News and Updates

Intersection closure on Broadview Avenue at Gerrard Street East for streetcar track replacement

The City of Toronto and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) streetcar track replacement work continues this summer on Broadview Avenue. This will result in the full intersection closure of Broadview Avenue at Gerrard Street East.

From Tuesday, July 24 at 4 a.m. until the beginning of September, the intersection of Broadview Avenue at Gerrard Street East will be fully closed to all traffic. Road users travelling east-west are encouraged to use Eastern Avenue and Dundas Street East or Danforth Avenue. Road users travelling north-south can use Parliament Street, River Street, Logan Avenue or Carlaw Avenue.

Construction Notice - Port Lands Flood Protection - Partial Lane Closures July 22 to 27

Partial Lane Closures: Sunday July 22 to Friday July 27 Surveys to inspect and document underground utilities will require partial lane closures for periods of one hour at a time. From Sunday, July 22 to Friday, July 27 between the hours of 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., crews will be working on the following streets:

1. Lake Shore Boulevard East (between Cherry Street and Saulter Street)

Update on Stopping Graphic Images used by Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform

Last year the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) started a summer campaign that used very graphic images to attack the right of women to reproductive choice. Their summer interns dropped flyers door to door and they also demonstrated with large signs on street corners across the City. They are back again this summer.

We held a community meeting last August where we heard from so many of you. Since then Councillor Doucette submitted a motion to City Council that is still be reviewed by City Legal (MM35.10 - Distribution and Display of Graphic Images). We do not expect to hear back from them until the new term.

Leslieville Traffic Study

 

The City of Toronto has launched a Traffic Management and Mitigation Study within the Leslieville Community. This traffic study is underway because I heard from so many residents about road safety, in particular around schools, related to development applications on Eastern Ave and Queen Street.

Read my motion that initiated the study here: PG22.3 - 721 Eastern Avenue Preliminary Report

Metal detectors and baggage checks are coming to Toronto city hall

Thursday, June 28, 2018 By Samantha Beattie, Toronto Star

Visitors to Toronto’s city hall will soon experience heightened security with baggage checks at main entrances and metal detector screening at council chambers.

Council approved the enhanced security measures on Thursday night, and they will be put into place this summer, according to a staff report.

Metrolinx Notices - Work on Lakeshore East Rail Corridor

 

'It's a beautiful idea': Yoga, soccer to be offered to downtown homeless

Michael Smee, CBC News June 20, 2018

The city is in the midst of an ambitious plan to offer recreation classes in activities like yoga and tai chi to the homeless.

"Being connected to the real world is such a big step to getting out, to getting settled in your own place," Coun. Paula Fletcher, who represents Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth, told CBC Toronto Tuesday.

Phased intersection closures on Broadview Avenue at Dundas Street East and Gerrard Street East for streetcar track replacement

This summer, from June 25 to September 8, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will replace streetcar tracks at the intersections of Broadview Avenue at Dundas Street East and Gerrard Street East which will result in phased intersection and road closures.

From Monday, June 25 at 4 a.m. until Monday, July 23, the intersection of Broadview Avenue and Dundas Street East will be closed for the first phase of replacement and repair work. During this time, only northbound travel will be permitted on Broadview Avenue between Gerrard Street East and Dundas Street East. From June 24 until July 24, one lane of traffic will be maintained in each direction on Broadview Avenue between Gerrard Street East and Danforth Avenue as crews work to repair other sections of track.

DUNDAS + CARLAW: ANNOUNCEMENT OF TORONTO'S FIRST HERITAGE PLAQUE DISTRICT

June 12, 2018 (Toronto, Ontario) – Heritage Toronto is pleased to announce the launch of the Dundas + Carlaw Heritage Plaque District. Comprising ten plaques and a self-guided tour, the area is the first in Toronto to be comprehensively interpreted by the Plaques and Public Education Program. 5,000 tour brochures will be distributed throughout the district, allowing residents and visitors to learn more about the history of the area and its transformation to an arts and cultural hub.

The Pocket chosen as one of Toronto's Greenest Neighbourhoods

City partners with community groups to spur home energy retrofits. The project will initially run in three neighbourhoods, including the Pocket, and partner with community groups to engage and support residents directly in their communities.