mcbg1 said:
doesn't seem like the pedestrian bridge is happening anytime soon according to this
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The WT page on the pedestrian bridge continues to say 2026. The 2025/2026 WT Annual Business Plan also shows all the expenditure in 2025/2026 and 2026/2027.

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mcbg1 said:
doesn't seem like the pedestrian bridge is happening anytime soon according to this
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Pretty sure it's grant money that's a use it or lose it kinda situation so I think by the end of 2026 it'll be up....maybe not open, but definitely on its way.
 
Diablo1983 said:
Pretty sure it's grant money that's a use it or lose it kinda situation so I think by the end of 2026 it'll be up....maybe not open, but definitely on its way.
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It is primarily government (taxpayer) money - there is a municipal election (and maybe a federal one) so you can bet things will open with great fanfare!
 
I can confirm the bridge install remains planned for this year. Whether every little thing about it is finished (fish habitat, landscaping) is a bit more in question.

It should open this year, but depending on when its dropped in, it could be early '27.
 
New details on the final design of the Keating Pedestrian bridge from Waterfront Toronto. I have to admit, I am terribly disappointed by the value engineering on this one. I normally can put up with it, but this should have been an iconic piece of infrastructure and they have made every effort to cheap out on this thing. The seating and lookout areas are gone, the bridge width tightened, etc. I typically don't like to post anything negative as I find there is already plenty of negativity on Urban Toronto, but this is a frustrating one for sure. Only upside is that we now have a timeline. Expected to start construction in 2026 and finish sometime in 2028.
 
This is the first I've heard of 2028.

I had prepared many of you for a 2027 opening, as I didn't think it would be possible to get every last thing done this fall.

The bridge itself, according to the above will be in assembly before fall '26. So either this assembly is far more complex than I understood, or they won't have the landings/abutments/revetments ready on time.

* This paragraph (below)suggests the bridge will ship in one piece, there is a dissonance between that statement and proposing assembly over the summer.


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I hadn't checked in with WT on this since fall '26, but I knew the bridge was tracking decently well. So I'm baffled by 2028.

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Even more confusing....it sounds like they have the in-water work permits and I don't see why the landings should take all that long.
 
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I mean could the bridge not be finished this year but just be closed as the areas on either side are still under construction?
 
Northern Light said:
This is the first I've heard of 2028.

I had prepared many of you for a 2027 opening, as I didn't think it would be possible to get every last thing done this fall.

The bridge itself, according to the above will be in assembly before fall '26. So either this assembly is far more complex than I understood, or they won't have the landings/abutments/revetments ready on time.

* This paragraph (below)suggests the bridge will ship in one piece, there is a dissonance between that statement and proposing assembly over the summer.


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I hadn't checked in with WT on this since fall '26, but I knew the bridge was tracking decently well. So I'm baffled by 2028.

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Even more confusing....it sounds like they have the in-water work permits and I don't see why the landings should take all that long.
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Sadly, already diminished. This lookout has been eliminated.

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I swear I recall a lookout being a required feature in the design competition scope.
 
bearcat said:
I mean could the bridge not be finished this year but just be closed as the areas on either side are still under construction?
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Yeah - the park on the south side is unfunded (it's separate from the section that is opening this summer) and the area around the waterfront promenade on the north side is Quayside Phase 2 which likely won't be ready for subdivision and ready for pedestrians likely until 2028. The bridge may be ready in 2027 but until 2028 it's likely a bridge to nowhere.
Amare said:
How this got watered down is so damn, extremely frustrating.
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Waterfront Toronto has a terrible track record of this. Quayside has become Canary Landing. This bridge not only lost its lookout points but they made it less wide so when people stop on the bridge inevitably to take pictures and look, it's going to be cramped and bikes are going to run into pedestrians. Terrible decision making to save a few bucks for something that should be built to last and support Toronto for decades to come.
 
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