October 29, 2020, TORONTO, ON — Waterfront Toronto, along with Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure Laurie Scott and City of Toronto Mayor John Tory announced that the new Cherry Street North bridge is ready to set sail from Nova Scotia for Toronto today, as the Port Lands Flood Protection project reaches a new milestone.  

The Port Lands will eventually be home to approximately 25,000 residents and 30,000 jobs. 

POSTED: OCTOBER 29, 2019 
BY: AARON BARTER
 

Flood protection essential to waterfront redevelopment and revitalization

Today in the Port Lands, Waterfront Toronto and all three orders of government took another important step for waterfront revitalization by breaking ground on a new river valley as part of the Port Lands Flood Protection project, one of the most ambitious construction projects in Toronto's history.

January 11, 2018, Toronto, Ontario — Re-naturalizing and flood protecting the Port Lands is a key priority for the governments of Canada, Ontario and Toronto. Building resilient infrastructure in the Port Lands will increase Toronto’s capacity to adapt to climate change impacts and unlock the potential for the Port Lands to be home to the healthy, prosperous complete communities of the future.
 

POSTED: OCTOBER 16, 2017
BY: AARON BARTER
 

Once completed in 2024, Port Lands Flood Protection will create a new mouth for the Don River, river valley, parkland and natural habitat. The new 1,000-metre river valley will run through the Port Lands, south of the existing Shipping Channel, creating a new island, which we’re calling Villiers Island.    
 

New Mouth for the Don River, Parkland, Natural Habitat and Other Infrastructure to Set Foundations for Development of Climate-Resilient, Large-Scale Urban Asset