Item - 2021.IE22.12
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on June 8 and 9, 2021 without amendments and without debate.
- This item was considered by Infrastructure and Environment Committee on May 25, 2021 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on June 8 and 9, 2021.
IE22.12 - Road Alteration - Lake Shore Boulevard East / Lower Jarvis Street / Gardiner Expressway Lower Jarvis Ramp
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Ward:
- 10 - Spadina - Fort York
City Council Decision
City Council on June 8 and 9, 2021, adopted the following:
1. City Council authorize the alteration of Lake Shore Boulevard East, from Lower Jarvis Street and a point 147 metres west, to remove the existing median island dividing Lake Shore Boulevard East and the eastbound Gardiner off-ramp and construction of a new median island to allow for a second eastbound through lane on the off-ramp at Lower Jarvis Street, generally as shown in Attachment 1, titled "Drawing Number 421T-0120" and dated March 2021, to the report (May 10, 2021) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.
2. City Council, in conjunction with the completion of road alteration set out in Part 1 above, and until December 31, 2030, authorize the closure of the eastbound Gardiner on-ramp from Lower Jarvis Street to vehicular traffic, in order to eliminate any potential conflicts and unsafe manoeuvres between the eastbound movements on Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Gardiner Expressway on-ramp.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-166845.pdf
IE22.12 - Road Alteration - Lake Shore Boulevard East / Lower Jarvis Street / Gardiner Expressway Lower Jarvis Ramp
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 10 - Spadina - Fort York
Committee Recommendations
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:
1. City Council authorize the alteration of Lake Shore Boulevard East, from Lower Jarvis Street and a point 147 metres west, to remove the existing median island dividing Lake Shore Boulevard East and the eastbound Gardiner off-ramp and construction of a new median island to allow for a second eastbound through lane on the off-ramp at Lower Jarvis Street, generally as shown in Attachment 1, titled "Drawing Number 421T-0120" and dated March 2021, to the report (May 10, 2021) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.
2. City Council, in conjunction with the completion of road alteration set out in Recommendation 1 above, and until December 31, 2030, authorize the closure of the eastbound Gardiner on-ramp from Lower Jarvis Street to vehicular traffic, in order to eliminate any potential conflicts and unsafe manoeuvres between the eastbound movements on Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Gardiner Expressway on-ramp.
Origin
Summary
City Council, at its meeting on December 16, 17 and 18, 2020, authorized staff to enter a Project Delivery Agreement with Waterfront Toronto to reconstruct Lake Shore Boulevard East, from the Don River to Carlaw Avenue, in accordance with the approved Environmental Assessment for the Port Lands Flood Protection project. Waterfront Toronto will also remove the Gardiner access ramps at Logan Avenue, as part of the Council-adopted Gardiner Strategic Rehabilitation Plan.
Transportation Services is requesting authorization to reconfigure the northerly eastbound lane on Lake Shore Boulevard East, between Lower Jarvis Street and a point 147 metres west, to operate as a second eastbound through lane on the eastbound off-ramp. As a result of the lane reconfiguration and planned signal timing changes, the weaving manoeuvre from eastbound Lake Shore Boulevard East to the Gardiner Expressway on-ramp will conflict with the off-ramp through traffic. Therefore, this report also requests authorization to close the eastbound Gardiner on-ramp from Lower Jarvis Street.
Based on the traffic impact analysis, these recommendations will accommodate the expected increase in traffic from the removal of the Gardiner East access ramps to Logan Avenue and mitigate excessive queuing on the Lower Jarvis Street off-ramp.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-166845.pdf
Motions
That Infrastructure and Environment Committee amend Recommendation 2 by adding the words "and until December 31, 2030," after "Recommendation 1 above" and adding the words "to vehicular traffic, in order to eliminate any potential conflicts and unsafe manoeuvres between the eastbound movements on Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Gardiner Expressway on-ramp" so that Recommendation 2 now reads as follows:
2. City Council, in conjunction with the completion of road alteration set out in Recommendation 1 above, and until December 31, 2030, authorize the closure of the eastbound Gardiner on-ramp from Lower Jarvis Street to vehicular traffic, in order to eliminate any potential conflicts and unsafe manoeuvres between the eastbound movements on Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Gardiner Expressway on-ramp.