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ADRM
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You can see in the second photo that they've installed a new signalized intersection at the vehicular entrance to the site, which is a welcome development in the car sewer that is this stretch of Dupont.
A Torontonian Now
Senior Member
It's pretty distinctive and easy to spot from above.
Yesterday:
Yesterday:
A Torontonian Now
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Today:
A Torontonian Now
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May 27:
ADRM
Senior Member
The traffic light is somehow still not operational, and the ground around the utility poles still all torn up. Going on maybe a year.
On the plus side, the plantings are doing unusually well for Toronto landscape architects CC: @Northern Light.
On the plus side, the plantings are doing unusually well for Toronto landscape architects CC: @Northern Light.
Northern Light
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No idea why that's taking so long; and I can't find a report with the project manager listed; it's an odd install, Riocan appears to be responsible for the lighting install, and this one entirely bypassed the normal approval report with warrants going before Council; it was approved on a letter from then Cllr. Layton with no staff report attached.
Weird.
Maybe put in a query w/the councillor's office and/or 311. It's listed as traffic light installation - 740 Dupont in Council Approval.
That's Councillor Saxe:
416-392-4009
Councillor_Saxe@toronto.ca
Looking really nice! We're two years in on these, so they made it 2 winters (21-22, and 22-23) they're out of the high danger zone now.
The shrubbery (Yew) in your pics doing really well too, not just the trees.
Really shows the value of good planting conditions and irrigation for those 1st 2 years as well.
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Undead
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They installed a traffic light for a single condo building? That's ridiculous.
Towered
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The lights were actually functional for a few days (maybe a week) shortly after the building was completed, but they've been covered back up ever since...
Northern Light
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I have received information on the above traffic lights.
Riocan encountered issues w/pole and equipment spacing during construction and are working to resolve those issues w/Transportation, and their own people.
The project and its timing remain entirely in Riocan's hands.
Riocan encountered issues w/pole and equipment spacing during construction and are working to resolve those issues w/Transportation, and their own people.
The project and its timing remain entirely in Riocan's hands.
flonicky
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bigcityboy
New Member
Another 5 months later and the traffic lights are still down. It's become a running joke in the area. What's not a joke are the people dodging cars as they dash across the street to the LCBO. They need to get these lights up and running. There's much distance between the lights at Christie and the lights at Shaw along the Dupont Expressway.