Projets de Toronto - Nouveautés et progressions

[Anderson]

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/06/relief-line-preferred-alignment-now-includes-unilever-stop

 

Subway Relief Line: Preferred Alignment Now Includes Unilever Stop

 

http://urbantoronto.ca/

 

Wow! J'espère que la "relief line" va aller de l'avant au plus vite. C'est le tracé idéal pour compléter la desserte du centre-ville avec du TEC lourd. C'est un des projets les plus importants en TEC au Canada à mon avis.

[Jasonzed]

The old Kraft factory and land has just been sold for 52M. It's probably going to be replaced with condos, offices, etc.

 

Modifié 14 juin 2016 par Jasonzed

[Jasonzed]

sweet...this was bumped down from 4 (different design) to 3 towers so this is it...Mississauga City Centre

[franktko]

That one on the left seems quite large... what's the stats on that one?

[Jasonzed]

That one on the left seems quite large... what's the stats on that one?

 

I believe they are 40,50 & 65s high. They will be just southwest of the Absolute Towers.

 

This (47/50s) are on the books just a block north so this area is going to be quite dense and animated in the next 5-7 years.

Modifié 16 juin 2016 par Jasonzed

[Jasonzed]

 

The site:

 

 

[Jasonzed]

Mid-town Toronto

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/06/sponsored-post-dare-be-different

[nephersir7]

3 milliards pour une station de métro?

 

 

Transit plans for Scarborough to cost $1 billion more than expected

Updated cost estimates for a modified subway and LRT plan leave city $1 billion short on funding.

 

A one-stop subway extension to Scarborough is now estimated to cost $2.9 billion — part of a plan that leaves the city $1 billion short on funding.

 

After Mayor John Tory and chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat promised a pared-down subway that would allow for the revival of an LRT line along Eglinton Ave. East, that plan for Scarborough transit now requires $1 billion more in funding than promised, the Star has confirmed. The LRT line is now estimated to cost $1.6 billion.

 

Where that funding could be found is unclear.

 

As the city faces significant budget pressures next year, with $29 billion in approved but completely unfunded capital projects already on the books, those justifying the controversial subway face significant challenges with the added costs.

 

On Friday, Tory held a news conference specifically to defend the subway despite ballooning costs. He claimed the needed funding was still available, but failed to account for increased costs of both the subway and the LRT.

 

“We have the available funding to pay for this new optimized eastward extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway line,” Tory said. “My support for a subway connection to Scarborough has not changed.”

 

Tory said he’s also “determined” to move ahead with plans to extend the Eglinton Crosstown LRT out to the University of Toronto Scarborough campus. But it’s not clear how the city would pay for it.

 

At $2.9 billion for the one-stop subway extension, only $660 million remains to pay for the proposed LRT line, which leaves the city at least $1 billion short.

 

Council originally planned to build a seven-stop LRT, a line that would never interfere with traffic by using the existing Scarborough RT corridor. The Scarborough RT line is reaching the end of its life.

 

But in 2013, council under former mayor Rob Ford scrapped plans for that LRT, a $1.48 billion project hat was fully-funded by the province. A slim majority of councillors instead backed a three-stop subway from Kennedy Station to Sheppard Ave. at an estimated cost of $3.56 billion.

 

In January, with critics saying the cost of the subway was not warranted when an LRT would better serve transit needs in the area, city officials backed by Tory announced a revamped plan. The “express subway,” as it has been described by supporters, would cut costs by adding just a single stop at the Scarborough Town Centre on the on the Bloor-Danforth line.

 

Savings of at least $1 billion from fewer stations and tunnelling, Keesmaat said, would allow the city to build an 18-stop LRT along Eglinton Ave. East — modified from an original light-rail plan launched under former mayor David Miller.

 

With Tory promising more transit for the same money, the political compromise was hailed a vast improvement to the three-stop plan. But questions about a six-kilometre stretch of tunnel for an extra stop costing more than $2 billion have persisted.

 

The mayor’s office now says costs have increased. After additional technical work revealed “technical complications,” according to information provided by the mayor’s office, meaning tunnelling would need to be deeper than expected in some areas and stations would need to 45 to 95 per cent deeper than estimated.

