Item - 2019.TE2.17

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council approve the continuation of the closure of the sidewalk, bike lane and eastbound curb lane on the south side of Adelaide Street West, between Duncan Street and 109.5 metres east, from January 30, 2019 to March 31, 2019.

2. City Council continue to direct the Acting Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services, to add as a condition of permit, a requirement provision for a Traffic Control Person to be stationed at the intersection of Adelaide Street West and Duncan Street from January 30, 2019 to March 31, 2019.

3. City Council direct the applicant to continue posting a  24-hour monitored construction hotline number on the hoarding board, which must be prominently placed and legible from 20 metres and on all elevations from the construction site.

4. City Council direct the applicant to continue providing and installing public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night-time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.

5. City Council direct Adelaide Street West be returned to its pre-construction traffic regulations and lane configurations when the project is completed.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates a transit service on Adelaide Street West, City Council approval of this report is required.

Westbank Projects Corp. is constructing a 57-storey high mixed-use development at 219 and 223 Adelaide Street West and 19 Duncan Street. Construction of the development will be undertaken in several phases. This report deals with matters related to Phase 1 of construction only, which includes drilling, shoring and installation of façade retention steel structure.

The sidewalk, bike lane and a portion of the eastbound curb lane on the south side of Adelaide Street West, are currently closed to accommodate construction staging operations for the development. City Council, at its meeting on October 2, 2017, approved the subject construction staging area from October 9, 2017 to April 9, 2018 and on April 24, 2018 the time extension of the subject construction staging area from April 30, 2018 to October 31, 2018.

Transportation Services is requesting an approval to extend the duration of the subject construction staging area from January 30, 2019 to March 31, 2019 in order to complete the Phase 1 of construction.