Item - 2020.SC17.11

Tracking Status

  • This item was considered by Scarborough Community Council on September 15, 2020 and was adopted without amendment. City Council has delegated authority for this matter to the Scarborough Community Council and therefore, the decision is final.

SC17.11 - Feasibility of Installing Traffic Signal at 1730 Neilson Road, 2710 and 2750 Morningside Avenue

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Schedule Type:
Delegated
Ward:
23 - Scarborough North

Community Council Decision

Scarborough Community Council:

 

1. Directed the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back to the November meeting of the Scarborough Community Council regarding the installation of traffic control signals at the site access driveway to the property with municipal address 1730 Neilson Road, 2710 and 2750 Morningside Avenue.

Origin

(September 15, 2020) Letter from Councillor Cynthia Lai, Ward 23, Scarborough North

Summary

Oxford Industrial is one of Canada's foremost developers and leasers of industrial and warehouse space.  They acquired a vacant industrially-zoned site at the northeast corner of Morningside Avenue and Neilson Road, with the intent of building a 335,000 sq. ft. logistics centre which they will lease to up to 4 different companies in the growing logistics industry.

 

Their site Plan Application is close to approval.  The primary entrance will be on Morningside, approximately 250 meters north of the Neilson intersection.  Oxford proposes to install, at their cost, a full signalized intersection to facilitate the movement of trucks in and out of their site.  This will be approximately half way between the existing signals at Neilson and McNicoll Avenue.  City Planning and Transportation Services are fully supportive of this plan, as the signal will also provide a safe crossing of this busy thoroughfare for residents in the neighbourhood to the east, in Ward 25.

Background Information

(September 15, 2020) Letter from Councillor Cynthia Lai, Ward 23, Scarborough North - Feasibility of Installing Traffic Signal at 1730 Neilson Road, 2710 and 2750 Morningside Avenue
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/sc/bgrd/backgroundfile-156619.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Add New Business at Committee moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Carried)

2 - Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Cynthia Lai (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council