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Ports Toronto was planning on lowering the bascule bridge today, but apparently they hit a snag, since it is still up as of 5 pm this afternoon.

Probably an unskilled editor trying to make a quick change to the web page. The final entry used to end on August 16 with a single lane of traffic open. After that, the bridge was supposed to be fully open in both directions at once. My guess is whoever updated that page added the new rows for...

Poop... it looks like the grand re-opening of the bascule bridge has been pushed back from August 16 to October 4. 🙁 On the bright side, it does look like it will be mostly accessible during that time...

Can't wait to see what the final product looks like once all the planting is done! I'm hoping it will (eventually) be dense enough to provide some noise dampening from all the traffic going by.

Did something newsworthy happen along Commissioners today? A CityTV reporter was on the bridge this afternoon at 6 pm. I thought maybe I had missed something about the north plug being removed.

When I saw the workers assembling the Snowy Owl yesterday morning on the way to work, I knew someone here would beat me to posting photos! 😅 Here's another look from later in the afternoon.

PortsToronto has published the next six weeks of the traffic accessibility across the Cherry St bascule bridge. At that point (August 16), it should be permanently re-opened. https://www.portstoronto.com/portstoronto/media-room/community-notices/ship-channel-bridge-critical-repair.aspx

Off topic, but I would just like to remark at how informative and thought-provoking the discussions are in this thread (and of course elsewhere on UT). I'm just a random schmoe with an opinion, but who knows nothing about urban planning or civil engineering or public policy. I do live and work...

Cherry St bascule bridge open to traffic again for an early start to the weekend! It will stay down until noon on Monday. https://www.portstoronto.com/portstoronto/media-room/community-notices/ship-channel-bridge-critical-repair.aspx

Cherry St bascule bridge has been lowered back down and allowing traffic to pass as of early this morning. EDIT: It will be open to traffic until Monday at noon.

I wonder if this will eventually be the base for the Snowy Owl play structure and stage.

I can't think of anyone else with such a recognizable style. Their "logjam" aesthetic shows up with the other play structures too. It's gotta be them. It isn't mentioned in WT's press release either, so maybe they are coordinating an announcement when the project is closer to completion.

Speaking of which, any bets on when the transit bridge will get its first mow?

First look at the "Reaching Raccoon" play structure. https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/news/larger-life-wildlife-coming-port-lands

Playground structures starting to go up? Might make for another nice timelapse video. And a random sunrise photo from this morning:

Here's a quick timelapse and some before-n-after photos, now that the river bed is filled up!

That's exactly what the new park is about. The wording from the WT blog post sounds like it is pushing back on the age-old (and outdated) belief that children can only learn in a supervised classroom environment, be given homework assignments, and progress through rote and repetition. That was...

The peninsula extending south under the Commissioners St bridge will eventually support the footings of the second bridge, dedicated to transit (like with North Cherry St). It will remain above the water level, and I imagine it will be accessible to recreational paddlers?

Since the South Cherry St bridge isn't lit up at the moment, I grabbed a few friends and went for a ride last night. Be sure to go fullscreen with the video!

Definitely after! I imagine that's all due to the heavy construction traffic between Saulter and the new Don Roadway. The goal isn't to have pristine pavement, but to remove rocks and large clods of dirt, broken bits of metal, branches, and so on. Same thing happened on Villiers, but it was even...