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19-413: The Simcoe Street tunnel was officially opened on September 22, 2009 by Councillor Adam Vaughan . Construction of the tunnel began in late 2006 and was carried out in stages. Thin soil cover prohibited the use of bored tunnel and hacked tunnel methods. For each stage the substructure was first constructed within the excavated trenches to the underside of the temporary trestles. A key component in building

38-498: A producer of CityWide . He left in 1989 to join the board of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters . In 1990, he joined Metro Morning on CBL as a segment producer. He subsequently joined CBLT in 1994, covering City Hall as a municipal reporter, producer, and director. Vaughan has covered Toronto Police Service , Toronto City Hall , Queen's Park and Parliament Hill in his career. He returned to

57-513: A son and a daughter from previous relationships. He was previously married to journalist Suhana Meharchand . His father, Colin Vaughan , was a noted architect, television journalist and former city councillor, who was CityTV's political reporter until his death in 2000. Adam Vaughan worked at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute 's radio station CKLN from 1982 to 1987, and was manager of the station from 1985 to 1987. He joined CITY-TV in 1987 as

76-586: Is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada . The associated department is Employment and Social Development Canada . Jenna Sudds has held the position since July 26, 2023. The position of Minister of Social Development was created in 2000 to be responsible for overseeing Social Development Canada a new federal department concerned with the needs of seniors, children, families and people with disabilities. Prior to 2003, these responsibilities were under

95-534: Is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 until 2021. Vaughan represented the Toronto area riding of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Liberal Party . He previously sat on Toronto City Council , representing Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina from 2006 until he resigned in 2014 to run in a federal by-election for Trinity—Spadina . During his time as an MP, Vaughan served as

114-574: The 2006 municipal election . The seat had been vacated by Olivia Chow who left the city for federal politics. He won the seat defeating Helen Kennedy , Chow's executive assistant, by 2,300 votes. After the 2010 mayoral election , Vaughan was an outspoken critic of then- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford . As a member of City Council Vaughan sat on the Toronto Police Services Board , the Planning and Growth Management Committee,

133-477: The 2021 Canadian federal election . He was succeeded by Kevin Vuong , who was nominated as a Liberal, but saw party support for him dropped after the revelation of sexual assault charges against him in 2019. Minister of Families, Children and Social Development The minister of families, children and social development ( French : ministre de la famille, des enfants et du développement social )

152-561: The Lake Ontario waterfront within the City of Toronto. The original rail corridor was a major physical barrier between the downtown and the lakefront where continuous residential, recreational and business developments are occurring. The tunnel reduces the length of vehicular travel time and associated carbon emissions, and the new ease of access promotes carbon-free travel, i.e., bicycling and walking. Former Mayor of Toronto, David Miller

171-594: The Minister of Human Resources Development . On February 4, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper merged the personnel and responsibilities of Social Development Canada into Human Resources and Skills Development Canada using an Order in Council , and did not name anybody to the post of Minister of Social Development. On November 4, 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau transferred the employment responsibilities to

190-418: The parliamentary secretary to prime minister on intergovernmental affairs from 2015 to 2017, and to the minister of families, children and social development on housing and urban affairs from 2017 to 2021. Prior to his political career, he was a radio and television journalist. In August 2021, Vaughan announced that he would not seek re-election to Parliament . Vaughan is married to Nicole Anatol and has

209-791: The Citytv team in 2000. Vaughan has written for Toronto Life magazine and the Toronto Star . Before becoming a journalist, Adam Vaughan was a cartoonist for Books in Canada , Quill and Quire , Canadian Forum and several other publications. After Marilyn Lastman, the wife of the then mayor of Toronto Mel Lastman , was caught shoplifting from an Eaton's store in Toronto, the mayor threatened to kill Vaughan if he reported on his family. Vaughan ran in Trinity—Spadina - Ward 20 in

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228-897: The Toronto Arts Council, Artscape Board, the Board of Trustees for the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Harbourfront Centre Board. Additionally he sat on the city's Heritage Board, and the city's Preservation Board. In 2014, he ran as the Liberal candidate in a federal by-election to succeed New Democratic Party MP Olivia Chow, who had resigned to run for Mayor of Toronto . At the time. the Liberals had their fewest MPs in history. Vaughan resigned his city council seat on May 13, 2014, several days after

247-704: The Trinity—Spadina by-election was called. He defeated NDP candidate Joe Cressy by 6,745 votes, a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Vaughan was quickly promoted to the Liberal front bench as critic for urban affairs and housing. In the October 2015 federal election, Vaughan ran in Spadina—Fort York, essentially the southern portion of his old riding. His main opponent was Chow, the person who he had replaced twice, first on Toronto City Council and then later as MP. Once

266-441: The election was called, Vaughan initially trailed Chow in public opinion polls. However, on election day, in part due to a massive surge of Liberal support in Toronto, he defeated Chow convincingly, taking 54.5% of the vote to Chow's 27.4%. On December 2, 2015, he was appointed the parliamentary secretary to the prime minister for intergovernmental affairs. In August, 2021, Vaughan announced he would not be seeking re-election in

285-411: The existing rail service of the 177 trains per day using the corridor, a risk of loss of ridership was removed that could have occurred in relation to potential delays. Long and short distance travellers were continuously able to get to their destinations as planned, which helped to avoid an increase in the use of personal vehicles. A lasting environmental impact after construction is the improved access to

304-533: The railway companies including Via Rail , Canadian National Railway , Amtrak and GO Transit to ensure the services of 177 daily scheduled trains that passed over the tunnel were maintained. Some trains were temporarily rerouted to adjacent tracks. To help protect the environment during construction of the tunnel a Quality Management Plan was set in place. This plan ensured all waste materials were disposed of according to government regulations. Disposal techniques were also monitored for compliance. By not affecting

323-610: The tunnel posed significant challenges as the Union Station corridor has the highest train volume for a single terminus location in North America. It was necessary to maintain the normal operation schedule of the railway corridor during construction. In order to not cause any disruption to the operation of 16 tracks, construction was scheduled during train work blocks. Morrison Hershfield the project managers, designers, contract administrators and site engineers, worked with

342-420: The tunnel was the readily available supply of precast deck segments nearby. The project required 1.6 kilometres of girders so Soncin, who was contracted by Fairmont Developments to construct the extension of Simcoe Street, built a precast facility on site. A total of 153 girders were produced in three months. Fifty-one girders were post tensioned and 102 girders were normally reinforced. Design and construction of

361-563: Was quoted saying “The Simcoe Street underpass will improve downtown traffic flow and help provide important services to future development on the lands south of Union Station. But most importantly, the project will improve access to our waterfront for all Torontonians." According to the city report published in 2014, the underpass was flooded 5 times between 2010 and 2013. 43°38′37″N 79°23′04.5″W  /  43.64361°N 79.384583°W  / 43.64361; -79.384583 Adam Vaughan Adam G. Vaughan (born July 3, 1961)

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