SLNA NEWS

Upcoming meetings and more

The SLNA monthly Delegates' Meetings, usually held at the OWN Co-op at 115 The Esplanade on the last Wednesday of the month (except August and December), are open to everyone. Details will be posted here about 5 days ahead of the meeting.

Criminal Justice and the City
16 February 2012

St. Lawrence Runners MAP and GUIDE

NAME THAT LANE - Final Report

Heritage Lighting Master Plan for Old Town Toronto FINAL REPORT

Annual SLNA Committee Reports - March 2011

Toronto Centre - Community Action Plan: St Lawrence Draft

OMB DECISION ON 251 KING STREET EAST

East Bayfront Sanitary Sewer

East Bayfront Sewer presentation

Report on 154 Front St E by Barry Lyon

Al Rezoski's web links (June 29 meeting)

Photos of Front Street East

Willie Macrae's slides of September 2011

Enoch Turner Schoolhouse. Canadian culinary traditions & celebrations. February 16 2012.

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SEWER PROJECT

•  The East Bayfront sanitary sewer will run from the new George Brown health sciences building on Queen’s Quay at Lower Sherbourne to the sewage pumping station on Scott Street. It will be twined with the existing sewer and The Esplanade section must be operational as soon as possible as this section of sewer is already a bottleneck. This section will be completed by early 2012 and the rest of it by spring 2012. T new GBC campus will open in July..
• The work will be completed in sections.
• The first work started in late July 2011 on LOWER JARVIS from The Esplanade to the railway bridge – work was in the road and this section is now complete. .
• In late August work started at the pumping station end,  at Scott Street. As of late December it is completed from Scott to Church Streets.
• In December 2011 work moved to The Esplanade east of Church Street and is proceeding towards Lower Jarvis. This work will occur on the north sidewalk and road and it too will be done in sections, each will take about a month or 6 weeks.  The aim is to complete all of The Esplanade sewer work by March 2012.
• Work on Lower Jarvis from Lake Shore Blvd to Queen's Quay started in late October and will be completed in December. Work under the rail bridge and on Queen's Quay from Lower Jarvis to Lower Sherbourne will start in early 2012 and completion is estimated for April 2012.
• Starting in December a new section of watermain will be installed on The Esplanade from Scott to Church.  It is hoped to complete this from Scott to Church by February 1, 2012. In February 2012 Toronto Hydro will install new streetlights and bury wires. The aim is that all restoration on The Esplanade will commence shortly after March 17th (St Patrick's Day) and be completed by late April, in time for the 2012 'patio season'. Restoration will be supported financially by the BIA and will include new Victorian lighting, better trees and tree pits and other streetscape improvements.
• Traffic will be maintained at all times but the 72A TTC bus will be diverted – using Church Street and/or Lower Jarvis Street.
• Work hours are normally Monday-Friday 7-5

The following information has been received from the City and Councillor Pam McConnell's office - other planned street projects will be added as we learn of them.

Every year the City publishes MAPS of most of the City work.

2010 Construction

* New watermains and streetcar tracks on Parliament Street from King to Gerrard. COMPLETED

* Completion of sidewalks and paving on Church Street north of King Street and on Queen Street between Victoria and Jarvis. (New streetcar tracks and new watermain were laid in 2009.) COMPLETED

* Toronto Water project on Victoria from Adelaide to Dundas. POSTPONED TO 2011 AND NOW COMPLETED. Full street restoration work may be postponed to 2013 when the TTC expects to replace the streetcar tracks.

* Toronto Water project on Scadding from Hahn to Aitken. POSTPONED TO 2011. COMPLETED in October-November 2011. Road restoration to occur early in the 2012 'season'.

* Toronto Water project on Berkeley from Front to The Esplanade followed by a Transportation project, new sidewalks and road resurfacing. SIDEWALKS AND WATER COMPLETED, RESURFACING PLANNED FOR EARLY IN THE 2012 'SEASON'.

* Renovation of Ambulance Station No. 40 (58 Richmond Street East) COMPLETED

2011 Construction

* Front Street East from Sherbourne Street to Eastern Ave and Eastern Ave from Front St E to Sumach St. Watermain replacement along entire length. Combined sewer replacement and new sewer between Lower Sherbourne and Berkeley. Started February 2011 and watermain/sewer work COMPLETED in September 2011.

