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Why was the road bridge prioritized over the transit bridge?

The bridge they get allows streetcars onto Villiers Island. And that's not expected to go into service for years (though why they can't just do the Cherry underpass as part of the Gardiner work ending in 2030 and extend the 504A in the interim, until they can rebuild the Union streetcar terminal I don't know).

I have no idea when they are planning to start developing along Commissioners, east of the new Don River bridge. They've got all the land bounded by the new Gardiner along the tracks, the Don, Keating Channel, and Parliament street first - which I think is even bigger than Villiers Island!

This is where the Portland tracks will crossover the Lake Shore to go under the RR corridor that will be near the north pier support of the Gardiner

Though that section of the Gardiner will be demolished, with the new link, much narrower and hugging the tracks.