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Port Lands Flood Protection & Enabling Infrastructure Design Review Submission Phase 2 12 April 2018 DRAFTMVVA Inc. • WSP • DTAH Design Review Panel Comments ● Ensure a strong presence of public realm throughout ROW’s (leading with landscape). ● Within the 40 m ROW there is opportunity to achieve a very good landscape best practices vs. innovation. ● There is concern over the ROW widths being too wide and verging on having a suburban character. ● Think about what is innovative with the design and what makes it different. ● A better understanding of how this is going to look, feel, and work (cross sections) is required. ● Ensure the streets integrate well into Villiers Island. ● Find a roleDRAFT for public art within the design. Design Advancement: 4 Strategies ● Reconnect the Port Lands to Toronto’s regional road and bike network ● Program Opportunities for Innovative Sustainability and Resilience Strategies ● Clarify the identity of the Villiers Island public realm ● Develop a site-specific character for each major thoroughfare DRAFT 1. Reconnect the Port Lands to Toronto’s Regional Road and Bike Network DRAFT Existing Connective Roadways Expanded Port Lands Connectivity Dundas St E Dundas St E Leslie St Leslie St Leslie Sumach St Sumach St Sumach Broadview Ave Broadview Ave Broadview Carlaw Ave Queen St E Carlaw Ave Queen St E Don Valley Pkwy Parliament St Parliament Eastern Ave Eastern Ave Lake Shore Blvd E Lake Shore Blvd E Commissioners St Commissioners St Don Roadway Don Leslie st Leslie st Leslie Munition St. Munition Don Roadway Don Unwin Ave Unwin Ave Cherry St Cherry St Cherry Primary Roads Primary Roads DRAFTSecondary Roads 0 250 500m Existing Transit Network Open the Port Lands with Transit Gerrad St E Gerrad St E Dundas St E Dundas St E Queen St E Ave Broadview Queen St E Ave Broadview King St E King St E Leslie St Leslie St Leslie Cherry St Cherry St Cherry Commissioners St Queens Quay E Streetcar Stop Transit Hub Future Proposed Street Car Street Car in Mixed Traffic DRAFTStreet Car in Mixed Traffic 0 250 500m Existing Bike Network Create a Bikeway Nexus Dundas St E Dundas St E Sherbourne St Sherbourne Shuter St St Sherbourne Shuter St Jones Ave Jones Ave Eastern Ave Logan Ave Logan Ave Logan Mill St Lake Shore Blvd E Mill St Lake Shore Blvd E Commissioners St Don Roadway Don Leslie st Leslie st Leslie Munition St. Munition Unwin Ave Cherry St Cherry St Cherry Martin Goodman Trail Martin Goodman Trail Bike/Shared R.O.W. Lanes Bike/Shared R.O.W. Lanes DRAFTFuture Bike Lanes 0 250 500m Regional Bike Trail Network (Existing) Don Valley Trail Martin Goodman Trail - Queens Quay Blvd DRAFT Trail Network (Existing) Trail Network (Interim) DRAFT Trail Network (Interim) Phase 1 Scope LEGEND Martin Goodman Trail Don River Trail Park Path DRAFT 2. Program Opportunities for Innovative Sustainability and Resilience Strategies DRAFT Framework Considerations for Innovative Road Design Adaptive Technology ● Communication between ‘smart’ elements (streetlight poles, cars, smart phones, transit buses / LRT) ● Road infrastructure will feature a joint use trench (JUT) with fibre/copper ● Potential data collection on users to refine future phase of implementation Road Design Considerations for Autonomous Urbanism ● At grade design which separates users (bikes, cars, pedestrians) is conducive to introduction of autonomous urbanism ● Less parking, more drop-off lay-bys ● Locating drop-off areas close to desired destinations DRAFT● Toronto Hydro will likely manage-build extra capacity in JUT’s Adaptive Local Road Network adaptive pedestrian signal crossing potential data collection designated lay-bys for Uber/AV E.V. recharge stations PaveGen (London, UK) DRAFTAquaPave Geothermal System - Snow Melt Sensing Technologies “Open Building” Utility Raceways park utility raceway sidewalk raceway DRAFT Environmental Comfort: Wind Breaks wind break 34m 42.5m 17m 10.6m 13.8m 30m 8.5m prevailing winter winds DRAFT Permeable Pavements lay-by areas LRT decking Stormcrete Pre-cast Pavers DRAFTMississauga Park Porous Pavement Trial Hybrid Porous System Centralized vs. Decentralized Stormwater Treatment Program • Construction parallels maintenance of utility service • Treatment train approach to stormwater management • District scale economy of service • Park edge treatment, diverting boulevard drainage to park • New technology for ballasted flocculation DRAFTmeets/exceeds WWFMG • Enhanced water balance targets / climate change Hybrid Centralized-Decentralized Stormwater Treatment Program SWM APPROACH Centralized vs. Decentralized CENTRALIZED DECENTRALIZED Capital Cost 1.5m Environmental Cap Time to Achieve Approvals Heterogeneous O&M Cost Urban Fill Sustainability 100 yr Storm Performance wrt WWFMG Groundwater/ Lake