In 2012 Toronto Hydro will be improving the steeetlighting and burying wires and, when they are finished, road resurfacing and sidewalk and streetscape improvements will start - fall 2012.

* Front Street East from Jarvis Street to Sherbourne Street
Watermain replacement along entire length followed by major road resurfacing along entire length. Watermain work has been postponed to early 2012 and will be done at same time as that on Lower Sherbourne and Sherbourne from Front to King.

When the Toronto water work is completed Toronto Hydro will be improving the steeetlighting and burying wires and, when they are finished, road resurfacing and sidewalk and streetscape improvements will start - fall 2012

* Lower Sherbourne Street from Front Street East to Rail Bridge / Lakeshore Blvd.
Major road reconstruction along entire length including installation of new sidewalk on missing link on east side. Sewer Replacement (scope to be clarified). This project has now been postponed to 2013 and will include segregated bike lanes.

* Reconstruction and realignment of Lower Sherbourne Street from rail bridge to Queen's Quay. Reconstruction of access from/to Gardiner Expressway (removal of right turn channel.) Some work between Lakeshore and Queen's Quay connected to Sherbourne Common North was done in 2010 and 2011, more to follow in 2012 and 2013.

* Waterfront Toronto and the City are building new sanitary sewers on The Esplanade, Lower Jarvis Street and Queen's Quay East (Planned to start in April 2011); work is estimated to last about 14 months. Details will be posted here when they are available, see above and see MAP

Scott Street. Scott Street Pumping Station Upgrade & Rehabilitation. This City project will continue to fall 2012. Information HERE.

2012 and 2013 Construction

Front Street East: See 2012 above.

* Sherbourne Street from Front Street East to Gerrard St East
Major Road Reconstruction along entire length including watermain replacement and sewer work (scope to be determined.) This will include installation of segregated bike lanes, see 2011, above.

Date not determined at this time

Probably in 2013 a Toronto Water project on Wellington Street East from Church to Yonge followed by new streetcar tracks, new sidewalks and repaving. The new streetcar track may be installed on Wellington Street in 2012 from Church Street south of King Street to York Street. BIA has plans to improve the 'streetscape' on Wellington Street East as part of this project.

Cherry Street and West Don Lands

Apart from the work being done in the West Don Lands itself (see Waterfront Toronto site) there will be significant work done on Cherry Street. When completed, in 2012, the 504 streetcar will have a branch running down Cherry Street to the railway bridge. The current schedule is:
a. Road building from King to Eastern will take from April 2011 to December 2011 and except for very brief periods should allow 2 lanes to stay open.
b. Road building from Eastern south to Mill is expected to take from July 2011 to August 2012;  the road will need to be totally closed for the first 6 months;  for the remainder, access will be limited.
c. Road building south of Mill St. to the rail bridge should take from April 2011 to August 2012 with total closure until the end of 2011.  Access will be maintained for builders of new condominiums south of Mill Street. 

In addition, the following work in, or close to, our area is in the City's approved 10-year Capital Budget

* Union Station revitalization - $622 million IN PROCESS
* Development of West Don Lands and East Bayfront - $72 million. Plus Provincial funding for the Pan Am Games Athletes Village. IN PROCESS
* St. Lawrence North Market redevelopment - $75 million. Construction/demolition may start in late 2012.
* Regent Park Community Centre and new central park - $27 million IN PROCESS
* Regent Park Aquatic Centre - $17 million IN PROCESS
* Regent Park Child Care hub - $5 million IN PROCESS
* St. Lawrence Library expansion - $13 million (project to start in 2013 and library MAY move to SE corner of Front and Parliament or to the First Parliament site)

The TTC also has plans

2012 Replacement of streetcar track on Richmond from Church to York.
2013 Replacement streetcar track on Wellington from Church to York (including Church south of Front).
2013 Replacement streetcar tracks on Victoria from Adelaide to Dundas.
By 2012/13 there will also be NEW streetcar lines from King Street on Cherry Street south to the railway and on Queen's Quay East from Bay to Parliament.

So does Infrastructure Ontario

Rehabilitation of St. Lawrence Community Centre/Pool. COMPLETED


Last revised: December 2011 by Webmaster.