Calls grow for Gardiner construction to pick up the pace

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The bridge rehabilitation project near Dufferin is scheduled to continue for the next three years, and some are calling on the city to extend the construction hours to get it done faster. The increased congestion impacts about 200 thousand people every day, and affects the city's productivity.
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@justace2796 28 күн бұрын

The mismanagement of so many aspects of this city is unreal.

@WaytoGo723 27 күн бұрын

And Torontorians voted in a female Robinhood!

@willpine7343 28 күн бұрын

Keep taking away street lanes for bike lanes, will make it way better

@deepbrit 27 күн бұрын

Bikers using the street for 4 months to make traffic snarls for rest of year. Toronto is already ruined and one day Sooner all working class will leave this landfill of Canada

@mikep.5517 27 күн бұрын

It's like this everywhere. In KW it takes 3 years to rehab one kilometer of main thoroughfare and after all that time it's still not done "right" and they always have to go back in and dig giant holes to fix leaky water mains that weren't put together correctly in the first place. Roads are closed entirely for entire seasons year in and year out and the pace is so slow. It feels like in the "old days", when machines were powered by steam and men wielded shovels, that work got done so much faster, was done right the first time and lasted so much longer.

@jasonforsyth2157 28 күн бұрын

Toronto is like a bad used car, the problems just keep coming

@GoogleAccount-so4ge 28 күн бұрын

403 … not even one worker this morning, yesterday 2 at 6.20

@dixonpinfold2582 28 күн бұрын

Terrible situation. Thank god we have a super-genius in the Mayor's office or we'd be screwed.

@7477238 28 күн бұрын

The good thing is I can avoid the Toronto downtown core all summer and that's what I'll do. Plenty more to do up north, east and west of the city with none of the mess.

@Stormneo 26 күн бұрын

Same here, don’t plan on going downtown at all if i can avoid it for the next few years

@7477238 26 күн бұрын

@@Stormneo Yeah. I do feel for the people who have to go there for work or needs to go to the hospital for treatment because transit sucks and the roadways/highways are no better. It must be frustrating for emergency services as it's a challenge getting fire trucks, ambulances and police cars through that mess.

@Stormneo 28 күн бұрын

In japan this construction would have been done in 2 weeks tops

@pacman3556 28 күн бұрын

and it would have fallen apart in 3 weeks tops.

@Stormneo 28 күн бұрын

@@JUNGLEJUICEJONES makes sense

@anirudh0000 28 күн бұрын

@@pacman3556have you been to Japan? lol

@pacman3556 28 күн бұрын

@@anirudh0000 why would I need to go to Japan?

@deepbrit 27 күн бұрын

Under corrupt NDP, construction continues in Caza

@sc00bs63 28 күн бұрын

I predict one day soon, Toronto will experience a super traffic jam,. people will die due to inability to get emergency help. already, the congestion is causing accidents to create more accidents, City hall is dysfunctional,. This is how a city dies.

@svetlanadav970 27 күн бұрын

The same situation with 404. More than 10 years passed, few workers work there, even not visible during working hours from 7am to 5pm.In China it will be finished in few months

@wesbrown738 27 күн бұрын

Good luck with that

@caribeanqt 28 күн бұрын

Brad Bradford is the first person in government to admit that all roads going east/west into the city have construction with no alternatives. I appreciate his efforts.

@ljmk22 28 күн бұрын

They could do it if they wanted. Easily. There is night construction 🚧 always done on the highways. So let’s go. I don’t even live there anymore. But I cannot fathom it with construction it was horrendous 15 years ago without construction.

@WaytoGo723 28 күн бұрын

Construction workers in Canada on public projects usually take advantage of the relaxed management. How much time they spend on doing actual work, on the phone or on walking about? That is why public works projects are slow and very expensive.

@billboggs6641 27 күн бұрын

Not only will they not speed up, they'll go even slower. Many years of guaranteed income for construction workers

@misterchristian123 28 күн бұрын

Get it done! 24/7/365

@johnbrown303 28 күн бұрын

That will never happen. Too many greedy contractors doing half assed work. Look at how England and European countries do roads. Much better roads and less than half the cost.

@rafial81 28 күн бұрын

Problem in the city? 😂

@LiplessEagle 27 күн бұрын

Who’s calling?

@jakeace2830 28 күн бұрын

Unions won’t allow this

@ljmk22 28 күн бұрын

What wouldn’t they allow? One set of construction does day. Second set of people come in and do night. You can easily swap people out in 8-12 hours.

