BBTCA tunnel celebrates first anniversary

PortsToronto marked the one-year anniversary of the pedestrian tunnel connecting Toronto’s mainland to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, which opened July 30, 2015.

The pedestrian tunnel enables passengers to walk between the mainland and the airport, 100 feet beneath the surface of Lake Ontario.

According to a recent study conducted by Dillon Consulting on behalf of PortsToronto, more than 90 per cent of travellers opt to take the free, convenient, six-minute walk through the tunnel; this change in access has resulted in a 75 per cent decrease in vehicles queued northbound along Eireann Quay, the study claims.