Level Process Equipment Standardized Design Precedence Penetration of the Environmental Barrier Potential Additional Filling for Gravity Sewers Discharges above 100-year HGL Park+Channel Villiers Island Park + River Good: Possible (complicated): Fail: DRAFT Decentralized Stormwater Collection and Redistribution green roof collection (50%) site collection polishing landscapes DRAFT Centralized Stormwater Treatment Rainfall Event Local LID for Surface and Sub Surface Collection Linear Pre-Treatment BIOSWALE SOIL CELLS Outlet to Lake End of Pipe Treatment: Ballasted Flocculation Facility Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Canada Inc. & Technologies Solutions Water Veolia Canada Inc. & Technologies Solutions Water Veolia © © DRAFT OIL / GRIT SEPARATOR Villiers Island Public Art Strategy (Draft WT - 2017) Passages Program (marks transformation over time) Linkages Program (connects to site history) Engagement Program (lures with temporary works) 3.5 Parallel Program In addition to the public art contributions coming from private and public development blocks, the art program for Villiers Island will benefit from funding generated by the required 1% public art contribution on major capital works undertaken by the City of Toronto and Parallel Program (integrates with infrastructure) it’s Agencies, Boards and Commissions, as passed by Toronto City Council in the 2003 Culture Plan for the Creative City: “The Culture Division should work with all relevant City departments, agencies, DRAFT boards and commissions to implement Council’s policy dedicating one per cent of the capital budget of all major municipal buildings and structures to public art.” Kristan Horton, Icing, 2010, Bathurst and St. Clair West, Toronto Most notably, there will also be a budget for art opportunities accompanying the build out of the new LRT systems along Cherry and Commissioner Streets. This civic capital project will generate a percent for art budget through the City’s Percent for Art Program which mandates a minimum of 1% public art budget applied to the construction costs of any major capital project undertaken by the City or any of its agencies, boards or commissions. It is anticipated that implementation of these future opportunities will support the intentions and vision outlines in this Strategy. 20 Engagement Program: ‘Isle of Bikes’ Competition DRAFT Engagement Program: ‘Isle of Bikes’ Competition visibility of bike culture social gathering pioneering of industrial lands DRAFT mechanical craft 3. Clarify the Identity of the Villiers Island Public Realm DRAFT Villiers Island: Gateway to the Port Lands Villiers Street New Cherry Street Don Roadway North Don Roadway New Munition Street Trinity Blvd. Trinity Villiers Park Rd. Park Villiers Commissioners Street DRAFT 0 67.5 135m Villiers Island: Gateway to the Port Lands Cherry St (40m ROW) Don Roadway Commissioners St (40m ROW) (42m ROW) Commissioners St (40m ROW) DRAFT R.O.W. Width: Comparative Scale Studies Spadina Avenue (University) Queens Quay Boulevard Front Street (WDL) 28m (+) 6.6m 7.1m 3.6m 15.9m 42m 8m 8m 38.5m 8m 18.1m 7m 7.5m 7m ROW = 38.5m (+16m) ROW = 28m (Min) ROW = 42m 32% Cross Section = Public RealmDRAFT50% Cross Section = Public Realm 75% Cross Section = Public Realm Cherry Street Cherry Street Expresses the Shift in WaterfrontDRAFT Geometry Cherry Street: Link the Urban Archipelago Cherry St West Don Lands Distillery District Keating Precinct Villiers Island Polson Quay DRAFTCherry Beach Don Roadway Sculptural form at crest of wall Walled Edge + Occupiable edges at riverine vistas DRAFT Don Roadway: Reveal the New River Mouth Don Roadway DRAFT Commissioners Street Normative McCleary Leslie Street City Grid Park Greenway Villiers Island Promontory The Blue Park Square Terminus at Park Don River Broadview Industrial DRAFTCherry Edge Channel Nexus Portlands Commissioners Street: Incorporate the Park Edge Commissioners St River Park North DRAFT Trinity + Villiers Streets Keating Villiers Channel Park Promenade Park-Urban Interface Promontory Don River DRAFTPark Channel Trinity + Villiers: Unify the Island Edge Trinity Blvd Villiers St Villiers Park Rd (20m ROW) (32.2m ROW) (20m ROW) DRAFT 4. Develop a Site-Specific Character for Each Major Thoroughfare DRAFT Roadway Scope - Relative to PPRR Scope Legend Phase 1 Future Phases Cherry St Relative PPRR Scope Villiers St Villiers Park Rd Trinity Blvd Don Roadway Commissioners DRAFTSt 0 67.5 135m Phase 1 Streetscape Types Corridors Urban Park River Landscape Typologies Precinct Threshold Park Threshold Plaza LRT Station Pedestrian Thoroughfare Promenade DRAFT 0 67.5 135m Cherry Street: Link the Urban Archipelago Cherry Street North Distillery District Polson Quay DRAFTCherry Beach Cherry Street - Design Criteria 58% Cross Section = Public Realm setback