The City of Toronto will be resurfacing Dovercourt Rd from Bloor St to Hallam St starting the week of October 26. Please see below for the full construction notice.

The City of Toronto will be resurfacing Lansdowne Ave from Bloor St to Wallace Ave starting the week of Oct 6. Please see below for the full construction notice.

The work to replace the deck on the Gardiner Expressway, from Strachan Avenue to just west of Bathurst Street, resumes August 19.

While this work is taking place, two lanes of traffic in each direction will be open. The work is expected to be completed October 31, 2016.

While this work is taking place, the City is taking steps to minimize disruption to the travelling public, including implementing traffic signal timing changes to enhance traffic flow on nearby routes and working to plan improved co-ordination and response to incidents on the Gardiner Expressway

In addition, the daily closure of the westbound ramp from Jameson Avenue to the Gardiner Expressway will be temporarily suspended during the construction period.   When the construction work is completed, the normal closure on weekdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. will be reinstated in order to enhance driver safety and reduce congestion.

Drivers who use this route should consider options such as carpooling, taking transit, cycling to work, or travelling outside the usual rush hours.

The City has a web-based map to help residents and visitors make their travel plans, available at http://www.toronto.ca/roadrestrictions. Information about the City's planned capital construction work, which also affects roads, is available at http://www.toronto.ca/inview.

As part of a joint project, the City of Toronto and the College Promenade Business Improvement Area (BIA) is completing some final work to improve the sidewalk lighting of the south side of College Street between Havelock Street and Shaw Street.

Construction was halted during the winter and is now restarting to complete the final phase of work. Your co-operation and patience during the construction period is crucial and appreciated.

This new round of construction is slated to re-start on May 5th and be completed June 1st, 2015. 

For a map of the work area, key contacts and more click here to view a full version of the City of Toronto's notice in pdf format.

Jack Frost has landed in Toronto, and with the cold weather our construction crews will be packing up shortly for the season, to return in the early spring 2014 to finish the job to Montrose Avenue.

Crews will be working hard over the next week to complete the road resurfacing west of Bartlett Avenue, and tidy up the completed work zone. Street trees and pit covers will be installed in spring 2014. Until then, the contractor will back-fill all tree pits for sidewalk safety.

Post-and-ring bike locks have been returned, with two additional bike racks to be installed in the near future.

Sidewalk paver installation in progress

New decorative pavers are being laid at intersection corners. You may have also noticed the new detectable warning plates, also known as tactile pavers. These bumpy plates signal to pedestrians with reduced vision that they are approaching an intersection. Expect to see these kinds of plates installed across the city with each new sidewalk reconstruction project.

Bloordale Blooms: stainless steel flowers

Steel flower art installed in sidewalk

Thanks to the Dyan Marie with the Bloordale BIA, you will now see a number of stainless steel flowers inlaid in the cement sidewalk. Crews are still in the process of cleaning off construction residue, but we are already hearing praise and appreciation from people passing by. More flowers will be installed next year as the additional decorative treatments are applied at some connecting street intersections.

Visit the Bloordale Facebook page for more great photos.

Thank you all for your patience and cooperation. You may see some small crews working on a few tasks during any warm spells we might get in early 2014, but otherwise we won't be pulling up any more sidewalk or roadway until the spring.

Pedestrians will not be able to cross Toronto's Dufferin Street Bridge until January as a result of complications to construction work taking place at the site. Pedestrians can cross the railway tracks between Liberty Village and Exhibition Place, using the GO Station tunnel at Atlantic Avenue.

The bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic until February, when two temporary bridges will be installed.

The City of Toronto appreciates the public's patience as the City undertakes this important work to improve infrastructure in the community.

Road reconstruction, Watermain Replacement and Combined Sewer Replacement on Dufferin Street (Peel Avenue to Dundas Street W)

The combined sewer replacement including sewer services (from north of Florence Avenue to Dundas Street W) have been completed. The installation of new watermain (from Peel Avenue to Dundas Street W) and waterservices is 95% completed. 

The road reconstruction work has commenced with sidewalk and road reconstruction on the north section of the road (between Dundas Street and Gordon Street). The sidewalk  within this section of the road is 50% completed and work is on going on the southbound lanes.

It is anticipated that the section of Dufferin Street from Dundas to Gordon Street  will be completed by December 15, 2013 (weather permitting).

The remaining section of the road will be done in the spring of 2014.

Sidewalk reconstruction and base asphalt is complete on the south side of Bloor Street from Lansdowne to Havelock. Traffic has now been switched from the north side to the south side of Bloor Street.

The contractor is now working on removing and reconstructing the north sidewalk from Lansdowne and working east towards Havelock. The anticipated completion of sidewalk reconstruction, base and top course asphalt from Lansdowne to west of Havelock is December 21, weather permitting. 

Sidewalk reconstruction and base asphalt is complete on the south side of Bloor Street from Lansdowne to Havelock. Traffic was switched from the north side to the south side of Bloor Street on Tuesday, November 19th. Contractor is now working on removing and reconstructing the north sidewalk from Lansdowne and working east towards Havelock. Anticipated completion of sidewalk reconstruction, base and top course asphalt from Lansdowne to west of Havelock is December 21st, weather permitting.

Starting this week, construction crews will begin putting out pylons and restricting traffic in order to prepare for construction on Bloor Street.

Construction will generally follow a loop, starting on the south side at Havelock Street, working westward towards Lansdowne Avenue. Then switching to the north side, from Lansdowne Avenue eastward all the way to Montrose Avenue. And finally back to the south side from Montrose Avenue westward to Havelock Street.

To speed up construction, the contractor will have two crews working 6 days a week.  The crews will focus on two blocks at a time.  This will minimize disruption to the businesses.  This method of construction has been successful on other projects within the City and due to the time of year allows the contractor to complete full sections of roadway (both sides) prior to proceeding on.  It should take an average of 5-6 days per block, weather permitting.