Strachan Avenue Grade Separation Design Concept Study Open House

An open invite from the city: anyone who is concerned should attend (we'll be there from the association...)

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You are invited to attend an open house on Tuesday June 17, 2008 at 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Liberty Market Building, 171 East Liberty Street, 2nd floor Tenant Lounge, to review various options to replace the existing at grade crossing of Strachan Avenue and the GO Georgetown/Milton line. The outcome of this exercise will become part of the City of Toronto’s response and input into GO Transit’s Individual Environmental Assessment Study of the “Georgetown South Corridor Service Expansion and Airport Transportation Link between Lester B. Pearson Airport and Union Station”.

The City of Toronto has retained a consultant team led by du Toit Allsopp Hillier-Urban
Design/Architecture/Landscape Architecture with BA Consulting Group-Transportation Planning and Delcan Corp-Structural and Civil Engineering to develop and assess various opportunities and options to replace the existing at-grade crossing of Strachan Avenue and the GO Georgetown/Milton line. Urban Design, “place making” is an integral component to this study. The objective is to enhance the existing built environment and establish a clear identity for the area with Strachan Avenue as a gateway to the waterfront and has a neighbourhood street including a technically feasible alternative to the at grade rail crossing.

Following a brief presentation at 6:30 pm of Tuesday June 17, the consultant team and city staff will be available to discuss the grade separation options that have been developed in an open house format in order to obtain input from invited community representatives, business interests and public agencies.