@jakeace2830 28 күн бұрын

@@ljmk22 the city of Toronto only hires unions which is red tape bs which equals slower work but unions also wanna take longer so the workers get paid more I’m just saying my opinion the union will say no to this and plus they’d have to hire more workers ontop of that

@ljmk22 28 күн бұрын

@@jakeace2830 that’s fine. Both “opinions” are possible. Yours is just a bit more negative and not really based on much. It will cost them more to have more ppl on deck. Versus wanting them to work slower. So 6 in one. Half a dozen in the other. I’m with buddy in the broadcast because it’s clearly possible. Unions or not. You can work safely and abide by union protocols and still “speed” this up. And who knows maybe they don’t need to hire more people they just end up with more in a concentrated area. If they do hire more that’s fantastic and can be posted as temporary with the possibility of continuation after the project. If not. Then it’s stated. And will help 100s of people looking for work.

@jakeace2830 28 күн бұрын

@@ljmk22 I mean sure but this will go way over budget and as much I would love to see ALL road construction on major highways be 24/7 there’s to much red tape and the city and unions won’t come to an agreement

@victoriacenteno5395 28 күн бұрын

Every project should have a completion time and a penalty if not met. Without, the project will be subject to corruption. These people are very good with their opinions but no actions. Same things happen with any projects all the time. Even 3rd world countries set limits with huge penalties tied up to any construction projects.

@LL-pe1qn 28 күн бұрын

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@jungle991 28 күн бұрын

They better hiring Chinese construction ..I'm sure Chinese construction will finish it in a week

@InADarkTavern 28 күн бұрын

GO expansion hopefully will decrease traffic load.

@friend1766 28 күн бұрын

How do you increase city populations exponentially without any concrete plans on the ground? The immigration system combined with general demographic increase is causing congestion , they should build more new cities or expand small ones to relieve big cities . You cannot keep filling up the glass with water and and expect it to not spill over get another container.

@InADarkTavern 28 күн бұрын

@@friend1766 they are expanding smaller ones like the suburb in which I lived.

@deepbrit 27 күн бұрын

Accessibility and reliability of GO is still questionable. Cost to travel at regular basis is high than to commute on own

@mikeb5664 28 күн бұрын

Who pays?

@titusmccarthy 28 күн бұрын

YOU.

@deepbrit 27 күн бұрын

Working class wasting gas and time while private contractors making millions in contracts

@ron.mexico. 28 күн бұрын

The longer it takes, the more it costs. It’s all on purpose. The construction company makes more money and the politicians are “owed” once they retire. This is how politicians make money. Not their salaries.

@mrconductor144 28 күн бұрын

Come on, you know the unions will not like this kind of "Hurry Up" talk,

@zxrcanada 28 күн бұрын

People who live around hwys just have to suck it up, its the price we pay (including myself)

@BATDAN_92 28 күн бұрын

That means city workers would actually have to work

@willpine7343 28 күн бұрын

Private contractors

@abellseaman4114 28 күн бұрын

@@willpine7343 HYPOCRITE LIE-berals REFUSE TO ADMIT just how many project s organized by either Metrolinx OR THE CITY unions have been WAY OVER BUDGET AND WAY OVER THE SCHEDULED TIME FRAME AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIE-berals seek to blame Ford for the messes the CITY AND LIE-berals have created and then dumped into Fords lap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jenniferatkinson5519 28 күн бұрын

Do we need to take on additional debt as tax payers to expect this in addition structural fail by rushing work. Take the go train

@scottblackburn2969 28 күн бұрын

Cannot get man power to work job.

@mikelynch-zeroviewz2507 28 күн бұрын

Another gong show, brought to you by Toronto politicians 😢😢😢

@huntercallan1458 27 күн бұрын

That couple jaywalking with their dog should lose their right to have a pet.

@derekwdna 28 күн бұрын

In China, this project would of finish in 3 days with NO disruption. Here we are, Gardiner will take couple years to complete.... not couple months, couple YEARS...lol

@derekwdna 28 күн бұрын

Everytime I drive by, out of 8 constructions worker, 6 of them will always be drinking coffee, chatting and smoking. Just really 1 or 2 is working...

@michealcormier3132 28 күн бұрын

So I’m glad all the engineers and construction crews who spent years planning this project to bring it to this point should have all along just ask this clown how to do it! Just use slave labour and the lowest safety standards known to man like the communist countries do and ignore the fact that we as a government didn’t spend the money to maintain and repair the highway as it should have been to the point it’s gonna take 100’s of crew 3 years to rebuild a major Arteries into the busiest cities in North America. If this is how council spends its time on something they’ve known about for years already perhaps it’s time to change it.

@deepbrit 27 күн бұрын

Toronto is a landfill of Canada. Crime, congestion, construction, inflation, think of anything bad and it’s all in Toronto. Can’t even think of going towards this trash city to ruin my weekend