It is either catastrophic ignorance or lovable Canadian modesty renowned around the world. The term "world class" doesn't not mean "perfect" or "without problems". I'm not Canadian nor do I live in Canada. But as someone who has traveled to a few spots....including Paris and London.... and yes, Toronto, I tell you that it actually ranks *for me* just about or even above these cities. Granted, I must have a return trip but it is a mesmerizing city and, most certainly, has earned the title "world-class" and is the representation of Canada's most glittering expression of stunning, urban power.
@@xzyeee there is no solid def'n of "world class" so this isn't really a solid discussion in my view. Of course Toronto ranks high, but if you lived here you'd be shocked at the corruption rotting it away from within
Interesting.
Excellent, well done!
Impressive
I'm going to need to get a canoe/kayak this summer.
Kayak traffic’s gonna be crazy.
The river will be open to canoes and kayaks in 2025.
Hell yeah
Better late than never!
So we aren’t moving the already well established Ontario Science Centre correct?
The WEF's 15 minute city, brought to you by Google !
Stupid comment.
Remarkable changes taking place down near Commissioners Street!! @ 02:10 the view here is where the transport terminal I worked at once stood. Here's a view of the area in 1992...
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What are those big foam blocks made of that they use to build up the hills before they cover them with dirt? I remember seeing the same stuff used for the hills around Apple Park.
They're big foam blocks, you answered your own question. They sometimes get used in highway construction too.
Those blocks you see around 0:48 are made of concrete and form a temporary wall to support the soil that is piled on top of the future park to help it settle. We did use big foam blocks (called 'geofoam') elsewhere in the project. Those were used in place of soil fill on top of infrastructure that we don't want to load with as much weight. Those are not visible in this video, but there are some underneath the future playground by the firehall.
This looks amazing. Too bad about those dreadful new bridges though...
The new bridges are amazing
Not sure what you are talking about. The bridges are great.
will the cherry street lift bridge be retained in the final design? and the bascule bridge?
The old Cherry Street bridge over the Keating Channel is at the end of its service life and will be removed. It has been replaced by the new Cherry Street bridge you see in the video. The Bascule Bridge over the Ship Channel will remain.
How about some new beaches and places for people to swim or paddle or get access into the water in various ways?
Hi there! Canoe Cove will be a place to connect with the water, and will feature a pebble beach where you could launch small watercraft. You can see it starting to take shape at 0:28.
Excellent! @@WaterfrontToronto Would you or someone from your organization like to present this at WaterHCI / Mersivity-2024 in April?
How about a full bike trail going from East to West again? My bike trail to downtown from the Beaches has been severed for years now, forcing me to take much more dangerous and out-of-the-way routes. @@WaterfrontToronto
Please email our team at info@waterfrontoronto.ca and we will get back to you as soon as possible.@@hydraulist
The Lake Shore Boulevard East trail and the Martin Goodman trail (east-west over the Don River) are planned to be reconnected; however a firm timeline is not yet available as there are a number of projects in the area including by the City of Toronto and Metrolinx. In the meantime, the detour route through the Port Lands is the recommended route: portlandsto.ca/construction/#LDTclosure@@zachhoy
Talking Heads - Nothing But Flowers. Don't take all our concrete away!
interesting
I hope the canals all become boardwalks with restaurants not unlike San Antonio
Does this mean I can bike downtown now from the Beaches without risking my life on Eastern or Queen?
The recommended route is via Cherry Street and Commissioners Street. You can see a map here: portlandsto.ca/construction/#LDTclosure
You try biking that route. Commissioner's is NOT SAFE and not clean, very bad for cycling, also have to vie with large trucks, concrete-filled or muck-filled water that takes over the entire lane. This is not the Toronto I expect. @@WaterfrontToronto
@@zachhoy lies, there is a bike path
where is it? The bike path is cut off at Leslie. They have a workaround to take commissioners' which is not safe or bike-worthy, often there are huge puddles of muddy and concrete-laden water that takes over the entire lane. There are many large trucks driving by kicking up huge amounts of dust. It's not safe. It's not what we deserve. We deserve the Martin Goodman Trail to be restored and opened for safe cycling. @@billjohnson7904
Is this where gradnier express way used to be
how about that eye sore of an industrial building just off the entrance to cherry street? What is that? when will it be demolished? Are there going to be residential developments here?
