Waterfront Toronto, the City of Toronto and TTC are reviewing some minor adjustments that will help reinforce some of the existing regulatory signs and signals on the new Queens Quay. As these adjustments are approved by the City and TTC, we’ll start to implement them. (Photo: Connie Tsang)

POSTED: JUNE 30, 2015 I DESIGN, INFRASTRUCTURE, CYCLING, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES
By Mira Shenker

On June 19, we celebrated the opening of your new Queens Quay with the biggest ribbon cutting Toronto has ever seen. Now we’ve entered a period of commissioning and adjustment for the new street – and we’d like your feedback. (Photo: Connie Tsang)

POSTED: JUNE 25, 2015 I DESIGN, CYCLING, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, TRANSPORTATION, COMPLETE STREETS
BY: MIRA SHENKER

Toronto, June 19, 2015 – After three years of construction, Toronto’s revitalized waterfront boulevard is open – on schedule, and in time for the Redpath Waterfront Festival and the upcoming Pan Am and Parapan Am Games.

On May 30th, over 100 people joined our Queens Quay site walk to learn more about the design of our new waterfront street.

POSTED: JUNE 17, 2015 I CYCLING, DESIGN, SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORTATION, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, COMPLETE STREETS, WALKABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS
By Mira Shenker

This Saturday, crews will begin to open sections of the Martin Goodman Trail on Queens Quay, starting at Bay and moving west.

By Mira Shenker

The Martin Goodman Trail will open in about a week from Bay to just west of Spadina at Yo-Yo Ma Lane. Paving is scheduled to be fully complete by the end of next week, and line painting has already started.

On June 19th, join Waterfront Toronto as we officially open the revitalized Queens Quay. On the left: Before - A view of the narrow pedestrian area at the Simcoe Slip in 2008. On the right: After - A view of the Simcoe WaveDeck opened in 2009 and the new widened granite promenade to be fully opened June 2015. 

JUNE 2, 2015 I PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, DESIGN, COMPLETE STREETS
BY: HEATHER GLICKSMAN

The transition back to two-way vehicular traffic operations on Queens Quay will commence on Monday June 1, 2015. From that day until June 10, eight Queens Quay intersections with the new traffic controllers and associated signal lights will be commissioned. The transition will commence from the east at Bay St. and work west to Lower Spadina Ave. and Yo-Yo Ma Lane. By June 10, it is anticipated that two-way traffic operations will be fully commissioned for the entire Queens Quay Revitalization project site.