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Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown (ESC) Light Rail Transit
December 12, 2012 – Public Meeting
Environmental Assessment and
Mobility Hub Update:
Mount Dennis Area
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Objectives
• Provide overview of ongoing studies for Eglinton Scarborough
Crosstown
• Environmental Assessment Update (West)
• Review updates to concept design for LRT facilities
• Get public input on the updated concept, potential impacts and
mitigations
• Mobility Hub Study
• Place new transit in context of wider neighbourhood
• Present existing conditions and opportunities
• Get public input on opportunities and design directions
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was created in 2006 for the
purpose of providing residents and
businesses in the Greater Toronto
and Hamilton Area (GTHA) a
transportation system that is
modern, efficient and integrated.
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Metrolinx LRT Projects in Toronto
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Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown
• Project $4.9 B (2010$), funded by the Province of Ontario
• 19 kilometres east-west LRT from Kennedy to Mt. Dennis,
including 10 kilometres of tunnel
• New Transit Connections to Yonge, University-Spadina
Subway, Scarborough RT and GO Stouffville
• Up to 26 stations
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Project Schedule
• Delivered using Public Private Partnership and
Alternative Financing + Procurement (AFP)
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Project Schedule
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What is a Mobility Hub?
51 mobility hubs identified in The Big Move
Mobility hubs are major transit station areas within the GTHA
that are particularly significant given the level of transit service
planned for them and the development potential around them.
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9 Mount Dennis is a hub in the growing regional transit system
Terminal station of
Phase 1 of the new
Eglinton Crosstown
LRT line
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10 Mount Dennis is a hub in the growing regional transit system
Future GO Transit
connection
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11 Mount Dennis is a hub in the growing regional transit system
New and existing
bus routes
connecting through
Mount Dennis
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Mt. Dennis Mobility Hub Study Objectives
• A fully integrated transit station to
facilitate transfers between rail and bus
services, and the surrounding area
• Re-purposing the Kodak building
• Improvements to the public realm
including streetscaping
• Enhanced pedestrian/cyclist connectivity
• Potential uses of lands adjacent to
Metrolinx property for transit oriented
development
• Phasing of implementation of the mobility
hub components
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How will the Mobility Hub Study be
Implemented?
• Metrolinx will:
• Incorporate recommendations into the concepts for LRT
facilities and stations
• Work with the City of Toronto to support zoning updates
to reflect study recommendations
• Work with the City of Toronto to prioritize infrastructure
and public realm improvements recommended
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What are the key elements of the new public transit?
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A new LRT station with two entrances
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A new transit overpass over Black Creek Drive
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A new bus facility
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A maintenance and storage facility (MSF)
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Future GO Transit connection
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A passenger pick-up
and drop-off area
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The Mobility Hub Study is focusing on five areas
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4. Eglinton Ave and
Black Creek Dr Triangle
1. Kodak Lands
5. Black Creek Business Area
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• Former Kodak land
• Site of Kodak Building No. 9
• Large contaminated site to the east of the rail corridor
• Station area includes Keelesdale Drive
1 Kodak Lands
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1 What is it today?
Kodak Lands
•Vacant
• Isolated from Mount
Dennis by the rail
corridor
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What is it today?
Kodak Lands
•Contaminated from
former industrial uses
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What is it today?
Kodak Lands
•Separated from
Eglinton by significant
grade changes
•Site of Kodak
Building No. 9
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What is it today?
Kodak Lands
•Site of Kodak
Building No. 9
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What are the opportunities?
Maintenance and
storage facility (MSF)
New station with two
entrances
Bus
facility
Potential new street or
pedestrian link
Realigned retaining wall
Expanded park land
Kodak Lands
Future GO Rail platforms
Passenger pick-up and
drop-off
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
Re-purposing the Kodak
Building as the station
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
Connecting from the station
down to Eglinton Avenue
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
Setting back the retaining wall and
creating a new green wall and more
generous sidewalk
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
Incorporating artwork to enliven the
street
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
A more animated structure that
celebrates the activity of the station
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
A more animated structure that
celebrates the activity of the station
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Key Plan 4 Mount Dennis Station
What are the opportunities? Creating a light and airy LRT
overpass
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
Designing the overpass as an
interesting feature with
opportunities for public art
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
Extending the parks west of
Black Creek
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
Preserving for a new complete
street to Industry Street and Black
Creek drive…
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4 Mount Dennis Station What are the opportunities?
… or possibly a pedestrian and
cycling only connection
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• Primary east-west link through the neighbourhood
• Location of the future station
• Designated an “Avenue” in the Official Plan
• Connects the major parks at Black Creek and Humber
• Important cycling connection
Eglinton Corridor 2
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Key Plan
Eglinton Corridor What is it today?
• Fast moving street
• Lacking sidewalks in
locations
•No cycling facilities
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Key Plan
Eglinton Corridor What is it today?
•Busy street
•Major intersections
are unfriendly to
pedestrians
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Key Plan
Eglinton Corridor What is it today?
•Narrow sidewalks
•Poor pedestrian
environment
•No active (retail or
residential) uses
• Limited streetscaping
and no street trees
between Weston
Road and Black
Creek
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Key Plan
Eglinton Corridor What is it today?
•Six lanes of car traffic
•No active (retail or
residential) uses
• Limited streetscaping
and no street trees
between Weston
Road and Black
Creek
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Key Plan
Eglinton Corridor What is it today?
• Large intersection
with long crossing
distances
•Extension of
Keelesdale park’s
green edge
•New community
centre
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Eglinton Corridor What are the opportunities?
Cycling connections
Streetscape improvements
Enhanced pedestrian crossings
Widening the public realm
New green connections
Future York
Community Centre
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1 Enhancing pedestrian crossings Eglinton Corridor What are the opportunities?
