July 9, 1998
TO:Urban Environmental and Development Committee
FROM:General Manager, Transportation Services
SUBJECT:F.G. Gardiner Expressway East Dismantling Project
WARD:Councillors Jack Layton and Pam McConnell Ward 25 - Don River and
Councillors Sandra Bussin and Tom Jakobek Ward 26 - East Toronto
Purpose:
To provide a summary of the differences between the F.G. Gardiner Expressway East
Dismantling Project (the Current Plan) and an alternative plan developed to by-pass the Lake
Shore Boulevard East and Carlaw Avenue intersection (the Alternative Plan).
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not Applicable.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that this report be received for information.
Council Reference/Background/History:
To aid in the discussion of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway East Dismantling Project we have
provided a supplementary report to our July 7, 1998 report that provides a summary of the
differences between the Current Plan and the Alternative Plan.
The following is a point-form summary of these differences.
Discussion:
| Current Plan:
(A)Physical Design
-1380 metres of Gardiner structure
removed
-two 2-lane ramps provided in median of
Lake Shore Boulevard starting at Bouchette
Street
-existing rail line in median of Lake Shore
Boulevard relocated to the north boulevard
(B)Urban Design
-1,120m of tree and grass planting
opportunities on both sides of Lake Shore
Boulevard between Booth Avenue and
Leslie Street
-central median planting of 1,120m to
separate EB and WB Lake Shore Boulevard
-1,120m of "address" for redevelopment
created on Lake Shore Boulevard
(C)Traffic Operations
-westbound traffic destined to the Gardiner
Expressway travels through one additional
traffic signal at Lake Shore Boulevard and
Carlaw Avenue
-eastbound Gardiner traffic destined to
Lake Shore Boulevard travels through two
additional traffic signals at Lake Shore
Boulevard and Carlaw Avenue and at Lake
Shore Boulevard and Leslie Street.
-Port area traffic will be able to access
Gardiner either via Leslie Street or Carlaw
Avenue
(D)Rail Operations
-shunting movements will no longer block
westbound Lake Shore Boulevard traffic
-through train movements to CanRoof and
the eastern Port will cross both eastbound
and westbound Lake Shore Boulevard and
impact traffic destined for and exiting |
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Alternative Plan:
-820 metres of Gardiner structure removed
-one 2-lane ramp provided in the median of
Lake Shore Boulevard and one 2-lane ramp
provided in the north boulevard of Lake
Shore Boulevard, starting 160m east of
Carlaw Avenue in the vicinity of the film
studios
-Lake Shore Boulevard narrowed to 2 lanes
in each direction at Carlaw Avenue
-existing rail line in median of Lake Shore
Boulevard is not relocated
-650m of tree and grass planting
opportunities on both sides of Lake Shore
Boulevard between Leslie Street and east of
Carlaw Avenue
-central median planting of 650m to
separate EB and WB Lake Shore Boulevard
-650m of "address" for redevelopment
created on Lake Shore Boulevard
-westbound traffic destined to the Gardiner
Expressway travels through no additional
traffic signals
-eastbound Gardiner traffic destined to
Lake Shore Boulevard travels through one
additional traffic signal at Lake Shore
Boulevard and Leslie
Street
-Port area traffic will only be able to access
Gardiner via Leslie Street as it does today.
-traffic destined for and exiting Gardiner is
not impacted by train movements
-shunting movements will continue to
block westbound Lake Shore Boulevard
-through train movements to CanRoof and
the eastern Port will continue to affect Lake
Shore Boulevard traffic.
-duration of construction is 3 years |
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These figures represent the capital cost of each item and therefore the totals do not match the
net present value life-cycle cost figures.
| (H)Life-Cycle Cost
-$34 million not including property costs |
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-$40 million not including property costs |
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Conclusions:
The foregoing summarizes the differences between the current plan for the F.G. Gardiner
Expressway Dismantling Project and an alternative plan developed at the request of City
Council.
Contact Name:
Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas
Manager, Project Planning and Design
392-8590
David C. Kaufman
General Manager, Transportation Services
Barry H. Gutteridge
Commissioner, Works and Emergency Services
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