Construction in the Port Lands - November 2023
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- See progress on the river valley that will become the new mouth of the Don River, as well as the new roads and parks we’re building.
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...
Probably Toronto's best project in terms of scope, vision and ambition. I just hope that continues with the buildings and architectural plans here!
What's great is that waterfront Toronto said there will be an international design competition for the new buildings, similar to Quayside!
Agreed.
Such a contrast to the badly thought out Therme project.
Incredible project and great update!
So excited to see this project nearing completion!
this makes me proud.
Excited to see once this is completed.
Thing of beauty. Joy forever!
Can’t wait. 👏🏼
Way cool!
Now what about Ontario Place and the western beaches to the Humber. Instead of spa how about a truly world class waterfront?
Hey I’m in this video!! 😊😊
is there going to be a new beach for swimming? The Turning basin would be a cool place for a swimming area
Will there be any much needed housing?
As part of our precinct planning and our overall mandate, Waterfront Toronto sets aside land sufficient to accommodate 20% of residential units as Affordable Rental Housing in all our neighbourhoods. The current work in the Port Lands is for flood protection and does not include any development or buildings. Development of Villiers Island, including building affordable housing, will happen after the flood protection work is complete in 2024. Learn more in out precinct plan here: portlandsto.ca/wp-content/uploads/Villiers-Island_CCM_1-presentation.pdf
Amazing. I'm 63, lived here all my life. Can't believe it took this long to finally build this. All this incredible waterfront wasted for a century.
It will be ruined by condos
@@johnmahoney5401 what should be there? a forest? a walmart? a bunch of single family homes? there's already a ton of park and recreational space. mixed use high density buildings are the most appropriate use of waterfront plots.
@@Skyfoogleagree, as long as the density is appropriate for the space. It’s people that will give it life.
looks like the steel sheet pile on tne Polson slip was left in place as part of the features
The sheet pile wall was left in place during construction but will eventually be cut down to match the lake bed.
Judging by the width of the new stream, that floodway is going to see a lot of use. The whole thing might look nice, but I can’t see much practicality in the design.
Well are you a fluvial geomorphologist? I don't think so, but the people who designed this project are, they know what they're doing.
@@alistairlogie1815 nothing I’ve seen from the city planners in the last 10 years has given the impression that they know what they’re doing either…
@@alistairlogie1815 narrowing streets that were overcrowded everyday and tearing down the gardener’s lake shore exit should’ve never made it past the brainstorm phase
@@Redbeard6969 the european solution, retrofitting streets for bikes and pedestrians in dense areas, actually improves traffic in the long run. traffic is a self-perpetuating problem that can't be solved regardless of how many highways you build or roads you widen; see Houston and LA. the only solution is stripping away car dependency.
@@Skyfoogle but in this instance it was the particular piece of infrastructure that the removed that is a problem. I’m not interested in their traffic flow changes, but the off-ramp was a good thing gone too soon
After looking at the concept renders and a couple old flood simulations, I worry that this might not be enough to handle a major flood. you might need more trenches.
Nice. I look forward to seeing this at some distant point in the future. It's just too bad that no one can afford to live in or visit Toronto these days
Sad to admit that all this promising stuff will not translate into any efforts to make life affordable for low and median income people living in TO. Hard to enjoy the perks a city has to offer (even the free ones) when you are on 'trying to get by' & 'survival' mode 24/7
Why is the video so choppy at the beginning, almost unwatchable. The drone or the editing? Nice update. Like # 268!!!
"renaturalized with sloping armour stone" meanwhile it looks unnatural af lol. Cheap solution.
hopefully this doesnt become just a huge tent encampment
Can we stop calling this a river valley? There's no valley. It's a channel with a wide floodplain. Valley implies that there's a noticeable amount of incision, which this system does not have.
Hi there, it’s true that from this vantage point the area looks relatively flat. The design for flood protection involves both digging down to create the river and raising the grade of the parks that will be on either side of the river and wetlands, which are now beginning to take shape. When you’re on the ground, the grade change is more noticeable and it feels more like a valley.
@@WaterfrontToronto blah blah blah, it's not a valley.
Don’t be so rude.
What is your problem?
@@theastuteanglerit’s not that serious….some of you folks spend way too much time on the internet and not enough time outside in the fresh air.
Lol armour stone is not naturalization. Major design flaw and oversight, but that's what I've come to expect from TRCA. Junk science and head-ass engineering, as usual.
Like I said you folks spend way too much time on the internet and not enough time in the real world. I’d suggest you get out more….might help with your anger issues.
Harsh.
If you annoy them they might use gabion baskets full of old concrete from the Gardiner Expressway lol
I agree the stone is very unnatural looking. It's necessary to avoid erosion that would eventually interfere with the new infrastructure built around the river.
@@francescomandarano7815 yup, I'm aware of the functionality. I dont have a problem with the functionality. I have a problem with word weaselry.
AND AS USUAL IN TORONTO HOW MUCH MONEY WAS STOLEN IN THIS PROJECT😂🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢
The City of Toronto, and the Province are so out of touch. Affordable housing. Affordable housing. Affordable housing. Perhaps our drug addled homeless might actually enjoy these wetlands and trails with the bicycles they have stolen from everybody.