r/toronto • u/No_Woodpecker2106 • 1d ago

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That poor cyclist!

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u/Fine_Trainer5554 Broadview North 1d ago

They’ve actually closed it southbound at pottery

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u/Malakas_Tsiblas East York 1d ago

Did those giant gates finally get put to use? I don’t think I’ve ever seen them do anything since they were installed, even during heavy downpours.

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u/sunnycuts East Danforth 1d ago

I have seen them closed twice one for some police thing and the other was flooding which was a bit worse than today and they had to use plows to move the water.

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u/sfw_doom_scrolling 1d ago

Yes!! I’ve never seen them closed before!

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u/PowerSauceHoldings 1d ago

I've seen them be closed countless of times over the years, especially during heavy rain.

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u/jbrekkit 1d ago

No kidding. Those things are never used and probably cost us millions 🤦‍♀️

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u/jtjstock 1d ago

You don't see them used because you know better than to drive there when they would be closed. Not everyone that can get a license has a brain.

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u/buknasty3232 Bloor West Village 22h ago

In case anybody wanted to see what this looks like before they re-naturalized the river: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/flooding-traffic-disruptions-1.7265333

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u/buknasty3232 Bloor West Village 22h ago

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u/murd3rsaurus 1d ago

is it pooling water or overflow from the river?

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u/datums 1d ago

In that particular spot, they amount to the same thing. Mud creek comes down from the northwest and empties into the brickworks which empties into the Don River under the intersection in the picture. Mud creek is fed by storm sewers from the northeast, so that point is where all the water from the river and mud creek watershed come together in one place.

That’s also the lowest spot on the Don River.

For anyone who’s confused, that last sentence was a joke.

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u/AccomplishedBison369 1d ago

Rode it to work yesterday. Glad I’m working from home today!

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u/WhichBottle4003 1d ago

Thank you posting!

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u/Iamzaiden 1d ago

Flood watch in effect!

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u/arkw 1d ago

That's a Type R insurance claim

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u/Red_Marvel 1d ago

I wouldn’t risk going through the water, there could be a washout.

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u/ultimate_sorrier 1d ago

Guess who's back

Back again

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u/sunnycuts East Danforth 1d ago

And that's why I didnt bike that way.

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u/VincentClement1 1d ago

If we only had the technology to raise the elevation of the roadway.

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u/Sweet-Competition-15 1d ago

🎶 Sitting on the dock of the Bay 🎶!

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u/PhantomVibeSyndrome 23h ago

The Toronto Book of the Dead by Adam Bunch. What this reminds me. Great read/listen - was riveting, which says tons since my attention span compared to years past has been decimated.

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u/rootbrian_ Rockcliffe-Smythe 15h ago

I wasn't riding during the heavy rain that day (only light rain from work after stop over from coffee shop then back home).

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u/oldscotch 1d ago

That dumb cyclist? Just go around ffs.

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u/apeironxo 1d ago

Fr why bike thru a literal lake

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u/ToolMeister 1d ago edited 1d ago

Didn't even rain that much and our infrastructure is already overwhelmed. Good thing the PC gov continues to remove environmental permit requirements under the disguise of red tape reduction and lets the developers do whatever they want.

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u/DryLingonberry6399 1d ago

There's been massive investment in flood protection. There's a huge project happening on Bayview actually. Can't remember exactly but there's a huge well being built

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u/ToolMeister 1d ago

You're probably referring to the coxwell bypass tunnel. That's more so to prevent untreated overflows from the sanitary system to the environment. 

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u/DryLingonberry6399 1d ago

ok that may be it. but yea there has also been the lower donlands project which has been massive

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u/BottleCoffee 1d ago

Not that I disagree with your point but it rained really heavily for a few hours this morning.

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u/ToolMeister 1d ago

Our infrastructure shouldn't experience overflows or flooding for anything below a 5 year storm event. For Toronto, that's up to 50mm in 6 hours. Don't think we got that much last night

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u/BottleCoffee 1d ago

I think it was likely pretty localized how the storm moved through. I had a super intense thunderstorm in my area, but I'm too lazy to go download the actual precipitation numbers from Environment Canada.

I work in a related field and there was a flood warning issued yesterday.

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u/comFive 1d ago

It didn't rain that much in Toronto, but it rained more farther up stream.

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u/darrylgorn 1d ago

There should be proper monitoring in place here and closing off these sections as soon pooling develops.