A look at the massive project to prevent Toronto flooding

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • In total, 22 kilometres of tunnels are being constructed along Toronto's waterways to keep sewage and storm water from overflowing.

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  • @treelife365
    @treelife365 5 лет назад +93

    0:35 - It's MAN MADE?! What? A meteorite didn't create a perfect circle, lined with concrete, metres from an undamaged bridge?!?!

    • @praddzzz
      @praddzzz 5 лет назад +3

      The Predators from Alien Vs Predator used a laser to reach an ancient pyramid.

    • @rc_23
      @rc_23 5 лет назад +2

      Now i know this is the only sewer that’s man made wow! I can’t believe it!

    • @treelife365
      @treelife365 5 лет назад

      @@rc_23 - It's amazing, ain't it?!

    • @treelife365
      @treelife365 5 лет назад

      @@joeylawn36111 - Hahaha... the journalist invited us to think that!

  • @Midaswhale531
    @Midaswhale531 2 месяца назад +4

    Thought this was suppose to prevent the flooding 😂

  • @nisagin9544
    @nisagin9544 5 лет назад +3

    so maybe can helps to be done Green Canada again 🤞🏻🤞🏻

  • @onnietalone3181
    @onnietalone3181 3 года назад

    the don river at rosedale valley road is the lowest, the way u all treat rain water is wrong if your homes are poorly constructed should not mean that water cannot seep into ground, the grade is what protects us all, water above ground is not the issue, we throw it onto street, asap ,

  • @gboates
    @gboates 5 лет назад

    I guess Ford supports this? Don’t see any comments to the contrary .

  • @jpmallon
    @jpmallon 5 лет назад +42

    this is great toronto is adapting from japan’s advanced drain system.

  • @sonny6084
    @sonny6084 5 лет назад +26

    i thought they were starting to build in ground condos

  • @GrayTanuki
    @GrayTanuki 5 лет назад +194

    We can build 22 km of giant tunnels for this and we can't even get the shovels down for a subway.

    • @baystreet6627
      @baystreet6627 5 лет назад +10

      They dont want to build subways.

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 5 лет назад +12

      @@baystreet6627 Of course they dont. How will they collect gas taxes??

    • @andrewbarnes7692
      @andrewbarnes7692 5 лет назад +6

      Why does it have to be one or the other. This is needed and so is the subway.

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 5 лет назад +5

      @@andrewbarnes7692 Bro, its politics. Politicians always do what pays politically. Arguing about a subway and never building it pays off. The city chokes in traffic and that's the whole point. This way they have something to preach and make themselves as heroes. If the subway gets build, the reason to bicker and whine goes away and so do their votes.

    • @rommeldude1
      @rommeldude1 5 лет назад

      Or just let someone say... this is madness! Madness??? THIS IS

  • @Mrtzhmd
    @Mrtzhmd 5 лет назад +29

    It will be probably done by 2055 😂😂🤦‍♂️

  • @wealthyprosperous628
    @wealthyprosperous628 5 лет назад +5

    USA NEEDS TO CREATE A SIMILAR INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONTROL FLOODS IN TEXAS AND OTHER AREAS. USA NEEDS TO MAKE A TUNNEL GOING TO THE DRY DESERTS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO AND BUILD WATER RESERVOIRS UNDERGROUND TO KEEP THE FLOOD WATERS WHICH LATER CAN BE TREATED FOR USE IN THE CITIES and NEARBY STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA that have water shortage .

  • @rommeldude1
    @rommeldude1 5 лет назад +29

    THIS..... THIS IS SPARTA!!!!

  • @KP-wt8qr
    @KP-wt8qr 5 лет назад +14

    Very proactive by the City of Toronto to construct something like this, Ottawa will need a major anti-flood infrastructure project of its own, many Canadian cities will as the sea levels rise and flooding becomes more common in this country.

    • @KP-wt8qr
      @KP-wt8qr 5 лет назад

      @Brad Okay but you yourself just said that the climate is changing, so we're going to have to adapt. Your comment doesn't make any sense, you first say that climate has changed for centuries, but then say not to believe it...confusing.

