Toronto Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

[DSC]

Isn’t the bridge being disassembled in a way that it can be rebuilt elsewhere?

NO.

 

[chrishurley15]

Seems like a beautiful solution (and I'm strongly in favour of the solution obviously) to a problem that never really existed.

In 50 years I've NEVER seen those areas at the bottom of the Don Flood like that. Nothing even close.

Any and all flooding occurs up river between Pottery Road and Queen Street. Like this:


Not sure what type of flood event they were anticipating in those models they just showed.

But anyway, new lower Don Lands are a gorgeous addition to the city.

It isn’t about solving for an issue that occurred historically. It’s about preparing for an issue that could occur in the future. The world is changing. Climate change is real. These flood events may only impact further north for now. But in 20, 30, 50, 100 years? It’s not always about protecting those of us living now. We should try to tackle all projects like this with a long term lens. But I agree with you that this project is an absolutely gorgeous and incredible addition to this city.

 

[Metroscapes]

Seems like a beautiful solution (and I'm strongly in favour of the solution obviously) to a problem that never really existed.

In 50 years I've NEVER seen those areas at the bottom of the Don Flood like that. Nothing even close.

Any and all flooding occurs up river between Pottery Road and Queen Street. Like this:


Not sure what type of flood event they were anticipating in those models they just showed.

But anyway, new lower Don Lands are a gorgeous addition to the city.

It isn’t about solving for an issue that occurred historically. It’s about preparing for an issue that could occur in the future. The world is changing. Climate change is real. These flood events may only impact further north for now. But in 20, 30, 50, 100 years? It’s not always about protecting those of us living now. We should try to tackle all projects like this with a long term lens. But I agree with you that this project is an absolutely gorgeous and incredible addition to this city.

Flood protection in Toronto (and most of southern Ontario) is regulated to a "Regional storm." It's basically the same as Hurricane Hazel. Will a storm like that ever happen again in our lifetimes? With climate change, it could absolutely happen again, or something close.

Another thing to remember is we're talking strictly riverine and lake flooding. It's more likely Toronto will face more extreme localized thundercell dumps that don't cause this kind of widespread flooding, but rather pluvial / urban flooding. Basically, so much damn water falls in such a short time that the ground and storm sewers can't drain it away fast enough. This doesn't solve that problem necessarily if the rainfall is localized over the Port Lands, but would offer protection if it happened upstream.

 

[hawc]

I guess.....