As Rouge national urban park Mark 10 years in existenceAdvocates of the preserved green space are expecting that the city of Toronto will be able to speed up the estimated three-year closure of a major road that is in place due to the safety concerns associated with the 75-foot bridge.
“This is very important. Our residents depend on the form of a regular passage on the twin rivers and the shepard … it is now being cut,” Pickering Ward 1 Regional Coun. Maurice Brener said, steps away from the eastern closed border.
“It is definitely an important connection point, and it is not a rural section to set the record straight. It is an environmentally protected area of a national park.
“What the city of Toronto has done has been cut in half and said,” Pickering, you are on one side. Residents of Toronto, you are on the other side, ‘and it’s wrong. “
Brener is referring to the closing of Twin River Drive between the east of the East East in Scarborough and uses Twin River Day Use Area to the west of the woodview Avenue in Pickering.
It was ordered to be closed more than a year ago as the single-lane stot bridge, which crosses the Rouge River, was understood to have deteriorated so badly by Toronto’s city by the city of Toronto that the motorized vehicles could no longer be passed on it. Pedestrians and cyclists can still use the bridge, but it is not easily accessible.
During the site’s visit, Citynews knocked the closure signage. On the bridge, it appeared that there was a small fire where some pylons were standing once.
Twin River Drive is also one of Government withdrawal route For pickering nuclear production station.
For drivers going around twin river drive closure, there are two routes:
- Answer: Shepard Avenue East, Medowel Road, Plug Hat Road, Bare Road, Finch Avenue East, Woodview Avenue or Alton Road, Twin River Drive
- South: Shepard Avenue East, Kingston Road, Elton Road and Twin River Drive
Brener said that in addition to providing an easy link to Toronto for West Pickering residents, there is a good, local back-up for East-West Road Kingston Road and Highway 401-two roads in the south that cross the Rouge River.
He said, “My residents are still suffering from Alton North Region,” he said, referring to traffic congestion on Kingston Road.
Polyn Bruz, a former Scarborough MP and Prime Minister Brian Muloroni’s government in the government of the environment, who went to create Friends of Roose National Urban ParkEchoed the importance of the road.
“Twin River Drive is one of the most beautiful roads within the rose because it goes down correctly in the valley, so even those who are not able to reach the trails, are able to appreciate this most beautiful settings,” he said.
“It is 20,000 acres of land surrounded by seven million people. It is an oasis.”
A City notice of Toronto The construction of a permanent replacement was not started until the beginning of 2027. It was not immediately clear when it would end. Citynews asked about the long road closure. Spokesperson Laura Mcquilan wrote in a statement that security concerns arose during a regular inspection.
“The intensive evaluation of the bridge repairing and replacement options confirmed that a complete bridge replacement is required to ensure long -term security and viability of the structure,” he said.
“The detailed design of the new bridge is complex, as it requires a large structure, reconstruction approach and hyacinth reality to meet the current standards. This requires hydro transfer, tree removal, heritage and archaeological documentation, additional geopolitical studies, water relations studies and excavation work.”
In March 2024, Toronto City Council approves An environmental assessment Looking at various bridges at Rouge National Urban Park. Belly Bridge and Hillside Bridge are also prescribed for complete replacement.
Municipal staff said that a temporary structure to replace the Stot bridge was rejected due to cost and limited lifetime, which Braner said that the pickering officials were expecting.
“No wonder that bridge needs to be replaced,” he said.
“The city of Toronto, like the city of pickering, I am sure – or should have been over the years [putting] Funds to ensure that bridge, in fact, can be repaired and or, as we determined later, was replaced. ,
Citynews contacted the coun. Paula Fletcher’s office, Toronto’s infrastructure and Chairman of the Environment Committee, to ask about the matter, but she was not available for an interview.
Bridge issue underlines Toronto Infrastructure Defisit: Specialist
Director of Toronto University, Matty Ciemiatki, Basic structure instituteThe issue speaks of a lack of a infrastructure and the widespread problem of decay.
He said, “When you have more problems than money, this is the type of situation where you have projects, where projects are postponed and delayed, and you have a infrastructure that is out of service for an expanded period,” he told Citynues.
“We have been staying away from previous investments for a long time – the 60s, 70s, investment made in the 80s – and the bill is coming due to ensuring that the infrastructure has been maintained well. We have a long period where we have held auction at or below the rate of inflation, and therefore you have done a buildup in the postponement maintenance.”
Generally, when asked about the closure of the twin river drive and the closure of the Stot, Ciaemiatki stated that the time limit strongly suggests that all this comes down to money.
He said, “The bridge can be fixed very quickly in the context of the plan and design work, in probably in terms of construction,” he said.
“Surely globally, there are examples where bridges are fixed in a weekend, where they make careful planning in advance. So the plan is prolonged before that weekend. Often, they bring heavy equipment to help re-create parts of pre-construction of construction.”
Currently, the Twin River Drive is located, where there is no seating counselor. Toronto Ward 25 with a by-election set to fill the Scarborough-Ruz Park Jennifer McKelvi left the seat vacant after resigningIt is expected that the upcoming representatives will push to intensify the project.
“People are going to elections. They need to talk to candidates. Are they ready to fight to transfer it as a priority?” Brener said, it should also be aware of adding other members of the Toronto Council.
“I think it’s important to us, as friends of the Roose National Urban Park, to put a little pressure on the city of Toronto. I definitely know that the park Canada would like to keep it open as soon as possible,” Broz said.