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1 Creating a 4-lane street to provide a more
generous pedestrian environment
Eglinton Corridor What are the opportunities?
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1 Extending the Eglinton multi-use path east of
Weston Road to link the Humber River Trail
with the Community Centre and Beyond
Eglinton Corridor What are the opportunities?
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1 Adding new street trees, furniture and
pedestrian lighting
Eglinton Corridor What are the opportunities?
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1 Extending the park-like setting Eglinton Corridor What are the opportunities?
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• Neighbourhood main street
• Primary north-south route through the neighbourhood
• Designated an “Avenue” in the Official Plan
• Location of many of the community uses (churches, social services)
Weston Road 3
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Weston Road What is it today?
•Smaller sites and a
fine grain of low-rise
buildings
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Weston Road What is it today?
•Narrow sidewalks
• Inconsistent
streetscaping
•On-street parking
•Vacant storefronts
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Weston Road What is it today?
•Storefronts being
converted into new
residential
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Weston Road What is it today?
•New station entrance
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Weston Road What are the opportunities?
Streetscape improvements
Enhanced pedestrian crossings Possible future development sites
Entrance to the future station
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Developing a new station plaza at Eglinton
and Weston Road
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Landscaping the plaza to add some green
relief to Weston Road and extend the park
like setting along Eglinton
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Locating smaller retail and community uses
adjacent to the station plaza
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Filling vacant stores and refreshing the retail
presence
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Encouraging a range of redevelopment
opportunities
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Encouraging a range of redevelopment
opportunities
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Preserving for active uses at street level
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• Large retail site
• Partially owned by the City of Toronto
• Primary neighbourhood food store
• Faces onto an “Avenue” and has permissions for increased density
• Adjacent to future community centre
• One of the largest potential areas for redevelopment along Eglinton
Eglinton Ave and Black Creek Dr Triangle 4
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•Existing grocery store
• Large areas of
surface parking
What is it today?
Eglinton Ave and Black Creek Dr Triangle 4
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•Photography Drive is
the only road
connection to the
station
What is it today?
Eglinton Ave and Black Creek Dr Triangle 4
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•High profile site
• The only big site
suitable for large-
scale development
•City owned parcel
What is it today?
Eglinton Ave and Black Creek Dr Triangle 4
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• Large unfriendly
pedestrian crossing
• Faces the new
community centre
What is it today?
Eglinton Ave and Black Creek Dr Triangle 4
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Key Plan
What are the opportunities?
Eglinton Ave and Black Creek Dr Triangle
New station with two
entrances
Potential
development
site
Future York
Community
Centre
Street and public realm
enhancements
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Key Plan
5 No Frills What are the opportunities?
Providing a greater mix of
uses integrated vertically
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Key Plan
Relating to the new York
Community Centre
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Key Plan
Orienting buildings to face the
park and community centre
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• Primary employment zone within the Mount Dennis Community
• Healthy employment area
• Contains a range of businesses from small office to larger warehouse
Black Creek Business Area 5
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• Industrial area in
transition to service
retail
• Few employee
services (restaurants,
etc.)
What is it today?
Black Creek Business Area 5
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•Predominantly car-
oriented
• Few/insufficient
sidewalks
What is it today?
Black Creek Business Area 5
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•Poor waiting areas for
transit users
What is it today?
Black Creek Business Area 5
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•Poor connections to
the surrounding
neighbourhood make
it feel isolated from its
surroundings
What is it today?
Black Creek Business Area 5
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Key Plan
What are the opportunities?
Streetscape improvements
Enhanced pedestrian
and cycling connections
New and enhanced
building frontage
Potential new link to transit
Black Creek Business Area 5
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Key Plan
Locating new buildings and uses along the
street edge
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Key Plan
Supporting employees with a greater mix of
uses
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Key Plan
Improving the pedestrian and cycling
environment
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The Big Picture
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Designing the MSF to contribute to
the image of industry street and
support the creation of new
neighbourhood connections
The Big Picture
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Transforming Eglinton into a new
“green” street that extends the
Humber trail network east to the
new community centre and beyond.
The Big Picture
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Encouraging the revitalization of
Weston Road as the Principle
community and retail spine centred
upon a new station and green plaza
space
The Big Picture
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Encouraging new mixed-use
development on the No Frills Site
that relates positively to Keeledale
Park and the Station.
The Big Picture
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Enhancing the image of the Black
Creek Business Area and improving
access for pedestrians, cyclists and
transit users
The Big Picture
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The Big Picture A hub in the regional cycling network
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The Big Picture A key connection in the regional green network
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The Big Picture
Designing the MSF to contribute to
the image of industry street and
support the creation of new
neighbourhood connections
Transforming Eglinton into a new
“green” street that extends the
Humber trail network east to the
new community centre and beyond.
Encouraging the revitalization of
Weston Road as the Principle
community and retail spine centred
upon a new station and green plaza
space
Encouraging new mixed-use
development on the No Frills Site
that relates positively to Keeledale
Park and the Station.
Enhancing the image of the Black
Creek Business Area and improving
access for pedestrians, cyclists and
transit users
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Next Steps
December 18th – 6:30pm
• Economic Development Workshop
Early 2013
• Community Liaison Group Meeting
• Mobility Hub Concepts Presented at Public Meeting
• Station Design Concept Public Meeting
Spring 2013
• Finalize Mobility Hub Study
Ongoing:
• Metrolinx will:
• Incorporate recommendations into the concepts for LRT facilities and stations
• Work with the City of Toronto to support zoning updates to reflect study recommendations
• Work with the City of Toronto to prioritize infrastructure and public realm improvements
recommended
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Thank you!