A city councillor will table a motion later this week asking staff to study the possibility of establishing a permanent pedestrian link to the Toronto Islands.
The motion from Coun. Jon Burnside comes just weeks after two of the five ferries to Toronto Islands went out of service on June 14.Burnside called the city’s response, which also encouraged people to consider taking a water taxi or visiting another day, a “horrible message” to send, creating barriers to accessing the public park.
Ahead of the Canada Day long weekend, the city told CTV News Toronto on Monday that the Trillium is back in operation as needed and Thomas Rennie repairs are expected to be completed in the coming days. While the cost of developing a bridge would need to be studied by the city to peg a precise figure, Engelberg said for context, the four new bridges constructed nearby, including the Cherry Street North and Commissioners Street bridges, together cost $100 million.The concept of a pedestrian link to the Toronto Islands has long been discussed but little headway has been made.
“Just getting there is super frustrating, and once you’re there, you could wait a really long time to get back,” Reece Martin said, noting the last time he made the trip a couple years ago, he got stuck for 90 minutes on the other side waiting for a ferry.
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