jxmith_ said:
Big fan of the coordinated effort on both sides of the street to make this part of Front impassable. Some real coordination there gents. Kudos.
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As noted above, the hold-up here at T&S is Toronto Hydro who suddenly decided that one of their vaults needed to be rebuilt. I agree it is ridiculous that T&S were allowed to start fixing the sidewalk in early December without everything being set to be completed but .....
 
DSC said:
As noted above, the hold-up here at T&S is Toronto Hydro who suddenly decided that one of their vaults needed to be rebuilt. I agree it is ridiculous that T&S were allowed to start fixing the sidewalk in early December without everything being set to be completed but .....
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I believe there has been an ongoing request from the city to bury the existing overhead wires along Front Street East. Since 2018, a third party and consultant have been involved in this project. It is frustrating that, after so many years, there has still been no resolution.
 
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GTAConstruction said:
I believe there has been an ongoing request from the city to bury the existing overhead wires along Front Street East. Since 2018, a third party and consultant have been involved in this project. It is frustrating that, after so many years, there has still been no resolution.
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Yes, you are correct. Prior to the Pan-Am Games, Pam McConnell worked closely with the City, Hydro, the St Lawrence Neighbourhood Assn and the BIA to create the Front Street Promenade that runs between Jarvis and Bayview. One of its features was burying the overhead electrical wires and many wires were buried and more "Victorian' pedestrian lights were installed . However, the blocks between Sherbourne and just east of Princess was not done due to cost and the, not unreasonable, idea that because there were several potential building sites in those blocks it would be best to wait until redevelopment happened. Based on this 'plan', as the blocks are now being redeveloped, the wires between Sherbourne and Princess should now be being buried. Of course, nobody wants to pay for this and the City was not able to get it into the Site Plan as a developer expense when the development went to the OMB. Will they now be buried, who knows! (It is interesting to note that though all the overhead wires west of Sherbourne were buried, the City recently installed traffic lights at Frederick & Front - with overhead wiring!
 
DSC said:
Yes, you are correct. Prior to the Pan-Am Games, Pam McConnell worked closely with the City, Hydro, the St Lawrence Neighbourhood Assn and the BIA to create the Front Street Promenade that runs between Jarvis and Bayview. One of its features was burying the overhead electrical wires and many wires were buried and more "Victorian' pedestrian lights were installed . However, the blocks between Sherbourne and just east of Princess was not done due to cost and the, not unreasonable, idea that because there were several potential building sites in those blocks it would be best to wait until redevelopment happened. Based on this 'plan', as the blocks are now being redeveloped, the wires between Sherbourne and Princess should now be being buried. Of course, nobody wants to pay for this and the City was not able to get it into the Site Plan as a developer expense when the development went to the OMB. Will they now be buried, who knows! (It is interesting to note that though all the overhead wires west of Sherbourne were buried, the City recently installed traffic lights at Frederick & Front - with overhead wiring!
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I think this was one of the NOAC Post-Construction conditions that they have to get done unless they can find a way to avoid doing it.
 
The city has gone ahead and buried most traffic control signals wires over the last ten years. Hopefully, these are just temporary.
 
maestro said:
The city has gone ahead and buried most traffic control signals wires over the last ten years. Hopefully, these are just temporary.
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If you mean the new ones at Front & Frederick, they are NOT seen as 'temporary' - as noted earlier, most wiring on Front WAS buried in 2014, it is sad that the City are now returning to overhead.
 
TTCdinosaur said:
Any news about what is moving into the retail spaces?
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I think it's safe to assume that if someone knows, they will post. That said, I expect we will sooner or later see hair and nail salons and other things we already have lots of. The design of the spaces is VERY poor so the tenants will be more of the same with low set-up costs and nothing to get too excited about.
 
DSC said:
I think it's safe to assume that if someone knows, they will post. That said, I expect we will sooner or later see hair and nail salons and other things we already have lots of. The design of the spaces is VERY poor so the tenants will be more of the same with low set-up costs and nothing to get too excited about.
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Don't forget additional furniture or home decor shops!
 
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