hawc
Senior Member
Ah, makes sense.
mcbg1
New Member
I've lost track. When will all this green space be actually be enjoyed by residents of the city?
DSC
Superstar
There are no discussions I can see of there EVER being a Munition Street bridge. See: https://portlandsto.ca/wp-content/uploads/June262019WTDRP_PLFPRoadsDetailedDesign-watermarked.pdf
and this from 2017: https://portlandsto.ca/wp-content/u...rs+Island+Precinct+Plan+AODA+Attachment+2.pdf
Northern Light
Superstar
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There is no Munition Street bridge that will ever cross the new river valley but the very image you posted shows that there will be one across the Keating Channel; or at least one was planned for....
Further discussion:
Text:
From: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-107828.pdf
ben.thebean1
Active Member
The Keating Channel crossing is the one being referred to, not a bridge across the new river valley
hawc
Senior Member
I can't wait to finally swim in the Keating Channel! It will be lovely.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
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DSC
Superstar
Perhaps best to wait a decade until the City and TRCA finish stopping the sewage overflows upstream!
rdaner
Senior Member
If Cleveland can clean up its harbour, we can do this! Also maybe we can learn something from the efforts to revitalise the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. There are precedents out there. 
DSC
Superstar
And your point is? Toronto and the TRCA are cleaning up the Don River and the lake itself and have been doing so (maybe too slowly) for well over a decade..If Cleveland can clean up its harbour, we can do this! Also maybe we can learn something from the efforts to revitalise the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. There are precedents out there.
Northern Light
Superstar
If Cleveland can clean up its harbour, we can do this! Also maybe we can learn something from the efforts to revitalise the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. There are precedents out there.
The work is already planned, @DSC was merely noting it will be awhile before it's complete.
Once the current Coxwell bypass and associated works are complete there's still the Taylor-Massey tunnel and an additional tunnel along the central waterfront to capture all those outfalls.
Even once that is done, there will still be Combined Sewer overflow into the Don from multiple sources, though vastly less than is the case today.
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hawc
Senior Member
Are there storm sewers near the Don River (like perhaps those on the side of the Don Valley Parkway) that empty directly into the Don? Or do all storm sewers route towards a treatment plant unless overfilled.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
They'll have to remove some weeds (scrubs and trees) to do so. Expect to to see some protests in the process.
Northern Light
Superstar
There are many storm-only drains across the City, some legal/conforming, some not, which empty into assorted rivers/creeks etc.
The real issue is combined sewer overflows CSOs.
Combined sewer overflows result from the storm water off of roads going into the combined sewer with sanitary waste (what you flush); in the 'old City' most sewers are combined rather than separated, so storm water and sanitary water are in the same pipe.
When it rains heavily the emergency design is that these sewers overflow directly into the relevant body of water, untreated.
Sewers in newer parts of the City and new suburbia today are built separated (storm and sanitary flows are in different pipes).
Edit to add:
From: https://www.thepristineblue.com/post/climate-change-and-toronto-s-aging-sewage-system
The plans now underway to address this:
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DSC
Superstar
This may also be of interest! https://www.toronto.ca/services-pay...er-where-does-it-go/combined-sewer-overflows/