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Unveiled Those attending a public meeting in the Fort York Visitor Centre on June 2 were able to view for the first time design concepts for the new pedestrian-cycling bridge across the rail corridors north of Fort York. They were developed in competition by three short-listed teams. A big difference this time from the previous scheme rejected by the City in May 2011 is that two structures will work as a pair in place of a single continuous bridge. The Hamilton and GeorgetownKitchener rail corridors, both heading west out of Union Station, diverge north of Fort York. One bridge will cross the Hamilton corridor from Fort York to a midpoint at the end of Ordnance Street, while the second will span the Georgetown-Kitchener corridor from the midpoint to land on the south Stanley Park extension on Wellington Street West. In an unusual Design-Build process overseen by the City, Build Toronto, and MMM Group, a Request for Proposals was issued in early 2015 to three short-listed proponents: Dufferin Construction Co., EllisDon, and Landmark Bridge Builders. They then assembled expert teams to work up the schemes posted here <http://fortyorkbridge.mmm. ca/#/PIC2>, now undergoing evaluation. The winner will be announced late in the summer. Since all proposals had to fit within the budgeted funds available, a construction start is projected for this fall, with completion in spring 2017.
Fort York Cycling and Foot-Bridge Proposals
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