  • @brandonwu4989
    @brandonwu4989 5 лет назад +24

    This is not that kind of hole I need.

    • @jeil5676
      @jeil5676 2 месяца назад

      Put some hair around it.

  • @TorontoChick25
    @TorontoChick25 4 года назад +9

    My basement has flooded with sewage twice in 5 years. Both times the city admitted it was their problem. Glad to see they finally decided to do something.

  • @bArthurt777
    @bArthurt777 5 лет назад +13

    HURRAY ! Toronto Infrastructure, for Toronto jobs, economy and environment. The city's sewage will stop going into the lake after a heavy rain. I heard about this project last year from a friend who had bought a nice boat.
    This will improve the health of our streams, the water front lands, the Island, Toronto beaches and the the lake water and wild life it's self. Brilliant !!
    Give the water ways a couple of years to renew them self's and grab your swim wear pick nick basket and do like our Grand parents could...spend the day enjoying the water.
    Jack Latin and Tommy Thompson are smiling down on this project. And as Thompson use to say..."Please walk on the grass"

    • @Cryptomined
      @Cryptomined 5 лет назад

      lol the lake water has been disgusting for decades... they can never fix it

    • @baystreet6627
      @baystreet6627 5 лет назад

      Except for the cost.

    • @likeasambud9817
      @likeasambud9817 5 лет назад

      Wont be done until our grand children have grand children. Stop being so stoked.

  • @lawrencemccowan
    @lawrencemccowan 5 лет назад +22

    it keeps it out of the lake by redirecting it further into the lake directly so all the yuppies from midtown can't see it.
    no one will notice....

  • @bnsthreesixfive5776
    @bnsthreesixfive5776 2 месяца назад +2

    i guess this didn't work for yesterday's rain (07-16-2024).

  • @pearpenguin
    @pearpenguin 2 месяца назад +2

    This video is 4 years old, did they get the money to finish it? WE need it now.

  • @canadasindica
    @canadasindica 5 лет назад +4

    Sounds like a death trap, imagine it being a suction whirlpool of death.

  • @MrMAC8964
    @MrMAC8964 4 года назад +1

    This is the best news in decades , Toronto could actually sink and be gone forever....!

  • @empireStyle
    @empireStyle 5 лет назад +7

    They built 22km of underground tunnels so fast BUT we can't friggin build 1km of underground subway???? Afghanistan has better subway system than toronto

    • @kutter_ttl6786
      @kutter_ttl6786 5 лет назад +1

      If you're trying to make a point by using hyperbole at least make it believable. Afghanistan (which is a country btw, so why compare it to a city) had a better subway system then Toronto. For sure, that's totally a believable and accurate comparison. If you're going to talk about something at least do a little research so you don't look uneducated.

    • @empireStyle
      @empireStyle 5 лет назад +1

      @@kutter_ttl6786 buahhaha, is this your first day on the internet??? You are in for a wild ride....

  • @moira88
    @moira88 5 лет назад +4

    What about the Queens Quay and Lakeshore flooding?

  • @DakaONER94
    @DakaONER94 5 лет назад +2

    Well living at the highest point in Toronto may have its perks. Never had to deal with no overflow of sewage and storm water

  • @RisingStarL96A1
    @RisingStarL96A1 5 лет назад +2

    300 Sparta?

  • @timgilbert9040
    @timgilbert9040 5 лет назад +2

    Ya, because why fix your plumbing when you could dig a big fn hole in the yard.

  • @MikhailJ
    @MikhailJ 2 месяца назад +1

    Didn't work

  • @goofytiger
    @goofytiger 5 лет назад +5

    Traffic and congestion! No money for more subways being built! We need straighten our priorities here! ⭐️

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 5 лет назад +3

      Leftist politicians are all about preaching the opposite of what they do. It's the old saying of do as I say, but dont do what I do. They drive huge SUVs but telling you to take the bus and the none existent rapid transit.

