The first stage of what will be a comprehensive reconstruction of the Queen's Quay portion of the waterfront is beginning, and
Waterfront Toronto is holding a public information session this week to make sure everything knows what's happening, and when.
In brief, the work will be done in three phases. Phase One will be infrastructural, upgrading utilities, performing maintenance work on the drainage system and re-laying streetcar tracks. As a result, streetcar service will be suspended for much of the year, replaced by buses. This phase will last until next summer.
The second phase will start next summer, when an extra lane will be added to Queen's Quay on the north side of the street. Work will also be done on the north sidewalk.
Phase three, which will begin in early 2014 and end in late 2014, will concentrate on the south side of the street, completing the promenade and improving
Martin Goodman Trail.
According to Waterfront Toronto spokeswoman Samantha Gileno, the budget for the entire process is $110 million.
Each stage of work, Gileno says, will only shut down that section of the roadway, which will then re-open as soon as the next stage's work begins.
The June 6 meeting is in the Brigantine Room at York Quay from 7pm to 9pm.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Samantha Gileno
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