Gardiner East Gardiner Expressway

& Lake Shore Boulevard Reconfiguration Environmental Assessment

& Urban Design Study

1 Public Information Centre #1 – June 13, 2013

John Livey

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Deputy City Manager City of Toronto

Why are we here?

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To start the process of making a decision about the future of the Gardiner East

Why do we need to

make a decision?

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Significant public investment required

Need preferred alternative by March 2014

Balance a number of public policy and

fiscal priorities

How do we do that?

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Environmental Assessment and

Urban Design Study

Help make an informed choice -Case Studies/ Public Ideas/ Design Ideas/ Your Ideas

-Technical Analysis

-Public Engagement & Dialogue

• 1956-1965 Gardiner Expressway constructed

• 1990 Crombie Commission recommended full removal

• 1996 planning began to remove the section east of the Don River

• 2001 removal of the 1.3km segment east of the Don River completed for $38M

• 2009 Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference approved for eastern segment

Historical Overview

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7 Bent Repairs Timber Bracing Inspection and Controlled Chipping

Rehabilitation Capital Program

Study Area

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Coordination with Other Studies

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Approved EA Terms of Reference

• Based on City’s Official Plan and Central Waterfront Secondary Plan principles

• Approved and committed road map for the EA study

• Explore options as per approved Terms of Reference

• Ensure strong city-building options remain at centre of technical analysis

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How do people get Downtown?

TTC Transit

47%

GO Transit

19%

Private

Vehicles

34%

Other

Routes

76%

Gardiner/

Lake Shore

Corridor 24%

Existing Morning 3-Hour Peak Period Inbound

TOTAL 100% PRIVATE

VEHICLES

34%

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Comparable Daily Volumes

Source: City Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Summary 2005-2009 Counts.

Assumed Vehicle Occupancy based on 2011 Cordon Counts

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Gardiner East Traffic Volume Eastbound

to 401

East York/

North York

East Toronto

(Leslieville,

Beach etc)

Kingston Rd.

& Danforth

Jarvis/

Sherbourne

Spadina/

York-Bay-Yonge

Eastb

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Dufferin

Source: AM Peak Period Survey Results (2010 Origin/ Destination Survey)

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Lake Shore

Southbound at

Danforth

to 401

East York

North York

Lake Shore

at Carlaw

Richmond Jarvis/

Sherbourne

Spadina/

Yonge-Bay-

York

South

Etobicoke

to

QEW/

427

Gardiner East Traffic Volume Westbound

4500 450

2900 525

7400 975

0.131757

Source: AM Peak Period Survey Results (2010 Origin/ Destination Survey)

John Campbell

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President & CEO, Waterfront Toronto

The Central Waterfront Plan is Built on Four Core Principles

16 Central Waterfront Secondary Plan

• Removing Barriers • Building a Network of Spectacular Waterfront

Parks and Public Spaces • Promoting a Clean and Green Environment • Creating Dynamic and Diverse New Communities

Making Waves: Central Waterfront Plan

Coordinate with Waterfront Precinct Plans

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Revitalization is Underway

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EA Terms of Reference Goals

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1 Revitalize the Waterfront

2 Reconnect the City with the Lake

3 Balance Modes of Travel

4 Achieve Sustainability

5 Create Value

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the elevated

expressway

and build a

new boulevard

remove

with a new

above or below

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expressway

replace

the urban

fabric while

maintaining the

existing

expressway

improve maintain

the elevated

expressway

Four Alternative Solutions

Alternatives as per approved EA Terms of Reference

Christopher Glaisek

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Vice President of Planning & Design Waterfront Toronto

Karen Alschuler Urban Design Global Leader

Perkins + Will

How will we generate the Alternative Solutions?

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Case Studies • Help us understand the issues, technical

challenges, ideas and economics of the projects

Public Ideas • Ideas proposed by the members of the public and

past design proposals

How will we generate the Alternative Solutions?

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Design Ideas • Six international design teams selected through a

competitive process to participate in an 8-week ideas generating exercise

• Two teams were assigned to each of three EA options: Improve, Replace, and Remove

• Detailed briefing on existing conditions and concurrent studies

• Feedback provided by stakeholder and technical committees mid-way through

• The complete design submissions are available for further review on our website

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Questions for you to think about

• Which ideas are most consistent with your vision for the waterfront and the city?

• What ideas do you think are the most important to consider as part of the study?

• What ideas do you think are least important to consider as part of the study?

• Do you have any other ideas to suggest?

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CASE STUDY

Whitehurst Freeway, Washington, D.C. Maintain

1.2 km • 45,000 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway

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CASE STUDY

Whitehurst Freeway, Washington, D.C.

1.2 km • 45,000 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway

Maintain

• 1949, 64 years old • Serves as bypass

road • Major visual barrier

Georgetown to water • Maintain decision

made on concerns re: traffic and peak hour congestion

• COST: $29 million/km

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CASE STUDY

Buffalo Skyway, Buffalo, NY Maintain

1.6 km • 43,400 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway

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CASE STUDY

Buffalo Skyway, Buffalo, NY Maintain

• 1953, 60 years old • 36 meters tall along

waterfront • Chose to rehabilitate,

with 20-year fix • Focus on safe & reliable • New petition to study

again

• COST: $91 million/km

1.6 km • 43,400 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway

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DESIGN IDEA

Gardiner Expressway/ Lake Shore Blvd

Rehabilitated deck, girders and columns.

