DSCToronto
Superstar
They are supposedly putting in 'services' for the extension of Queen's Quay but most of the pipe in your photo is for the de-watering that is going on in connection with the Hydro work.
"Waterfront Toronto is delivering development enabling infrastructure and public space in the Quayside precinct bounded by Lake Shore Boulevard to the north, Bonnycastle Street to the west, Lake Ontario to the south and the Victory Soya Mills Silos to the east under the Quayside Infrastructure and Public Realm (QIPR) project. The QIPR project will realign Parliament Street, extend Queens Quay east to the Silos, normalize the Parliament Street and Queens Quay East intersection, deliver necessary servicing connections and improve Bonnycastle Street and Small Street. The QIPR implementation will unlock development parcels that include commitments for affordable housing and deliver much needed public realm improvements to the area. As a result, there will be a realignment and lane reconfiguration of Queens Quay East, from Lower Sherbourne Street to Parliament Street."
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" City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (Waterfront Toronto) to undertake the following enabling works to advance the Waterfront East Light Rail Transit project, up to a cost of $5.05M, as part of Waterfront Toronto’s Quayside Infrastructure and Public Realm project:
a. construction of a duct bank on Small Street; and b. relocation of a Toronto Hydro Electric System Limited duct bank underneath Queens Quay East, west of Small Street (collectively the “Enabling Works”).
"The existing THESL duct bank runs along the southern portion of Queens Quay East, west of Small Street. This duct bank conflicts with the future WELRT alignment and is required to be relocated. The QIPR scope includes utility work along the segment of Queens Quay East where the THESL duct bank is located. The duct bank is expected to be connected to future Quayside developments. If additional connections are made to the duct bank before it is relocated, the relocation becomes more complex. Given these two factors, there are significant benefits to completing the THESL duct bank relocation as soon as possible through the utility portion of the QIPR project. A financial commitment from the City of approximately $3.1M in July 2025 is required for this scope to be added to Waterfront Toronto’s project.
