hawc said:
The Drum118 Bridge still seems to be taking forever with no progress, but again I'm probably missing massive progress that's staring me right in the face.


Looks like we've got nice stone on the corner of Keating Channel and Lower Don to break up those massive ice flows.


And last but not least, looks like Ookwmin Minising is currently not an Island but just a huge peninsula owing to this tiny temporary land bridge.
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By the look of your photo for the new Lake Shore bridge, they have to excavate the existing land between the new piers to the west first before placing the steel beams on the piers. Then, they need the new west retraining deck wall in place as well and then can remove the existing land to widen the mouth of the Don there.

I have seen work on that new deck wall up the river.

looking at the piers, the bearing support, some piers have more as well wider space to the north.
 
Always loving the aerials. Keep up the great work.

1. Little dismayed we haven’t seen any progress on the sediment diversion area. That whole area by lakeshore was supposed to be carved out no? Big ol swampy marshy area?

2. Are there parts of this area that are up in the air still? I haven’t the foggiest whether we’re ever seeing the “hybrid” Gardiner option, but feel like that was before the Ontario Line, and have no clue whether that effects the sediment area or if the GO/Ontario Line stuff does

3. I’m all in on suspending a classic train car. It can replace the CP24 truck on 299 Queen as our cities flying vehicle

4. Are there any records or expiring permits for the shelter that may indicate the time frame on the Queen’s Quay extension? The way things get cleared for construction in this city , I can’t see that adjacent site being left operational

5. Here’s the crane from afar
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DSC said:
I was on (New) Cherry today and they have totally cleared the site at SW corner of Lake Shore and New Cherry and done more clean-up on the site on SE corner too. They are also starting to do minor excabvation along the north side of the Keating Channel, presumably to fix the (quite deteriorated) dock wall - on both siders of New Cherry. In general lots of work going on with pouring concrete paths and moving earth around and spreading grass seed beside the old Fire Hall and on north side of Commissioners. Also note they are putting up a new fence parallel to Cherry and about 30 feet north of the dockwall

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It does look nice and tidy.
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The dredging of the Keating Channel has apparently re-started and will be 'finished' in 2025.

City and TRCA staff have recently finalized a delivery agreement, dredging work has commenced and it is expected to still be completed by the end of 2025. From: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-251008.pdf Page 39. (Ports Toronto used to dredge the Keating but decided they no longer wanted to a couple of years ago so it has been taken over by the City.)
 
mburrrrr said:
They re-paved this lakeshore section to smooth out the rollercoaster bumps!
I guess their investigation found these bumps were one of the factors in the most recent multiple fatal car crash. I wonder if the January 2024 fatal crash was a possible cause too.
Safe travels.
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makes you wonder if the people in those crashes would still be alive today had the work been done sooner...
 
And if they didn’t have an extra 4 people in the car (extra weight and ego) and many other factors for sure. All avoidable. Tragic.

The January collision was with a single occupant driver though.
kev1n1m said:
Or if they'd been in anything other than a Tesla
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DSC said:
The dredging of the Keating Channel has apparently re-started and will be 'finished' in 2025.

City and TRCA staff have recently finalized a delivery agreement, dredging work has commenced and it is expected to still be completed by the end of 2025. From: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-251008.pdf Page 39. (Ports Toronto used to dredge the Keating but decided they no longer wanted to a couple of years ago so it has been taken over by the City.)
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Much more on this in report going to Executive next week: See p 42 of https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-251415.pdf

Dredging Program - Clearing the Accumulated Backlog in the Keating Channel

As part of its adoption of the May 2023 report, Council authorized City staff to undertake the sediment removal program and subsequently approved $24 million in funding through the 2024 budget process. Accordingly, the City has entered into an agreement with the TRCA to project manage the removal of the accumulated backlog which then allowed TRCA to enter into an agreement with Ports Toronto to undertake the operation. Underway since late summer of 2024, the dredging program is expected to remove approximately 150,000 cubic metres of accumulated sediment from the Keating Channel. Although it was originally anticipated that the operation would be complete by the end of 2025, and despite good progress through 2024, the amount of sediment contained within the channel indicates that the operation may extend into 2026. The work will continue to be completed within the existing approved budget. After PLFP is completed, flood waters will be directed through the new mouth of the Don River, the Keating Channel, and the new Don River 'spillway.' The Keating Channel, which Ports Toronto owns, will convey the majority of overflow in a flood event. Sediment will need to be regularly dredged from the Don River and at least every two years from the Keating Channel to maintain sufficient flow. In addition, the centre of operations will shift to the interim Sediment and Debris Management Area once it is complete and handed over to the City. It is anticipated that the TRCA will be taking the lead in overseeing dredging operations on behalf of the City. Discussions regarding the establishment of a long-term dredging program are currently underway with TRCA.
 
Now if they remove the rainbow tunnel on the DVP that will be the two landmarks I always looked out for going downtown as a kid.
 
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