Maintain

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Rehabilitated infrastructure and public art, public realm and lighting improvements

DESIGN IDEA

Gardiner Expressway/ Lake Shore Blvd Maintain

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Built in 1954 • 3.2 km (2 miles) • 175,000 vehicles per day • 6-lane elevated highway with at-grade CASE STUDY

E. River Waterfront Esplanade, New York Improve

3.2 km • 175,000 vehicles per day • 6-lane elevated highway

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Built in 1954 • 3.2 km (2 miles) • 175,000 vehicles per day • 6-lane elevated highway with at-grade CASE STUDY

E. River Waterfront Esplanade, New York Improve

3.2 km • 175,000 vehicles per day • 6-lane elevated highway

• 1954, 59 years old • Decision to retain and

invite public uses under and surrounding

• Focus on tourism and city-building

• Esplanade, community and commercial uses

• COST: $51 million/km

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Built in 1970s • 400 m • 4-lane elevated highway

CASE STUDY A8ERN8 – Zaanstad, Netherlands Improve

BEFORE

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CASE STUDY A8ERN8 – Zaanstad, Netherlands Improve

• 1970, 40 years old • Capture of area under

highway • Inventive design of

community uses, recreation and retail

• From barrier to meeting place

• COST: $8.7 million/km

Built in 1970s • 400 m • 4-lane elevated highway

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A new public park is created on top of the existing Gardiner Expressway

PUBLIC IDEA Les Klein “Green Ribbon” Improve

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Access to the new public park is provided by ramps and elevators at key locations

PUBLIC IDEA Les Klein “Green Ribbon” Improve

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Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group

Greenberg Consultants Inc. Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg

Daoust Lestage Transsolar

Arup AECOM

Improve DESIGN IDEA 1

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• No change to Gardiner

• Creation of park that flows into underused spaces and up over new buildings

• Podium buildings create a new park above the Gardiner

DESIGN IDEA

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group Improve

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The Gardiner remains unchanged with a new park system woven around and under it

Improve DESIGN IDEA

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group

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An entirely new landscape is created above the level of the Gardiner where it bends

Improve DESIGN IDEA

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Improve DESIGN IDEA

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group

The “Podium Park” atop creates a new relationship between the Gardiner and the city

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance Hood Design

BA Consulting Group Ltd.

Improve DESIGN IDEA 2

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• Move Lake Shore out from beneath the expressway

• Inhabit the space below the expressway,

• “Green” the elevated structure to make a “parkway”

• Establish better north-south connections

Improve DESIGN IDEA

Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance

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Improve DESIGN IDEA

Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance

Lake Shore is shifted south to expose the street and infill beneath the existing Gardiner

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Improve DESIGN IDEA

Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance

The space beneath the Gardiner is enhanced through architectural treatment

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Improve DESIGN IDEA

Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance

A new community is created with strong waterfront connections

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3.2 km • 110,000 vehicles per day • 8-lane elevated highway

CASE STUDY

Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, WA Replace

AFTER

BEFORE

TUNNEL

ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY

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3.2 km • 110,000 vehicles per day • 8-lane elevated highway

CASE STUDY

Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, WA Replace

• 1959, 54 years old • Under construction • Deep bore tunnel

with 6-lanes for through traffic

• Waterfront road, promenade & 20 acres public land

• Celebrates new vision for city

• COST:

$1.2 billion/km

AFTER

BEFORE

TUNNEL

ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY

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CASE STUDY

Central Artery “Big Dig”, Boston Replace

2.4 km • 190,000 vehicles per day • replaced a 6-lane elevated highway

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CASE STUDY

Central Artery “Big Dig”, Boston Replace

2.4 km • 190,000 vehicles per day • replaced a 6-lane elevated highway

• 1953, 45yrs when removed

• Replaced w/ cut and cover tunnel

• Parks and 4-lane boulevard

• Public development sites, new revenue, tourism, investment

• COST:

$1.23 billion/km (for portion comparable to Gardiner)

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PUBLIC IDEA

Jose Gutierrez “Viaduct and SkyPATH

Construct a cable stayed bridge over the rail corridor

Replace

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PUBLIC IDEA

Jose Gutierrez “Viaduct and SkyPATH

Cable stayed bridge would serve vehicles, streetcars, bicyclists and pedestrians

Replace

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West 8 + DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU Arup

Halsall Associates BA Group

A.W. Hooker Associates

Replace DESIGN IDEA 3

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• Build a new expressway on top of a widened rail embankment

• Shift Lake Shore to the south of the former Gardiner structure

• Demolish existing expressway to create a two-sided street

DESIGN IDEA

West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU Replace

AFTER

LAKE SHORE

BEFORE

LAKE SHORE EASTBOUND

LAKE SHORE WESTBOUND

GARDINER RAIL

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GARDINER

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DESIGN IDEA

West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU

A new, consolidated bridge connects the new Gardiner to the DVP over the Don River

