A rendering of the new Martin Goodman Trail extension that will be completed by 2015.

POSTED: OCTOBER 22, 2014 I PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, CYCLING
BY: SAMANTHA GILENO

The 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina streetcars have returned to Queens Quay, marking a major milestone in the revitalization of Toronto's waterfront boulevard.

POSTED: OCTOBER 14, 2014
BY: SAMANTHA GILENO

Streetcars Return to Queens Quay

October 8, 2014, Toronto, ON—The 509 Harbourfront streetcar will resume service from Union Station along Queens Quay to Exhibition Station this Thanksgiving weekend. The resumption of service on Sunday, October 12, will officially mark the completion of TTC-related construction activities on Queens Quay.

One of many linear parks and greenways in the city, the Toronto Beltline Trail is one of our favourites. Traversing five separate neighbourhoods, this 9km trail lets you escape the hustle and bustle of the streets as you travel through the city.

Queens Quay, which runs east-west parallel to the lakefront, is the waterfront’s main street. It spans more than 3 kilometres from Bathurst Street in the central waterfront to Parliament Street in East Bayfront, the new waterfront neighbourhood currently being developed by Waterfront Toronto. In the central waterfront, we have transformed Queens Quay into one of the world’s most beautiful waterfront boulevards.

POSTED: MAY 7, 2014
BY: SAMANTHA GILENO

May 7, 2014, Toronto, ON—Queens Quay – Toronto’s main waterfront street – is being completely transformed. From an uninspiring thoroughfare to a beautiful waterfront boulevard. The new Queens Quay will connect waterfront destinations and help create a lively and active urban waterfront. But the makeover isn’t limited to above ground improvements. Much of the construction on Queens Quay is for new underground infrastructure – the municipal services we all need but rarely think much about.

October 1, 2013, Toronto, ON—Construction is on schedule to deliver the revitalization of Queens Quay for the spring of 2015 in time for the Pan Am Games. This massive revitalization project, from just west of Lower Spadina Avenue to just east of Bay Street, is rebuilding Toronto’s main waterfront street both above and below ground.

November 15, 2012, Toronto, ON— Waterfront Toronto, together with our government partners, officially broke ground today on a major revitalization project that is transforming Toronto’s main waterfront street into a world-class boulevard.

Construction along the 1.7 kilometre stretch of Queens Quay from just west of Lower Spadina Avenue to just east of Bay Street is completely rebuilding and revitalizing the area both above and below ground.

November 1, 2012, Toronto, ON— On November 5, traffic on Queens Quay will change to one-way westbound-only between Bay Street and Lower Spadina Avenue to enable revitalization of the street. Two travel lanes will be maintained as much as possible, and all north-south streets will remain open with eastbound traffic rerouted to Lake Shore Boulevard/Harbour Street. The one-way traffic operation will be in place throughout the first stage of street construction until Spring 2013.