In addition to creating a naturalized river valley—which, in itself, is a historic and significant undertaking—a crucial part of this project involves building new public spaces, roads and bridges and utilities, as well as structures to control water flow and manage sediment and debris.

The work we need to do as part of the Port Lands Flood Protection Project can be grouped into four larger categories: parks, roads and municipal infrastructure, bridges and earthworks/flood protection. You can see a breakdown on the map below. More details about what we’re building.


See the non-interactive map.

Aerial view of the transforming Port Lands

See the latest drone footage of the construction site.

Construction Progress
Boxes of young plants in front of a recently planted field. The green field is surrounded by bare soil.

Planting in the Port Lands

While we’re planting in the Port Lands, 18,00 – 22,000 plants will be delivered weekly. Here’s how we’re getting so many plants into the ground.

Planting the parks

Nature and Parks in the Port Lands

Learn about the river valley and park system plantings - around 5,000 trees, 77,000 shrubs and over 2 million new herbaceous plants.

New natural spaces