The plans for Villiers Island include a mixed-use community, which will include residential units. We are in the process of updating the Precinct Plan that outlines the number of residential units that will be built on this new island. We are hosting a public drop-in centre on May 2nd if you would like to learn more about those plans. www.eventbrite.ca/e/villiers-island-density-study-in-person-drop-in-tickets-885022715767?aff=oddtdtcreator
The silos east of Cherry Street have been identified by City of Toronto as heritage assets.
Awesome!! perhaps someday a different and more unique Dubai style expansion of Toronto island such as a maple leaf style island for a more creative and practical reasonable futuristic vision along with more modern bridges with under neath covered bike paths maybe also some sort of a dual or triple hyper loop going to st Catherine’s and Belleville to increase home building there so many options
Dubai? Maple leaf style island? No thanks…
Landscaping, bridges, pathways and ... mosquito hatchery? cute!
Acting like you live in northern Manitoba 😂
@@lolMyke Shallow pools of standing water in an urban environment will bring those conditions to their deco-park ... praying for butterflies 🦋 🦋 😳🙃
@@Xocolatben the don river will flow into it... it won't be standing water lol
completion date 2034?
The project is actually on schedual. It's set to be complete by 2025. They said river and main land firm work would be done by spring 2024 and they were bang on. So ya..... stfu maybe?
@@JohnNorton86 i live around yonge and eglinton and have experience with various toronto construction projects xD
It's nice and kinda gross at the same time because imagine all those tiny microplastic/rubbers washing into the water. Fish/habitat in that area are going to eat lots of garbage that goes into the water. Plenty of salts from the road are going to wash into the water also.
You do know the volume of water that moves through here right? And also that massive improvments have been made to lake Ontario's water quality and the quality of the river in the last 40 years. The Don River was so badly contaminated nothing lived in it. Today it's thriving again. And allot of effort was made to make sure the new river won't be contaminated. There is a liner that runs the whole river. And there will be booms further up river to capture any items floating down.
But where's the part about the marshmallows? 🙂
I really love this, but just wish and I really wish that they had kept the Gardiner extension heading towards Scarborough so that people could leave the city and help unplug some of the congestion. We’re now seeing at every intersection along King Street going north and south. It’s so bad that they have to set up police officers to work all intersections in the core of the city along king and some even on Front. You can’t keep removing major arteries with bike paths and demolishing major arteries for getting out of the city and expect any sort of commuter success and let’s not even get into the Ontario line and Gardiner/Shaw Street closures.
Impressive Wasteland ! Reinforcing the reputation of the GTA as a horrid blot on the land.
So now that you spent millions on this park develop some of the other parks into housing.
Why would you ever replace a park with housing. There is tons of vacant land in this city and underdeveloped land. Not everything needs to be housing. Just to be bought up by foreign investors and occupied by international stupids.
Parking?
This is nice - pedestrian and bicycle-oriented. Any parking can be in building garages and Green P lots.
No, here in Toronto we are all about walking, biking and taking transit. This isn’t the suburbs.
I prefer the New York City Harbour front better with the statue of liberty and Long Island
I'm sure everyone cares which harbour you prefer
👏🏻
Fantastic, this isn't New York though. (Thank God for that)
all except T.O can't even build a subway or RT without taking 20yrs
Here's hoping corrupt politicians keep their grimy-hands-off and let the area thrive and connect with the remainder of the City .. !
Such a great project. I really hope the city doesnt allow it to be rendered unsafe and unusuable.. like Allan Garderdens... if you know what i mean
Nice. Future project for the wealthiest with multi-millions condo lifestyle. Boot the poor and homeless further out to east or west.
