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The Waterfront is one of the fastest-growing areas in the City of Toronto, and with that, there will be regular construction through the neighbourhood. The Waterfront BIA has worked to aggregate current and upcoming construction notices from various sources, including The City of Toronto, Waterfront Toronto, and Toronto Hydro.
As a representative of the business community through the area, the Waterfront BIA seeks to advocate to ensure that these projects are completed quickly and on time, and with a limited impact on people’s enjoyment of the waterfront.
What: Upgrading of underground electrical cables and electrical distribution system along Lake Shore Boulevard East between Cherry Street and Bonnycastle Street.
Duration: March 2023 to September 2023
Agency: Toronto Hydro
Impacts: Road and sidewalk restrictions
What: Repair of damaged underground transmission cable along Queens Quay between York Street and Lower Jarvis Street – Emergency Work.
Duration: September 2022
Agency: Hydro One
Impacts: Closure of a section of the Martin Goodman trail, increased noise and vehicular traffic.
What:
Duration: Saturday October 1, 2022 at 10:00am to Sunday October 2 at 10:00am.
Agency: Nuit Blanche Toronto
Impacts: Temporary Road Closures
What: Replacing the NPS 20 high-pressure vital gas main along Lake Shore Blvd.
Locations: Components 3 and 4: Lake Shore Blvd from Spadina Ave to Cherry St, and parliament Street.
Duration: Components 3 and 4: May 2022 until approximately June 2023
Agency: Enbridge Gas
Impacts: Temporary lane closures, horizontal drilling under streetcar tracks to prevent transit closures.
Note from the constructor: Lane closures are tentatively scheduled to happen periodically from May 9, 2022 until November 2022, on Lake Shore Boulevard West, in both directions, from Spadina Avenue to Yonge Street.
Road Closure: June 18, 2022 – June 19, 2022 – Lower Simcoe south of Lake Shore Blvd.
Additional closures on Lake Shore Boulevard East, from east of Yonge Street to Cherry Street, are also expected and will be announced at a later date. The construction for this portion of the project is scheduled to begin in mid-June 2022 at the earliest.
Cooper Street Relocations – Toronto Hydro
What: Relocation of overhead electrical systems
Location: Cooper Street, between Lake Shore Blvd E and Queens Quay E
Duration: July 2022 to December 2022
Agency: Toronto Hydro
Impacts: Dust, noise, road and sidewalk restrictions, tree trimming
What: Park Construction
Location: The foot of York Street between Queens Quay W and Harbour St.
Duration: Summer 2021 to Spring 2023 (anticipated)
Agency: Waterfront Toronto, Parks Forestry and Recreation
Impacts: Perimeter fencing, tree protection zone, equipment/trailer set up on-site, limited sidewalk access, flagmen to direct pedestrian traffic.
WBIA Notes: The Waterfront BIA is working with Waterfront Toronto, BSAM Canada and STEPS Public Art to install decorative construction hoarding on the south side of the site, facing Queens Quay W.
What:
Location: East end of the Gardiner expressway between Cherry St. and Carlaw Ave., Lake Shore Blvd. to Commissioners (approximate)
Duration: Late Aug 2021 to 2024 (approximate
Agency: Waterfront Toronto, City of Toronto
Impacts:
What: Investigative borehole drilling at multiple sites across the waterfront
Locations:
Duration: Late June 2021 to Winter 2023 (anticipated)
Agency: City of Toronto
Impacts: Drilling and dust, construction hoarding during the monitoring period
What: installing pipes along the dockwall at East Bayfront
Location: Waters Edge Promenade from Dockside Drive to 15 Merchants Wharf
Duration: July 2021 to July 2022 (approximate)
Agency: Waterfront Toronto,
Impacts: Construction Fencing, Tree Protection Zones, Moderate Noise
Notes from the constructor: (see notice #4) On Saturday, December 18, 2021, our contractor, Clearway, plans to continue drilling and excavation work for rock sockets pending appropriate weather conditions. Once complete, the rock sockets will help to support the in-water pipe on the waterside of the Water’s Edge Promenade. As per the City of Toronto’s bylaw, construction work on Saturday will take place between the hours of 9am-5pm on the waterside of the Water’s Edge Promenade and vessels will be present on the water. Drilling work for the rock sockets began on Monday, October 18 and is expected to be complete on January 17, 2022 with work occurring between 7am – 7pm Monday to Friday.
Note: The Waterfront BIA is not the constructor of any of these projects and aggregates this information as a courtesy to its members. As such, the information may be incomplete or out of date. Please reach out to the contact noted in the linked construction notices if you have any questions or concerns regarding this work, and review the below-linked websites for further information on these and other construction projects through the area. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with Oliver Hierlihy, Director, Operations: oliver@waterfrontbia.com
