Item - 2020.TE19.51

The Toronto and East York Community Council::

1. Authorized the Acting Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services, to install an all-way compulsory stop control at the intersection of Mutual Street and Alexander Street.

The school administration and parents of children attending Church Street Junior Public School, located to the east of Church Street between Wood Street and Alexander Street, have observed serious safety risks with vehicles speeding and threatening pedestrian safety leading up to the school’s entrance for the daycare and kindergarten students off of Mutual Street just south of Alexander Street. They have contacted me to request that speed mitigation measures be implemented to enhance safety in their residential community.

Toronto is committed to achieving pedestrian and road safety through initiatives like Vision Zero. In order to achieve this vision of a safe, walkable city, in 2019 this committee authorized Transportation Services to install an all-way stop at the intersection of Mutual Street and Wood Street, however additional measures are being requested to slow traffic down before they reach the school’s Mutual Street entrance and maintain a slow speed as they approach Wood Street.