COMPANY PROFILE
Cherry Street Stormwater
and Lakefilling Project
The Port Lands, Toronto
180 years of collective
deep foundations
expertise
Piling
Shoring
Cut-off walls
Performance testing
Design build solutions
Marine Construction
VANCOUVER
CALGARY
EDMONTON
SASKATOON
HAMILTON
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and CreateTO; and with the support and involvement of
Ports Toronto. In June 2017, $1.25 billion in shared funding
was announced by the governments of Canada, Ontario and
Toronto to deliver the full PLFP Project. Roughly six months
later in December 2017, construction began on the Cherry
Street Lake filling portion of the project. This early start was
thanks to $65 million in tri-government funding through the
Clean Water and Wastewater Fund.
Construction began on the full PLFP Project in July 2018
– to be completed in 2024 – involving activities such as the
construction of a new one-kilometre-long river channel. Soil
contamination remediation and earth-filling operations to
raise the grade of the surrounding land will ultimately contribute
to the creation of 40 hectares of greenspace and parklands.
Three new bridges, as well as an extension to the
existing Lake Shore Boulevard Bridge, will be built; including
infrastructure needed to allow for the future development of
waterfront neighbourhoods and commercial areas.
Creating new land
The initial component of the project involves reshaping
the northwest corner of the Port Lands area around Essroc
Quay near the new Cherry Street Bridge. Designed to stabilize
the shoreline and to create a new landmass, the project
includes constructing a dockwall containment structure
and then bringing in a huge amount of locally-sourced fill to
create approximately 5,000 square metres of land. This newly
created landmass will eventually form part of the future
Promontory Park and will also facilitate the re-alignment of
Cherry Street and the construction of a new bridge over the
Keating Channel.
Beginning in May 2018, under the construction management
of Ellis Don Civil Ltd., the SB Canada team (then
Bermingham), took on the challenge of delivering a marine
wall that would form the north and west sides of the landmass
containment structure.
“We talked about
how to put the
knowledge, expertise
and talent of the two
companies together
and build synergies
between them.”
– Robert Marzetti,
Soletanche Bachy Canada
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