Item - 2020.TE13.29

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Authorized the continuation of the closure of the north sidewalk and the two westbound lanes on Armoury Street, between Centre Avenue and Chestnut Street and provision of a temporary pedestrian walkway within the closed portion of the northbound curb lane, from February 22, 2020 to April 30, 2021.

2. Directed that Armoury Street be returned to its pre-construction traffic and parking regulations when the project is complete.

This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision provided that it is not amended so that it varies with City policy or by-laws.

EllisDon Corporation is constructing a 17-storey institutional building (the new Toronto Courthouse) at the lands located at 11 and 33 Centre Avenue and 80 Chestnut Street. The north sidewalk and the two westbound lanes on Armoury Street, between Centre Avenue and Chestnut Street fronting the site are currently closed to accommodate construction staging operations for the development.

Toronto and East York Community Council, at its meeting on February 14, 2019, authorized the subject construction staging area from February 21, 2019 to February 21, 2020. A time extension of the construction staging area on Armoury Street for an additional 14 months (i.e. from February 22, 2020 to April 30, 2021) is required, in order to complete the construction of the development.