Martin Goodman

Trail West –

Project Overview

ONE WATERFRONT – CENTRAL WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN Queens Quay / Water’s Edge / Marine + Habitat

QUEENS QUAY CENTRAL WATERFRONT

YO YO MA TO BAY

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INTERIM

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INTERIM

IMPROVEMENTS

UNDERWAY

UPCOMING

INTERIM MGT

QUEENS QUAY REVITALIZATION

Boundaries + Phasing

The interim work is designed to create safe connections between the Queens Quay Revitalization scope currently

underway between Bay and Spadina and the existing conditions to the east and west.

CENTRAL WATERFRONT (YO YO MA LANE TO BAY)

Status: Construction Underway – Will Be Complete Summer 2015

Rendering of approved design. Construction in progress.

TRANSITION ZONE (BAY TO YONGE)

Status: Complete

Rendering of approved design. Current condition – construction completed; final finishes required

INTERIM MARTIN GOODMAN TRAIL/PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION (YONGE TO JARVIS)

Status: Complete – Restorations Will Be Made After Hydro Work

Rendering of approved design. Current condition – construction completed.

INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS (JARVIS TO PARLIAMENT)

Status: Construction Underway – Will Be Complete Spring 2015

Current condition. Rendering of proposed improvements.

MARTIN GOODMAN TRAIL WEST OF SPADINA

Status: Construction Starts Late 2014

Current condition. Rendering of proposed improvements.

THE PROJECT HAS TWO PARTS:

A - Off-street Martin Goodman Trail (Yo Yo Ma Lane to Bathurst Street)

B- On-street bike lanes (Bathurst Street to Stadium Road)

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PART A: OFF-STREET, SOUTH SIDE MARTIN GOODMAN TRAIL

Yo Yo Ma Lane to Bathurst Street

Push curb line + catch

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TYPICAL CROSS SECTION

Here’s how the street has been designed to accommodate the Martin Goodman Trail

Existing condition

Work needed to

accommodate the

Martin Goodman Trail

Install

mountable curb

Relocate light pole

UNIQUE CONDITIONS

There are 4 areas worth noting – as they present unique challenges

4. Harbourfront

Marina Quay

parking lot

3. Dan Leckie

2. Harbourfront

Community centre

1. Bathurst intersection

1. BATHURST INTERSECTION

The design must work around an existing Hydro pole and retaining wall and will

include a crossing for pedestrians and cyclists

Existing retainwall

Basketball court

Buffer

zone

Existing Hydro pole

2. HARBOURFRONT COMMUNITY CENTRE - EXISTING CONDITION

2. HARBOURFRONT COMMUNITY CENTRE

Maintain the parking lay-by and create a buffer zone between it and the Martin

Goodman Trail

Lay-by

Green

Buffer

zone

MARTIN GOODMAN TRAIL WEST OF SPADINA

Dan Leckie intersection

Challenges/program

3. DAN LECKIE INTERSECTION – EXISTING CONDITION

3. DAN LECKIE INTERSECTION – EXISTING CONDITION

The design responds to the existing dockwall by proposing a cantilevered sidewalk. It

also includes a new dedicated turning lane to improve traffic flow

Dedicated turning lane N-

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Pedestrian crossing

Buffer

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Buffer

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Existing dockwall

Existing

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MARTIN GOODMAN TRAIL WEST OF SPADINA

Dan Leckie intersection

Cantilevered sidewalk – illustration from the water

4. HARBOURFRONT MARINA QUAY PARKING LOT

The design had to address the entrance to the Marina Quay Parking Lot

PART B: ON-STREET, SOUTH SIDE MARTIN GOODMAN TRAIL

Bathurst Street to Stadium Road

Bathurst to Stadium Road

The on-street bike lanes will be amalgamated and moved to the south side of the

street. They will be separated from traffic by flexi-post barriers.

Existing Martin Goodman Trail

The on-street bike lanes will connect to the Martin Goodman Trail and into

Coronation Park