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Gardiner East Public Forum #1
Gardiner East Gardiner Expressway & Lake Shore Boulevard Reconfiguration Environmental Assessment & Urban Design Study Public Information Centre #1 – June 13, 2013 1 John Livey Deputy City Manager City of Toronto 2 Why are we here? To start the process of making a decision about the future of the Gardiner East 3 Why do we need to make a decision? Significant public investment required Need preferred alternative by March 2014 Balance a number of public policy and fiscal priorities 4 How do we do that? Environmental Assessment and Urban Design Study Help make an informed choice -Case Studies/ Public Ideas/ Design Ideas/ Your Ideas -Technical Analysis -Public Engagement & Dialogue 5 Historical Overview • 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 6 Rehabilitation Capital Program Bent Repairs Timber Bracing 7 Inspection and Controlled Chipping Study Area 8 Coordination with Other Studies 1 9 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 10 How do people get Downtown? TOTAL 100% GO Transit 19% TTC Transit 47% Private Vehicles 34% Existing Morning 3-Hour Peak Period Inbound PRIVATE VEHICLES 34% Other Routes 76% Gardiner/ Lake Shore Corridor 24% 11 Comparable Daily Volumes Source: City Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Summary 2005-2009 Counts. Assumed Vehicle Occupancy based on 2011 Cordon Counts 12 Gardiner East Traffic Volume Eastbound to 401 Jarvis/ Sherbourne Eastbound at Dufferin Spadina/ York-Bay-Yonge East York/ North York East Toronto (Leslieville, Beach etc) Kingston Rd. & Danforth Source: AM Peak Period Survey Results (2010 Origin/ Destination Survey) 13 Gardiner East Traffic Volume Westbound to 401 Southbound at Danforth South Etobicoke Spadina/ Yonge-BayYork East York North York Jarvis/ Sherbourne Richmond Lake Shore at Carlaw to QEW/ 427 Lake Shore Source: AM Peak Period Survey Results (2010 Origin/ Destination Survey) 14 John Campbell President & CEO, Waterfront Toronto 15 The Central Waterfront Plan is Built on Four Core Principles • 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 Central Waterfront Secondary Plan 16 Coordinate with Waterfront Precinct Plans 17 Revitalization is Underway 18 EA Terms of Reference Goals 1 Revitalize the Waterfront 2 Reconnect the City with the Lake 3 Balance Modes of Travel 4 Achieve Sustainability 5 Create Value 19 Four Alternative Solutions maintain improve replace remove the elevated expressway the urban fabric while maintaining the existing expressway with a new above or below grade expressway the elevated expressway and build a new boulevard Alternatives as per approved EA Terms of Reference 20 Christopher Glaisek Vice President of Planning & Design Waterfront Toronto Karen Alschuler Urban Design Global Leader Perkins + Will 21 How will we generate the Alternative Solutions? 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 22 How will we generate the Alternative Solutions? 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 23 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? 24 25 Maintain CASE STUDY Whitehurst Freeway, Washington, D.C. 1.2 km • 45,000 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway 26 Maintain CASE STUDY Whitehurst Freeway, Washington, D.C. 1.2 km • 45,000 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway • 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 27 Maintain CASE STUDY Buffalo Skyway, Buffalo, NY 1.6 km • 43,400 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway 28 Maintain CASE STUDY Buffalo Skyway, Buffalo, NY 1.6 km • 43,400 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway • 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 29 Maintain DESIGN IDEA Gardiner Expressway/ Lake Shore Blvd Rehabilitated deck, girders and columns. 30 Maintain DESIGN IDEA Gardiner Expressway/ Lake Shore Blvd Rehabilitated infrastructure and public art, public realm and lighting improvements 31 32 Improve CASE STUDY E. River Waterfront Esplanade, New York 3.2 km • 175,000 vehicles per day • 6-lane elevated highway 33 Improve CASE STUDY E. River Waterfront Esplanade, New York 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 34 Improve CASE STUDY A8ERN8 – Zaanstad, Netherlands Built in 1970s • 400 m • 4-lane elevated highway BEFORE AFTER 35 Improve CASE STUDY A8ERN8 – Zaanstad, Netherlands Built in 1970s • 400 m • 4-lane elevated highway • 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 36 Improve PUBLIC IDEA Les Klein “Green Ribbon” A new public park is created on top of the existing Gardiner Expressway 37 Improve PUBLIC IDEA Les Klein “Green Ribbon” 38 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge Access to the new public park is provided by ramps and elevators at key locations Improve DESIGN IDEA 1 Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group Greenberg Consultants Inc. Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Daoust Lestage Transsolar Arup AECOM 39 Improve DESIGN IDEA Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group • 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 40 Improve DESIGN IDEA Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group 41 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge 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 42 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge An entirely new landscape is created above the level of the Gardiner where it bends Improve DESIGN IDEA Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group 43 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge The “Podium Park” atop creates a new relationship between the Gardiner and the city Improve DESIGN IDEA 2 Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance Hood Design BA Consulting Group Ltd. 44 Improve DESIGN IDEA Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance • 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 45 Improve DESIGN IDEA Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance Lake Shore is shifted south to expose the street and infill beneath the existing Gardiner 46 Improve DESIGN IDEA Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance 47 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge The space beneath the Gardiner is enhanced through architectural treatment Improve DESIGN IDEA Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance 48 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge A new community is created with strong waterfront connections 