Lou Di Gironimo, General Manager, Toronto Water, gave us a fantastic presentation on January 25, 2022 explaining why a big rainfall can cause Toronto's old combined sewers to overflow untreated into the Lake. There's an ambitious plan to fix the problem at a cost in the billions, involving digging three massive new tunnels, a new hi-tech outfall out in the Lake, plus new pumping and treatment facilities. Construction is underway, but will take many years. A recording is posted at "Recordings of Speaker Series" tab. "Recordings of Speick here to RSVP.
Some Toronto Harbour dock walls are collapsing. Many have decrepit, unusable safety ladders, or none at all. Yet the water can be cold enough to kill you, and the dock walls are high and unclimbable. WFA Chair Ed Hore recently did a Report on the condition of the dock walls, pointing out the worst spots, with photos taken from his kayak. An Appendix has pictures of all the harbour dock walls.
We are now on the new and fast growing BlueSky you can find us there via your web browser at https://bsky.app/profile/waterfront4all.bsky.social.
Or you can download and sign up for the BlueSky App.
We are pleased to join a positive new social media site that focuses on engagement and information sharing, rather than misinformation and disinformation. Hope to see you there!
Find out more about BlueSky https://bsky.social/about/blog/11-29-2024-engagement
FEATURING guest speaker Marc Ryan, Principal & Co-founder, PUBLIC WORK.
Plus an update on the Island Airport RESA process: including a little unboxing of the recent City Council decision.