Replace

DVP

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DESIGN IDEA

West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU

A series of new or enhanced “gateways” are created to stitch the city to the waterfront

Replace

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DESIGN IDEA

West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU

Replacement of the Gardiner allows for new destination districts

Replace

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Halcrow-Yolles

Hoerr-Schaudt Landscape Architects IBM

CB Richard Ellis

Replace DESIGN IDEA 4

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• Puts the expressway function in a tunnel below-grade

• Creates a new Lake Shore Boulevard with a dedicated transit line

• Increases development potential of underutilized public land

Replace DESIGN IDEA

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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Replace

A four-lane below-ground tunnel replaces the elevated Gardiner Expressway

DESIGN IDEA

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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Replace

A signature bridge is proposed over the Don River with sustainable features

DESIGN IDEA

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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Replace

A six-lane Lake Shore Boulevard and streetcar right-of-way are built at grade

DESIGN IDEA

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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Replace

New buildings front onto a tree-lined promenade along the Keating Channel

DESIGN IDEA

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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2.5 km • 80,000 vehicles per day • replaced 6-lane elevated highway

Remove CASE STUDY

Embarcadero Freeway, San Francisco, CA

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2.5 km • 80,000 vehicles per day • replaced 6-lane elevated highway

Remove CASE STUDY

Embarcadero Freeway, San Francisco, CA

• 1957, 32 years for collapse/removal

• Embarcadero today is 6-lane boulevard

• Waterfront promenade • Light rail in median • 300% increase values • Jobs, housing, new public

plazas and signature Ferry Building

• COST:

$32 million/km

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Remove CASE STUDY

West Side Highway, New York, NY

8.2 km • 140,000 vehicles per day • removed 6-lane elevated highway

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Remove CASE STUDY

West Side Highway, New York, NY

8.2 km • 140,000 vehicles per day • removed 6-lane elevated highway

• 1937, 64 yrs when removed

• Replaced w/ 8 lane boulevard in 2001

• Major greenway bicycle/pedestrian separated pathway

• Rehab and infill development with rising tax revenues

• COST:

$84 million/km

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Remove PUBLIC IDEA

DTAH

Removal of the elevated structure and replacement with a grand boulevard

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Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Arup Claude Cormier Landscape Architects

2X4, Inc.

DESIGN IDEA 5 Remove

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• Creates a major new intermodal hub east of the Don River

• Supports a new employment district

• Replaces the expressway with the Downtown Relief Line subway and an at-grade Lake Shore Boulevard

Remove DESIGN IDEA

Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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The hub serves as an anchor for a new employment district east of the Don River

Remove DESIGN IDEA

Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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A 6,000 car parking garage connected to transit reduces auto trips into the old core

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DESIGN IDEA

Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Subway

GO Transit

Streetcar

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Transit enables Lake Shore to be built at grade with enhanced north-south connections

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Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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The Gardiner is removed to make way for the Downtown Relief Line and development

LAKE SHORE

DOWNTOWN RELIEF SUBWAY

RAIL CORRIDOR

Remove DESIGN IDEA

Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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James Corner Field Operations Arup

Schollen & Company Inc. North-South Environmental

Remove DESIGN IDEA 6

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• Replaces the Gardiner Expressway with a broad landscaped Lake Shore

• Enhances north-south pedestrian connections with architectural treatments

• Transforms rail embankment into sculpted garden

Remove DESIGN IDEA

James Corner Field Operations

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BEFORE

The elevated expressway is replaced with a broad landscaped 8-lane boulevard

GARDINER

LAKE SHORE EASTBOUND LAKE SHORE WESTBOUND

Remove DESIGN IDEA

James Corner Field Operations

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Intersections are regularized and unified with consistent architectural treatments

Remove DESIGN IDEA

James Corner Field Operations

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“Media Sleeves” are inserted at each rail underpass to illuminate and animate them

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James Corner Field Operations

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The rail embankment is transformed into a sculpted garden and stormwater system

Remove DESIGN CONCEPT

James Corner Field Operations

The rail embankment is transformed into a sculpted garden and stormwater system

Remove DESIGN IDEA

James Corner Field Operations

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A living landscape replaces a fixed concrete environment

Remove DESIGN IDEA

James Corner Field Operations

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In Summary remove replace improve maintain

Environment

Urban Design

Transportation +

Infrastructure

Economics

Evaluation Criteria

Develop Alternative Solutions

Design Ideas Public Ideas

Next Steps …

Your Ideas You

are

here!

Summer 2013

Fall 2013

Spring 2014

Summer & Fall 2014

MOE Review & Decision 2015 Onwards

Spring 2015

Consult on Alternative Solutions

City Council Approval

Develop & Consult on Alternative Designs

City Council Approval & Submission to MOE

Get Involved

• Participate Online GardinerEast.ca

• Phone 416-479-0662

• Email info@gardinereast.ca

• Send us a letter

• Attend the next public meeting Fall 2013

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Thank You!

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