    • @dekgridd8692
      @dekgridd8692 5 лет назад +1

      you should prolly give your head a shake

    • @andrewbarnes7692
      @andrewbarnes7692 5 лет назад +3

      so yeah, we'll build the subways and they can all flood. This is an important project. Not saying that Transit isn't important, they are both equally important. Both issues have been ignored for years by multiple governments.

    • @JJN603
      @JJN603 5 лет назад

      after saying all this though they have been planning and have it set in stone to expand the subway further in the gta so they actually are taking care of it but it's literally been slowly happening over the last decade.

    • @baystreet6627
      @baystreet6627 5 лет назад

      @@JJN603 why should that be everyones problem? They own the house.

  • @daryushnadjafi6673
    @daryushnadjafi6673 5 лет назад +2

    This is great and scandalous at the same time when I moved to Toronto in 1995 my High School taught me about this problem I was told there was corruption in the building of Toronto and that they cheaped out I'm building a decent sewage and drain system the problem was that whenever there was too much stormwater it would go so high the level that it would start mixing with the sewage resulting in untreated sewage pouring right into our Lakes anyways that was 1995 ( not the building of the System just me being taught) nice to see the finally doing something about it

  • @AkeemRWRoss
    @AkeemRWRoss 4 года назад +1

    Yeah that is superior ...

  • @e.k874
    @e.k874 5 лет назад +1

    "THIS IS SPART... OH WAIT ITS TORONTO"

  • @barthalomeowthegreat8470
    @barthalomeowthegreat8470 5 лет назад +8

    Ever hear of a money pit?

  • @Madzguy007
    @Madzguy007 5 лет назад +1

    They should have got the Chinese to build it. Would have been faster and cheaper.

    • @Madzguy007
      @Madzguy007 5 лет назад

      @Yams Ondeck I would have agreed with you if it was year 2005. Times have changed.

  • @The_General_Zubas
    @The_General_Zubas 5 лет назад +2

    1:25 Ahha, so it IS a CSO system like in Portland, Oregon!
    Nice.

  • @divinee.155
    @divinee.155 Месяц назад

    Water ALWAYS TAKES BACK ITS LAND!!!!! All the dumped up rivers will come back to haunt u

  • @Rod-bp8ow
    @Rod-bp8ow 3 года назад +1

    Its good to anticipate always the unprecedented, and make allocations for the yearly budget, it is going to provide waters as well to farmers, communities, villages, that needs improvement the way water system is distributed to consumers and making it lasts for a lifetime.

  • @richyq8786
    @richyq8786 5 лет назад +2

    very good for the city and our future.. bravo.

  • @treelife365
    @treelife365 5 лет назад +1

    That's a cool project and will certainly help... but at the same time, small solutions need to also be pursued; such as removing existing paving where possible, mandating permeable paving henceforth, building more parks (and less parking lots), etc. Nature manages stormwater very efficiently, if you would just not pave over it and change it!

    • @nicklang7670
      @nicklang7670 2 года назад

      I agree big concrete holes cost a lot of money, I have seen some natural revitalization cost less than that. Look up the channel ‘City Parks Alliance’ here on RUclips, they have a video that explains the difference in costs for these types of problems. And they say it saved over 10 million building naturally. Also green space is beautiful and has many economic and health benefits.

  • @1erinjames
    @1erinjames 5 лет назад +1

    What could they be preparing for???

  • @TheHermithood
    @TheHermithood 2 года назад

    Do you mean to tell me Canada doesn't have a proper sewer system? That's disgusting.

  • @Legend-lc9bv
    @Legend-lc9bv 5 лет назад +1

    What if someone get washed away where do they think they will end up

  • @NaveenKumar-oj7xh
    @NaveenKumar-oj7xh 5 лет назад +1

    Glad to see our taxmoney being used useful things once in a while.

  • @edr.2642
    @edr.2642 5 лет назад +1

    $1B for digging and cement the walls?..smh lol the city should just buy used machines and hire their own employees and save 75% of the money. Comtractors must be laughing straight to the banks

    • @bberllam
      @bberllam 5 лет назад

      its all corrupt pos from the mayor to the construction company to all politicians,

  • @livingonadollar2882
    @livingonadollar2882 4 года назад

    Russian Satellite : Putin ..really they made a Nuke silo? Wow About time they grew balls

  • @legendarybacon3616
    @legendarybacon3616 27 дней назад

    Wonder if they got their funding

  • @VidWatcher-v4j
    @VidWatcher-v4j 3 месяца назад

    Isn't there a way to generate electricity from all that water flowing?

