Construction in the Port Lands - February 2024 

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

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

Stupid comment.

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

Kayak traffic’s gonna be crazy.

The river will be open to canoes and kayaks in 2025.

The new bridges are amazing

Not sure what you are talking about. The bridges are great.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

The new parks and river will be open to the public next summer, in 2025.

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

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.

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.

I'm sure everyone cares which harbour you prefer

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Fantastic, this isn't New York though. (Thank God for that)

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

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.

Dubai? Maple leaf style island? No thanks…

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. :)

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.

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.

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.

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?