December 8, 2021, Toronto, ON – Waterfront Toronto, joined by MP Julie Dabrusin, MPP Amarjot Sandhu, Mayor John Tory, and Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher, marked the arrival of a colourful new bridge that will become a landmark on Toronto’s skyline, connecting the future Villiers Island to surrounding revitalized Port Lands.  

Ken Dion, Project Director for Port Lands Integration, looks back on 30 years of advocacy to restore the Don River. 

POSTED: NOVEMBER 23, 2021 | PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE
BY: KEN DION
 

November 7, 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 has arrived in Toronto’s Harbour today, as the Port Lands Flood Protection project reaches a new milestone.  

Waterfront Toronto hosted an "arrival" watch party on its Facebook page to mark this important moment as the Cherry Street North bridge concluded its maritime journey. 

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.