  • @samiam9059
    @samiam9059 4 года назад

    Hope the water gets cleaned up. Terrible looking with dead fish.

  • @Lili-samser
    @Lili-samser 2 месяца назад +1

    blah blah blah blah

  • @MandaIore738
    @MandaIore738 4 года назад

    This cave is not of natural formation. Someone built this, so it must lead somewhere.

  • @saifchowdhury3581
    @saifchowdhury3581 5 лет назад +1

    1 billion seems less for a project of this scale.

  • @thet3504
    @thet3504 Месяц назад

    The city is so lost

  • @Armmani2000
    @Armmani2000 5 лет назад +1

    That's pretty cool, good job!

  • @neboy3603
    @neboy3603 5 лет назад +1

    We the north

  • @AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada
    @AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada 2 года назад

    Its going to be "man made" in the future.

  • @jays5926
    @jays5926 5 лет назад +1

    Doug Ford 🔥

  • @keithkayan
    @keithkayan 5 лет назад +1

    Sounds right about time

  • @alexchavez3244
    @alexchavez3244 5 лет назад +1

    They should make it a heat tunnel to evaporate the water😉.

    • @ob_stacle
      @ob_stacle 2 месяца назад

      yeah pollute the air instead of the water great idea

  • @somalikanye8642
    @somalikanye8642 5 лет назад +1

    Great project

  • @jjackson6928
    @jjackson6928 2 года назад

    Smart

  • @moira88
    @moira88 5 лет назад +7

    Nice, keep the rich people’s wine cellars dry.

  • @alwaysright6358
    @alwaysright6358 2 года назад

    Why is there no water when the hole is 50m deep? Usually, ground water is only a few meters below the surface.

  • @andreasskordalis4062
    @andreasskordalis4062 4 года назад

    They making like 100 an hour🤦🏿‍♂️

  • @dustin1481
    @dustin1481 3 года назад

    Japans storm drain is 30 meters wide and 70 meters deep

  • @NAMENAME-oe6oc
    @NAMENAME-oe6oc 3 года назад

    om exactly soha

  • @onnietalone3181
    @onnietalone3181 3 года назад

    the shadow cast now on St, Clair, once the height is breached we will no longer have a sunny side of a street in winter, all that planning is beiong thrown away

  • @TheTmat007
    @TheTmat007 5 лет назад

    It may cost tons of $. But I still think it's better than building a WALL.

  • @randomname9758
    @randomname9758 5 лет назад +3

    I'm glad they're spending money on this type of project instead of some LGBTABCD hippie project.

  • @Xantank
    @Xantank 5 лет назад

    Oh, so that’s what they are building!!!???

  • @RUDY-COLEMAN
    @RUDY-COLEMAN 5 лет назад +1

    Toronto is on a slope that leads into the lake. All water that comes in drains into the lake. Why would we need this?

    • @JohnNorton86
      @JohnNorton86 5 лет назад +6

      Thats the problem, Sewage is getting into the lake and waterways. this is bad, these tanks will hold overflow during storms. until there is capacity at the sewage plant to treat the contaminated water.

    • @andrewbarnes7692
      @andrewbarnes7692 5 лет назад +2

      seriously?

    • @baystreet6627
      @baystreet6627 5 лет назад

      Because a contractor needs a contract!

  • @edersonsimplis5127
    @edersonsimplis5127 5 лет назад

    Se os humanos não fizer de pressa algo pra vida aquatica o mundo vai virar um lixo

  • @pablopina8924
    @pablopina8924 5 лет назад

    I heard a gold rush may be around the corner.

  • @mkomilan
    @mkomilan 5 лет назад

    Preparing for global warming

  • @joelongew
    @joelongew 5 лет назад +2

    Woah is this what working on infrastructure looks like? I live in America so I've never actually seen infrastructure work before!

