Item - 2020.TE18.74

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Authorized an all-way stop control at the intersection of St. Helens Avenue and Lumbervale Avenue.

I am requesting the support of the Toronto and East York Community Council with respect to safety issues raised by residents concerning the intersection at St. Helens Avenue and Lumbervale Drive. Residents of Lumbervale Drive have identified safety concerns at the intersection and my office had requested Transportation Services staff to review this issue. Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Transportation Services staff have not been able to undertake the review and therefore traffic counts to confirm a warrant could not be completed. 

In fall of 2020, the City is scheduled to install several Council-approved changes including a new traffic signal at College Street and Dundas Street West along with the reconfiguration of traffic flow on College Street north (changing from two way to one way westbound) and St. Helens Avenue (changing from one way southbound to one way northbound). 

Transportation Services staff, the community and my office support the installation of all-way stop signs at St. Helens Avenue and Lumbervale Avenue. This is an opportunity to improve safety in the St. Helens Avenue and Lumbervale Avenue area for people who walk, cycle and drive to access the adjacent schools, underground and surface parking lots, school bus passenger loading areas and Lumbervale Avenue homes.

In order to provide a safer environment for local residents and the school community, I am presenting a motion to approve the installation of an all-way stop control at this intersection.