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Union Station Rail Corridor East

Community Advisory Committee

CAC Meeting #6

April 30, 2018
Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
PURPOSE OF MEETING

•   Update on key issues

    o Noise and Vibration

    o Interim Air Quality

•   Bridge widening rationale

•   Design Excellence for Existing Bridge Extensions

•   Pedestrian and Cycle Connections Study

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Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
2018                                                2019                    2020+
                                                Spring                                 Fall           Winter
 TIMELINE OF OVERLAPPING WORK
                                                                 Summer

                                               USRC East Enhancements TPAP
                                               Notice of Commencement: Apr 19                     Design and Construction (2021 and beyond)

There are many ongoing and future              Statement of Completion: Oct 23

construction and maintenance activities
occurring in the USRC East:                    Receptor Based Operational Noise & Vibration Evaluation & Mitigation
                                               Share data in late spring 2018, then identify and implement mitigation

• The green arrows in the timeline below       Pedestrian and Cycle Connections Study, Funded by Metrolinx

  represent studies and work initiated since
                                               Consultation with City of Toronto, Waterfront Toronto and the community

  the USRC East CAC began meeting in           Structural Integrity Study
                                               Inspections in progress
  January 2018 of this year
                                               USRC East Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
• The red arrows show projects that have       Consultation to continue into detailed design and construction

  been approved and are currently (or will     Don Yard Expansion
  soon be) in construction
• The yellow arrow represents the ongoing      Signalling Improvements

  operations that occur in the USRC East is
  required to support, as well as the           System-Wide Electrification TPAP Approved in 2017
                                                                                                                            Design & Construction expected to
                                                                                                                            start in 2020

  regular maintenance and (when
  necessary) emergency maintenance work        Ongoing Operations, Regular Maintenance & Emergency Maintenance

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Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
TRANSIT PROJECT ASSESSMENT PROCESS (TPAP)

        A TPAP is a streamlined environmental assessment process to
                expedite the development of transit projects

                 Apr.19, 2018   WE ARE    Aug.16, 2018                          Oct. 22, 2018
                                 HERE
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Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
ONGOING CONSULTATION

                                        Technical
                         TPAP
                                       stakeholder
                       findings
                                        meetings

                                                     Design
             CAC                                     Review
                               Detailed
                                                     Panels
                               Design &
                              Construction

              Consultation will continue beyond the TPAP
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Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
RECENT CORRESPONDENCE

•   On April 19, 2018, Metrolinx issued the Notice of Commencement for the USRC East
    Enhancements TPAP

•   Several letters were received from the CAC, requesting a delay of the Notice and outlining
    outstanding concerns

•   Further delay would not change the options available to address community concerns, and
    would prevent Metrolinx from providing more transit service on the timelines that have been
    committed to

•   Moving forward with the TPAP does not in any way signify the end of community engagement,
    influence or solutions

•   Some outstanding concerns are addressed in the following presentation, and will also be
    discussed at the upcoming Public Meeting

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Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
NOISE FROM IDLING TRAINS – UNDER 30 MINUTES (SEPARATE FROM TPAP)

•   Continued commitment to no longer idle trains on track E0 and E1 for more than 30 minutes

•   Red / Green zones strategy

    o Step 1: Mapping out USRC to identify Red / Green zones

           Red zones are areas we do not want to idle trains
           Green zones are areas where idling trains would least affect residents
    o Step 2: Determine if infrastructure changes are needed to have trains idle in green zones

           Signals
           Track switches
           Other?

    o Step 3: Design / construction

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Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
NOISE & VIBRATION – RECEPTOR BASED
MITIGATION ASSESSMENT (SEPARATE
FROM TPAP)

•   Metrolinx is committed to mitigating noise

•   Currently undertaking study to develop noise
    mitigation options for the following locations:
     o   Cathedral Court Co-op
     o   Caroline Co-op
     o   Longboat Area Residents Association
     o   15 Scadding Ave. (Toronto Community Housing)
•   Report recommendations anticipated in June
•   Noise and vibration measurements took place on March 10/11, 2018 and April
    21, 2018
•   Equipment used was the same as the rail equipment that regularly operates in
    the rail corridor
•   Equipment was operating at full capacity
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Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
Balcony glazed wall
NOISE & VIBRATION – RECEPTOR BASED
MITIGATION ASSESSMENT (SEPARATE FROM TPAP)