  • @blahblahjumpswing1504
    @blahblahjumpswing1504 5 лет назад

    and I cant get hired? TF?

  • @zurgboy07
    @zurgboy07 5 лет назад

    It's just an autobot hideout

  • @joseph2456
    @joseph2456 5 лет назад

    Cool we can fish in to.

  • @baystreet6627
    @baystreet6627 5 лет назад

    I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work out as planned or causes other problems.

  • @alex46215
    @alex46215 5 лет назад

    inspired by Kim k?

  • @superbackyardbreeder1084
    @superbackyardbreeder1084 5 лет назад +2

    If ever i hate someone.. I will just throw them in there.. Hahaha

  • @jibjabhamers8177
    @jibjabhamers8177 5 лет назад

    Canada's CERN lol

  • @mikehawk8276
    @mikehawk8276 5 лет назад

    Nice lake jeeeez

  • @buenafamiliafarms9668
    @buenafamiliafarms9668 5 лет назад

    Whoa impressive.

  • @waheedadel3675
    @waheedadel3675 5 лет назад

    oh thats what that is

  • @stevecoates5308
    @stevecoates5308 5 лет назад

    The new tursure field trips kids lol 12 doller too see it needs a ride

  • @carlosantunes502
    @carlosantunes502 5 лет назад +2

    are the environmental results made public, since its funded by public taxes

    • @xenax6242
      @xenax6242 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah, it's a hole. Water goes in the hole to prevent flooding. Results made public

    • @baystreet6627
      @baystreet6627 5 лет назад

      Totally ridiculous amount money being spent. They have no respect for taxpayers.

    • @xenax6242
      @xenax6242 5 лет назад +1

      @@baystreet6627 Yeah why waste the money, let the DVP drown underwater every time it rains more than just a drizzles

    • @JohnNorton86
      @JohnNorton86 5 лет назад

      @@baystreet6627 Ummm.... This will prevent pollution from entering the lake and peoples basements. that seems like a good use of money.

    • @andrewbarnes7692
      @andrewbarnes7692 5 лет назад

      @@baystreet6627 give your head a shake. You obviously have it in the sand if you haven't been paying attention to what happens in Toronto every time it rains. Add up that cost over the last 25 or so years and the cost that will keep happening every year until a solution is operational. This is far less expensive then countless cleanups and lost productivity.

  • @DStripeM
    @DStripeM 5 лет назад +1

    All that money for nothing, while beavers have been building and changing water ways. Or fluidity of rivers. But I geuss ingeneers need money and people need to waste money out the window. XD well at least the rich get rich.

  • @MRRUSSIAN123
    @MRRUSSIAN123 5 лет назад +1

    Start enforcing municipal laws on individuals who rip up there whole property to put concrete down and make a parking pad the grass will take a lot of the water up 👍

  • @FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck
    @FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck 5 лет назад +1

    It isn't working, the city flood all the time

    • @100200songlin
      @100200songlin 5 лет назад +2

      But it’s not even operational yet

    • @jonnyweber3311
      @jonnyweber3311 5 лет назад +1

      It's not done yet..... The first part won't be done till 2024.

  • @WilhelmFreidrich
    @WilhelmFreidrich 5 лет назад +1

    Boondoggle!

  • @simar1846
    @simar1846 5 лет назад

    Dude a kid even knows , tress prevent floods. Plant tress , not massive projects

  • @potatoeyboi
    @potatoeyboi 5 лет назад

    Can we make Doug Ford go in?

  • @CaptArgo24
    @CaptArgo24 5 лет назад

    how do you get down there?

  • @neilwadden1749
    @neilwadden1749 5 лет назад +1

    Great news! More debt for Ontario :) way to go Canada

  • @---Free-Comics---IG---Playtard
    @---Free-Comics---IG---Playtard 5 лет назад +1

    We used to drink in these tunnels under College St like 7 years ago.
    Pretty impressive holes!
    +1

  • @007D3VIN
    @007D3VIN 5 лет назад

    Mark from YTV.. use to watch you as a kid.