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An overview of the construction activities expected to take place between May 13 and May 27, 2013.
May 13, 2013
Work on the underground pedestrian walkway that will link Toronto to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is underway. Take a walk through the mud and mess of one of the 185 metre ancillary tunnels, which will eventually be filled with concrete to support the main pedestrian passageway. The project is expected to be completed in Spring 2014
Apr 15, 2013
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between March 18 and April 1, 2013.
Mar 18, 2013
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between February 19 and March 4, 2013.
Feb 19, 2013
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between February 4 and February 19, 2013.
Feb 4, 2013
‘Chip', one of the two tunnel boring machines being used to construct the pedestrian walkway to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, has completed one of the drift tunnels and broken through the tunnel’s shaft wall on Toronto Island.
Jan 29, 2013
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between January 18 and February 1, 2013.
Jan 18, 2013
‘Chip', one of the two tunnel boring machines being used to construct the pedestrian walkway to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, has been lowered into the tunnel shaft.
Jan 11, 2013
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between December 17 and January 4, 2012.

Dec 17, 2012
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between December 3 and December 14, 2012.
Dec 3, 2012
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between November 16 and November 30, 2012.
Nov 16, 2012
‘Pedestrian Tunnel to Enhance Airport’s Remarkable Success’
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) is a major economic engine for the Greater Toronto Area, generating $1.9 billion in annual economic output and 5,700 jobs, which includes 1,700 directly associated with the airport.
Nov 9, 2012
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between November 2 and November 16, 2012. 

Nov 2, 2012
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between October 5 and October 19, 2012.
Oct 5, 2012
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between September 7 and September 21, 2012.

Sep 7, 2012
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between July 27 and August 10, 2012.
Jul 27, 2012
This notice provides an overview of the construction activities that will take place between July 13 and July 27, 2012.
Jul 13, 2012

The Toronto Port Authority will be issuing regular updates on the construction of the pedestrian tunnel at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

Please download the June 4 notice for more information about construction.


Jun 4, 2012
The Toronto Port Authority will be issuing regular updates on the construction of the pedestrian tunnel at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.


May 4, 2012
The Toronto Port Authority will be issuing regular updates on the construction of the pedestrian tunnel at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
Apr 13, 2012
Download March 30, 2012 notice.
Mar 30, 2012
The Toronto Port Authority Board and the City of Toronto reached an agreement last summer, passed by City Council on July 12, 2011, that will see the City of Toronto put a new water main and replacement sewage mains in the pedestrian tunnel that the TPA is building to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. This City Council-approved agreement specifically included provisions to improve traffic management on Eireann Quay and a three year lease of the Canada Malting site to the TPA for such purposes.
Mar 23, 2012
Joined by the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, the Hon. James Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for the GTA, and M.P. for Whitby-Oshawa and His Worship Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford, Toronto Port Authority Chairman Mark McQueen today announced the start of construction of the Port Authority's pedestrian tunnel to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
Mar 9, 2012
The innovative partnership between the Toronto Port Authority and Forum Infrastructure Partners is designed to ensure that the pedestrian tunnel project comes in on time and on budget.
Mar 9, 2012
The Toronto Port Authority will be building a tunnel to Billy Bishop Toronto CIty Airport beginning in 2012.
Mar 9, 2012
The construction program for the new pedestrian tunnel to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport will take 25 months, and is designed to minimize impact on the neighbourhood around the airport.
Mar 9, 2012
The Toronto Port Authority will be constructing a pedestrian tunnel to improve access to and from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
Mar 9, 2012
The historic airport building on the site of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is getting readied to find a new home.
Nov 28, 2011
The Toronto Port Authority (TPA) today announced that it is entering into negotiations with Forum Infrastructure Partners (Forum) to build the public-private partnership pedestrian tunnel to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
Nov 25, 2011
The federal government has approved a regulation expressly permitting the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) to build a pedestrian tunnel to the popular Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
Oct 12, 2011
The Toronto Port Authority and the City of Toronto reached an agreement today, that will see the two parties work collaboratively to build infrastructure in downtown Toronto.
Jul 14, 2011