•     Preliminary mitigation options for discussion:
                                                                                     Secondary glazing/
       o   Secondary glazing or window upgrade                                       window upgrade
       o   Door/frame upgrades
       o   Balcony glazed wall
       o   Angled wall lining, beginning at mid-height of wall (due to
           standing wave effect)                                                             Angled wall lining
             In-fill lower half of sliding door opening
             Double glazed window, with potential secondary glazing; or
             Glazed wall on balcony edge in location of existing handrail,
               extending almost to full height

    • These options are in addition to other potential mitigation (ie. noise wall)
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Union Station Rail Corridor East - Community Advisory Committee CAC Meeting #6 April 30, 2018 - Metrolinx Engage
NOISE & VIBRATION – RECEPTOR BASED MITIGATION ASSESSMENT
(SEPARATE FROM TPAP)
Emerging ideas on how to implement quickly:
•   Metrolinx role would be to fund appropriate treatments for each of the four locations
•   Metrolinx will prepare a performance specification for each location based on the
    receptor based noise and vibration assessment recommendations (currently ongoing)
•   Propose that appropriate governing bodies go to market and solicit minimum of
    three contractor prices
•   Governing bodies would need to present the results of the bidding to Metrolinx and
    propose lowest bid in order to obtain funding
•   Metrolinx to approve bid and provide funding to property management company to
    pay contractor(s)

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AIR QUALITY
(SEPARATE FROM TPAP)

                                                          NO2 Future Conditions (24hrs)
                                                                                                                PM2.5 Future Conditions (24hrs)

(David Cooper/Toronto Star)

                                                                                                                            Background:
                                                                                                                            Regional air quality
                                                                                                                            as measured at
                                                                                                                            MOECC and NAPS
                                                                                                                            monitoring stations

                              Benzene-a-pyrene Future Conditions (24hrs)           Benzene Future Conditions (24hrs)
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INTERIM AIR QUALITY (SEPARATE FROM TPAP)
                                           PM2.5 (24-hour)
•   Metrolinx is considering
    increasing service each
    year prior to electrification

•   Predicted concentrations
    at the most affected
    receptor under average
    meteorological conditions
    (24-hour averages)

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INTERIM AIR QUALITY (SEPARATE FROM TPAP)

              NO2 (24-hour)                Benzene (24-hour)

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CHANGING AREA

    1927: Berm Filling Trestle   1927: Lower Sherbourne St. Bridge                  1934: East from Royal York

             1970s                                               Future East Bayfront Plans
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USRC BRIDGES OVERVIEW
•   All four structures consist of:
     o   Cast in place concrete abutments
     o   Three steel bents supporting
     o   Four continuous beam spans with reinforced concrete infill
•   All were constructed in 1927/1928 and have recently undergone rehabilitation:
     o   Jarvis was rehabilitated in 2009
     o   Sherbourne, Parliament & Cherry were rehabilitated in 2014
•   Metrolinx’s bridge specialist estimate that it will be 40+ years before the bridges will needed an
    rehabilitation update
•   The bridges currently have between 6 - 9 tracks on the deck
•   The Metrolinx heritage committee deemed bridges met Reg. 9/06 requirements for Provincial Heritage
    Property of local significance
•   USRC Bridges are in good condition and replacement is not under consideration

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CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH BRIDGE REPLACEMENT

                       Lower Jarvis                                  Lower
                       St. Bridge                                    Sherbourne
                                                                     St. Bridge

                                                                      Lower
                      Lower Jarvis                                    Sherbourne
                      St. Bridge                                      St. Bridge
                      (1927)                                          (1927)

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CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH BRIDGE REPLACEMENT

                                                                          Cherry St.
                           Parliament
                                                                          Bridge
                           St. Bridge

                          Parliament                                      Cherry St.
                          St. Bridge                                      Bridge
                          (1927)                                          (1928)

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES

                          Planned bridge extensions:
                          1. Lower Jarvis Street (south side)
                          2. Lower Sherbourne Street (north
                             and south sides)
                          3. Parliament Street (north side)
                          4. Cherry Street (north side)

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We are looking for community
feedback on the design proposals.
Design development is an iterative
process and we need your input in
     order to move forward.

