Toronto, August 6, 2009 – Toronto City Council has approved the Terms of Reference for the Environmental Assessment and Integrated Urban Design study for the Gardiner Expressway east of Jarvis Street co-sponsored by Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto. The Terms of Reference define critical elements of the extensive study on the future of [...]
Toronto, June 1, 2009 – The draft Terms of Reference for the environmental assessment and integrated urban design study for the Gardiner Expressway east of Jarvis Street co-sponsored by Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto have been completed and will be tabled for Toronto City Council review. Developed using input collected over months of [...]
Toronto, March 27, 2009 – The first phase of a multi-year environmental assessment and integrated urban design study is now underway to decide the future of the Gardiner Expressway from Jarvis Street to east of the Don Valley Parkway. The comprehensive environmental assessment, co-sponsored by Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto, will examine the [...]
Toronto, July 15, 2008 – Toronto City Council has approved Waterfront Toronto’s proposal to undertake an individual environmental assessment on removing part of the elevated Gardiner Expressway and replacing it with a lakefront eight-lane boulevard. The results of the environmental assessment will determine the feasibility and logistical requirements for removing the Gardiner from Jarvis east [...]
Chair’s Summation – June 12, 2008 The Board of Waterfront Toronto moved today to recommend to City Council the initiation of an Individual Environmental Assessment to consider the partial takedown of the Gardiner Expressway from Jarvis Street to the Don Valley Parkway and to replace the structure with a“great street”. Waterfront Toronto will seek Council [...]
Toronto, May 29, 2008 – Waterfront Toronto’s Board of Directors, at its June 12th meeting, will formally consider the partial removal of the Gardiner Expressway. Waterfront Toronto, working with City officials, undertook a technical study of the Gardiner Expressway/Lake Shore Boulevard Corridor in 2006. Waterfront Toronto is recommending removal of the Gardiner from Jarvis Street [...]