 

In defence of the one-stop plan Friday, Tory argued the three-stop subway he adamantly endorsed during his 2014 campaign and fiercely defended until earlier this year was never justified.

 

“The original three-stop subway was approved by city council without the support of any planning or design work actually having been done. In fact, it was based on a sketch on a piece of paper given to the TTC,” Tory said.

 

According to updated estimates, a three-stop subway extension would actually cost $4.3 billion, which Tory said was further indication that plan is no longer tenable.

 

Since 2014, the city has been collecting a levy from all taxpayers to fund $745 million of the city’s $990-million share of the subway, based on those earlier plans. That tax is expected to continue for 30 years.

 

While Scarborough councillors who have advocated for the subway at any cost flanked Tory on Friday, critics decried the latest news.

 

“We’ve always known a seven-stop LRT, that would run through its own corridor and completely separated from traffic, would be far cheaper than a subway extension in Scarborough and serve many more people,” said Councillor Josh Matlow, who has been most vocal about those concerns, on Friday morning.

 

“City Hall has a choice to make. It can move forward now with a shovel-ready Scarborough LRT plan, be honest with residents and be responsible with their tax dollars or do the complete opposite.”

 

An updated report on future transit plans, including the Scarborough subway, will be released early next week. That report is expected to include a cost-benefit analysis from a third-party consultant.

 

When council was given the $3.56 billion estimate from the city, little study had been done on the possible alignments and construction issues of building a subway in Scarborough. The estimate was reached using known numbers for the Toronto-York Spadina subway extension, which went hundreds of millions over budget earlier this year.

 

Costs for the Scarborough project increased after additional technical work revealed “technical complications,” according to information provided by the mayor’s office. Tunnelling would need to be deeper than expected in some areas and stations would need to 45 to 95 per cent deeper than estimated.

 

The new $4.5 billion estimate for the subway and LRT is just the cost to build the lines. It does not include the cost to operate or maintain them. Under the earlier plan to build a seven-stop LRT, the province committed to paying both operating and maintenance costs indefinitely.

 

The city confirmed this week that a master agreement with the province to build the seven-stop LRT remains signed. In order to build the subway, the agreement will have to be modified.

 

“It requires amendment which will be done at the appropriate juncture, pending the outcome of council decisions,” said spokesperson Wynna Brown in an email.

 

CHANGING COST ESTIMATES

$1.48 billion: Original estimated cost of seven-stop LRT

 

$3.56 billion: Original estimated cost of three-stop subway extension

 

More than $2 billion: Original estimated cost of one-stop subway extension

 

$2.9 billion: Revised estimated cost of one-stop subway extension

 

$1.6 billion: Estimated cost of 18-stop LRT along Eglinton Ave. East

 

https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2016/06/17/transit-plans-for-scarborough-to-cost-1-billion-more.html

[Jasonzed]

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/06/59-storey-tower-proposed-yonge-scollard-bloor-yorkville

59-Storey Tower Proposed on Yonge at Scollard in Bloor-Yorkville - downtown

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Yonge+St+%26+Scollard+St,+Toronto,+ON/@43.6726636,-79.3877554,3a,75y,216.82h,104.61t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1syH820ZXcops0QIqtoGFgdg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DyH820ZXcops0QIqtoGFgdg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D86.358688%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x882b34aec42b5441:0x8c36040fc9e7f921!8m2!3d43.6726636!4d-79.3877554!6m1!1e1

 

 

 

 

 

New rental downtown:

DRP Assesses 58-storey Rental Tower at 591 Sherbourne

 

 

Modifié 18 juin 2016 par Jasonzed

[Jasonzed]

TTC Starts Streetcar Service on Cherry, Updates Bus Routes

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/06/ttc-starts-streetcar-service-cherry-updates-bus-routes

The first extension of Toronto's streetcar network in 16 years will open on Saturday, June 18th with the launch of the 514 Cherry Streetcar service.

 

The new line runs mostly along King Street but starts near Exhibition Place at the Dufferin Gate and ends at the new Cherry Street loop near the Distillery District, serving two under-served growth areas; Liberty Village at the west end, and the West Don Lands/Corktown on the other. Some of the cars running along the line will be the new Flexity streetcars, which have double the capacity of older cars and are wheelchair accessible.