49 Replace CASE STUDY Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, WA 3.2 km • 110,000 vehicles per day • 8-lane elevated highway BEFORE ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY AFTER TUNNEL 50 Replace CASE STUDY Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, WA 3.2 km • 110,000 vehicles per day • 8-lane elevated highway • 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 BEFORE ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY AFTER TUNNEL • COST: $1.2 billion/km 51 Replace CASE STUDY Central Artery “Big Dig”, Boston 2.4 km • 190,000 vehicles per day • replaced a 6-lane elevated highway 52 Replace CASE STUDY Central Artery “Big Dig”, Boston 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) 53 Replace PUBLIC IDEA Jose Gutierrez “Viaduct and SkyPATH Construct a cable stayed bridge over the rail corridor 54 Replace PUBLIC IDEA Jose Gutierrez “Viaduct and SkyPATH Cable stayed bridge would serve vehicles, streetcars, bicyclists and pedestrians 55 Replace DESIGN IDEA 3 West 8 + DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU Arup Halsall Associates BA Group A.W. Hooker Associates 56 Replace DESIGN IDEA West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU BEFORE GARDINER RAIL LAKE SHORE EASTBOUND LAKE SHORE WESTBOUND AFTER GARDINER LAKE SHORE RAIL • 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 57 Replace DESIGN IDEA West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU A new, consolidated bridge connects the new Gardiner to the DVP over the Don River DVP 58 Replace DESIGN IDEA West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU 59 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge A series of new or enhanced “gateways” are created to stitch the city to the waterfront Replace DESIGN IDEA West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU 60 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge Replacement of the Gardiner allows for new destination districts Replace DESIGN IDEA 4 Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Halcrow-Yolles Hoerr-Schaudt Landscape Architects IBM CB Richard Ellis 61 Replace DESIGN IDEA Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture • 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 62 Replace DESIGN IDEA Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture A four-lane below-ground tunnel replaces the elevated Gardiner Expressway 63 Replace DESIGN IDEA Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture 64 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge A signature bridge is proposed over the Don River with sustainable features Replace DESIGN IDEA Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture 65 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge A six-lane Lake Shore Boulevard and streetcar right-of-way are built at grade Replace DESIGN IDEA Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture New buildings front onto a tree-lined promenade along the Keating Channel 66 67 Remove CASE STUDY Embarcadero Freeway, San Francisco, CA 2.5 km • 80,000 vehicles per day • replaced 6-lane elevated highway 68 Remove CASE STUDY Embarcadero Freeway, San Francisco, CA 2.5 km • 80,000 vehicles per day • replaced 6-lane elevated highway • 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 69 Remove CASE STUDY West Side Highway, New York, NY 8.2 km • 140,000 vehicles per day • removed 6-lane elevated highway 70 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 71 Remove PUBLIC IDEA DTAH Removal of the elevated structure and replacement with a grand boulevard 72 Remove DESIGN IDEA 5 Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture Arup Claude Cormier Landscape Architects 2X4, Inc. 73 Remove DESIGN IDEA Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture • 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 74 Remove DESIGN IDEA Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture The hub serves as an anchor for a new employment district east of the Don River 75 Remove DESIGN IDEA Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture A 6,000 car parking garage connected to transit reduces auto trips into the old core Cherry St GO Transit Subway Streetcar 76 Remove DESIGN IDEA Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture Distillery District PEDESTRIAN PLAZA AT TRINITY ST Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Transit enables Lake Shore to be built at grade with enhanced north-south connections 77 Remove DESIGN IDEA Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture The Gardiner is removed to make way for the Downtown Relief Line and development LAKE SHORE RAIL CORRIDOR 78 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge DOWNTOWN RELIEF SUBWAY Remove DESIGN IDEA 6 James Corner Field Operations Arup Schollen & Company Inc. North-South Environmental 79 Remove DESIGN IDEA James Corner Field Operations • Replaces the Gardiner Expressway with a broad landscaped Lake Shore • Enhances northsouth pedestrian connections with architectural treatments • Transforms rail embankment into sculpted garden 80 Remove DESIGN IDEA James Corner Field Operations The elevated expressway is replaced with a broad landscaped 8-lane boulevard BEFORE LAKE SHORE EASTBOUND GARDINER LAKE SHORE WESTBOUND AFTER LOCAL STREET & PROMENADE LAKE SHORE 81 Remove DESIGN IDEA James Corner Field Operations Intersections are regularized and unified with consistent architectural treatments 82 Remove DESIGN IDEA James Corner Field Operations 83 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge “Media Sleeves” are inserted at each rail underpass to illuminate and animate them Remove DESIGN IDEA James Corner Field Operations 84 Leslie Carlaw DVP Cherry Parliament Sherbourne Jarvis Yonge The rail embankment is transformed into a sculpted garden and stormwater system Remove DESIGN IDEA James Corner Field Operations A living landscape replaces a fixed concrete environment 85 In Summary maintain improve replace remove 86 Evaluation Criteria Environment Urban Design Economics Transportation + Infrastructure Next Steps … Public Ideas Design Ideas Your Ideas Develop Alternative Solutions Consult on Alternative Solutions City Council Approval Develop & Consult on Alternative Designs City Council Approval & Submission to MOE MOE Review & Decision You are here! Summer 2013 Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Summer & Fall 2014 Spring 2015 2015 Onwards 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 89 Thank You! 90