It would help if you actually looked into things before spouting rubbish. NO ONE lives in the Portlands so NO ONE is being booted out. This is accessible (by foot, bike, and eventually PT), a FREE amenity for all Torontonians, flood protection, climate resilient, re-introduces nature plants/animals, vastly expands green space in a city in dire need of more, and will include affordable housing. Stay away if you hate it so much so the rest of us can enjoy this world class project in peace.
Can’t wait for the city to remove ALL roads and streets so cyclists can ride safely without their pink hair becoming messed up from car smog.
Looks cool..The government should be a little more focused on affordable public housing though
You clearly have no clue. This project is nearly 14 years in the making. It is one of the largest remediation efforts of its kind ever. When it's done in a year, it will unlock the devlopment of this area. There is planned affordable housing already in the works for down here.
well made video. Bad editing. LOADS of shudder.
Hmmm not on my end. Looks good.
Okay Christopher Nolan. Just enjoy the fact that it’s an improvement to the waterfront.
ya looks like it was filmed at 12fps
try something other than mcdonalds wifi
is this a green project? LEED forbids waterfront projects for ecological reasons. Salmon is problematic, no? they can do salt and freshwater
They are remediating a heavily contaminated industrial area to be parkland, residential and commercial - of course its a green project. Salmon is a native species, why would that be problematic?
lol "green project"
They could have paved it over and it would be greener than it was before. It was a disaster area in the very literal sense. I was briefly involved in proposals for this 25 years ago as part of the Olympic bid package which never happened. Glad to see it is finally making progress.
LEED forbids no such thing. Lake Ontario used to have native Atlantic Salmon populations so not sure it would be problematic. Anything else they didn’t think of?
@@bopodoq3069LEED projects must be on existing permanent lands. This criteria forbids building on waterfronts that destroy ecosystems, ie tidal grounds. Also Chinook salmon is pacific, no?
Don’t hate me… but.. Seems like a colossal waste of money. Ontario has a bazillion acres of nature. Toronto is our largest city. It’s OK for it to be an urban city. I’d rather see a vibrant industrial waterfront area with wharfs and big ships providing good paying jobs than yet another marshland.
I’ll also miss the old bridge noises it made when you drove over it. The new bridges are cool looking, but they don’t have the same gritty charm of the old bridge.
And like I said, don’t hate me. We can all have different opinions :)
And thanks for the video!
It's going to be more than marshland, there's going to be a ton of residential buildings, retail, and I believe, a school. It's going to be a very vibrant and walkable community :)
Even if it was only nature though I'd still be happy with this.
All of the industrialization harms natural ecology and residents' mental health. There's been a lot of study on how city living leads to worse mental and physical health outcomes. Something like this is desperately needed close to downtown
The more greenspace and less concrete we have, the better!
It's okay, you can stay in Orangeville where none of this will affect you. :-)
It's also a flood protection project which has re-naturalized the mouth of the river. Good urban cities also have a variety of spaces, and the parkland will provide valuable greenery for the tens of thousands of residents who will move to this neighbourhood in the next decade and beyond.
@@BrianTao ah. Openly hostile to any opinions that aren’t pro-bike-path-eco-warrior. OK. Got it lol.
Before you make more false assumptions to attempt to belittle/dox me, yes. I too ride a bike. And yes, I have been directly responsible for more bike paths. Google it. Or not. Whatever.
My opinion of the project remains the same. :)
Looks kind of rainbow esque
Is there going to be a wokeness theme? Not that there is anything wrong with that. 😊
Maybe some Gaia worship statue? And some wailing chapels for climate change penance? 😢
Grow up. It never stops…
@@bopodoq3069
You are right, it never stops soy boy 😮
What are you, like 12? Did you pull yourself out of COD from your mom's basement just to make that weak minded comment. Yikes, tragic.