Item - 2020.CC21.13

City Council on May 28, 2020, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, by deleting Section 937-3.12, Closures of travel lanes on Highway 27 for hydro infrastructure relocation part of early works for the Finch West Light Rail Transit project.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, to delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until August 31, 2023 inclusive, despite Section 937-4 of Code Chapter 937, the authority to temporarily close to pedestrian and vehicular traffic portions of Highway 27, between 500 metres north of Finch Avenue West and 500 metres south of Humber College Boulevard, for a period up to and including 365 consecutive days but ending no later than August 31, 2023 inclusive, as required for the purposes of construction of the Finch West Light Rail Transit and exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out this delegated authority from Section 937-5 of Chapter 937, that being the requirement to notify the local Ward Councillor of the pending closure and the requirement to report on the proposed closure if so requested by the local Ward Councillor.