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ADRM
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From Mike Layton's latest newsletter:
Garrison Crossing (formerly Fort York Bridge) Update
The Fort York Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge project has a new name – Garrison Crossing. Adopted by Toronto and East York Community Council earlier this year, Garrison Crossing was selected based on the area history.
Signs for Garrison Crossing will be integrated into the landscape adjoining the north and south landings. The new website name is: garrisoncrossing.mmm.ca.
Below is an update from the project team.
Bridge foundations are in.
You may have seen steel bridge foundations (pictured above) being driven into the land at Future South Stanley Park Extension, Future Ordnance Park and Garrison Common over the winter months. The process of drilling the foundations is one of the first steps in bridge construction to ensure the weight of the bridge is supported.
Project will be completed by summer 2018.
We have updated our project completion date since we last connected. This updated date will ensure that we coincide with the completion of base park conditions at South Stanley Park and Ordnance Park, have the required access agreement in place with Metrolinx to build over the rail corridor and that we implement requisite quality control practices throughout the process for this special type of steel.
Garrison Crossing (formerly Fort York Bridge) Update
The Fort York Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge project has a new name – Garrison Crossing. Adopted by Toronto and East York Community Council earlier this year, Garrison Crossing was selected based on the area history.
Signs for Garrison Crossing will be integrated into the landscape adjoining the north and south landings. The new website name is: garrisoncrossing.mmm.ca.
Below is an update from the project team.
Bridge foundations are in.
You may have seen steel bridge foundations (pictured above) being driven into the land at Future South Stanley Park Extension, Future Ordnance Park and Garrison Common over the winter months. The process of drilling the foundations is one of the first steps in bridge construction to ensure the weight of the bridge is supported.
Project will be completed by summer 2018.
We have updated our project completion date since we last connected. This updated date will ensure that we coincide with the completion of base park conditions at South Stanley Park and Ordnance Park, have the required access agreement in place with Metrolinx to build over the rail corridor and that we implement requisite quality control practices throughout the process for this special type of steel.
smuncky
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Momin
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Irishmonk
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If raildeck park happens, it theoretically might be possible to expand it westward to cover the two lines that surround liberty village. With all of the connected greenspace (including Fort York and the Bentway) it could shape up to be Toronto's first great downtown park. (Just a distant fantasy I have...)
AlvinofDiaspar
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Cold water moment - this is the same city that couldn't squeeze a few $M out to get this bridge as originally proposed and have to go back and rerun the competition to do it, and receive a lesser product.
AoD
Irishmonk
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D'oh! Oh yeah, I forgot. (goes off to change into a dry shirt)
Sticky
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Update from the website http://fortyorkbridge.mmm.ca/updates/August 2017 Garrison Crossing Update.html
Bridge fabrication has started. The fabrication and assembly of Garrison Crossing is well underway. The whole fabrication process will take approximately 15 months to complete and comprises many steps. It is primarily completed off-site at an indoor facility.
Bridge fabrication has started. The fabrication and assembly of Garrison Crossing is well underway. The whole fabrication process will take approximately 15 months to complete and comprises many steps. It is primarily completed off-site at an indoor facility.
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Jasonzed
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SaugeenJunction
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I've noticed that since the footings have been poured for the bridge in the summer, construction has ground to a halt. Is this due to the bridge fabrication that is occurring off-site? So will we see minimal progress, then suddenly "wow, there's a bridge here"?
innsertnamehere
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Most likely, yes. At this point they are probably waiting for the spring for installation.
smuncky
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Irishmonk
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It'll still be a nice bridge, and a very useful and elegant piece of needed infrastructure, but I'm haunted about what could have been. If a cabal of suburban fluffers, brown-nosers and accomplices, hadn't 86ed this proposal to save a few bucks and impress their new boss we'd have the exquisite first plan--already financed--finished now, and at a cheaper price than the current one.
Just more proof that democracy doesn't always work--esp when it comes to ambitious public infrastructure.
Just more proof that democracy doesn't always work--esp when it comes to ambitious public infrastructure.