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: CONCEPT REVIEW

Design Brief         Heritage materials, modern forms

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: CONCEPT REVIEW

Design Brief         Portal concept       Lighting design by day and night

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: SHERBOURNE STREET PORTALS

Sherbourne portal on the north side of the   Sherbourne portal on the south side of the USRCE
Union Station Rail Corridor East (USRCE)     •   Integration zone with Waterfront Toronto’s Gardiner
                                                 East Public Realm project

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: SHERBOURNE STREET PORTALS

Example: existing wing wall (Jarvis Street)   Proposed: wing wall at Sherbourne Street

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: SHERBOURNE STREET PORTALS

Existing: north side portal     Proposed: north side portal

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: SHERBOURNE STREET PORTALS

Existing: south side portal     Proposed: south side portal

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: JARVIS STREET PORTAL

Diagram: south side portal       Rendering: south side portal

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: PARLIAMENT STREET PORTAL

Diagram: north side portal       Rendering: north side portal

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BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES: CHERRY STREET PORTAL

Diagram: north side portal       Rendering: north side portal

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FIRST LOOK: ENHANCING THE EXISTING UNDERPASSES

Existing underpass at Sherbourne Street   A new lighting design is planned for both
                                          daytime and night to enhance safety and amenity

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Please share with us your initial
          feedback.

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TIMELINE OF OVERLAPPING WORK
                                                                     2018                                            2019            2020+

• The Pedestrian and Cycle Connections
                                            Spring         Summer            Fall         Winter

  Study (PCCS):                           USRC East Enhancements TPAP
                                          Notice of Commencement: April 19               Design and Construction (2021 and beyond)

   o Will be funded by Metrolinx          Statement of Completion: October 23

   o Will be developed in consultation     Pedestrian and Cycle Connections Study, Funded by Metrolinx

     with the City of Toronto and          Consultation with City of Toronto, Waterfront Toronto and the community

     Waterfront Toronto, and the
     community                              • The PCCS will:
   o The CAC will have input into all          o Run in parallel to the TPAP process
     phases of the study                       o Will run until the end of 2019
                                               o Will seek ongoing community
   o Will evaluate potential future new          input
     pedestrian and cycle connection(s)
     under the rail corridor

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PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE CONNECTIONS STUDY - (SEPARATE FROM TPAP)

Purpose:
• Look at ways of strengthening the
  pedestrian and cycling connectivity
  between the north side of the
  Union Station Rail Corridor East and
  the waterfront
• It will also study ways to enhance
  the pedestrian and cyclist
  experience across the precinct

                                         A range of options: pedestrian and cycle connections

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PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE CONNECTIONS STUDY AREA - (SEPARATE FROM TPAP)

Reference material will include:
• Gardiner Expressway and Lakeshore Boulevard East
  Reconfiguration Environmental Assessment and Urban Design
  Study – Chapter 6 (City of Toronto and Waterfront Toronto 2017)
• Master Plan Lower Don Trail (City of Toronto and TRCA, 2013)
• City of Toronto 10 Year Cycling Network Plan
• Preliminary planning for the future River Park
• Waterfront Toronto North-South Connectivity Studies
• Don Landing Restoration Project

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PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE CONNECTIONS STUDY - (SEPARATE FROM TPAP)

•   Design and engineering feasibility studies are needed to understand costs and
    to work through our process for the new allocation of funds to a joint project
•   The PCCS will include cost estimates for various options
•   The outcome of the PCCS is to be used in future funding discussions with our
    key partners (City of Toronto and Waterfront Toronto)
•   This process will be separate but complement the TPAP

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PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE CONNECTIONS STUDY - (SEPARATE FROM TPAP)

The Scope of Work will include:
•   A precinct wide study of cycling and pedestrian patterns of movement and networks to inform
    potential locations for new underpasses
•   Analysis and assessment of the current connections and existing underpasses
•   Design and engineering feasibility studies for potential new underpasses
•   Research into relevant projects undertaken by other jurisdictions that address similar project
    parameters
•   Review of precedent projects from across the globe
•   Options and recommendations for improved connectivity based on best practices and the
    unique site constraints of this area
•   Design Workshops with key stakeholders including the CAC
•   Public Information Sessions
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We will continue to work with the
community and our stakeholder partners
throughout all phases of the project. This
will be a collaborative project that aims to
 integrate the different perspectives that
      each partner brings to the table.
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NEXT STEPS

•   Public Meeting #2: May 3, 2018
•   Notice of Completion: August 16, 2018
•   30-Day Public review period: August 17-September 17, 2018
    • Final Environmental Project Report and technical reports posted online
•   35-Day Minister review period: September 18-October 22, 2018
•   Statement of Completion: October 22, 2018

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