Item - 2022.TE33.56

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed:

1. The General Manager, Transportation Services to establish a comprehensive neighbourhood streets plan for the North Corso Italia neighbourhood, bounded by Rogers Road, Dufferin Street, St. Clair Avenue West and Prospect Cemetery, including a review and analysis of the recommendations made by the North Corso Traffic Management Committee and consideration of any other appropriate measures to address the issues raised by the community or identified by City staff.

Traffic safety and calming in the North Corso Italia neighbourhood of Ward 9 has

been an ongoing issue. Being in close proximity to arterial roadways such as Rogers

Road, Dufferin Street, and St. Clair Avenue West, this neighbourhood is often subject to

vehicles travelling at high speeds, cut-through traffic, congestion, and noise.

With an existing aging population along with many young families living in the

neighbourhood, a group of local residents representing various streets in North Corso

Italia, established a Traffic Management Committee to develop a complete street plan

and implement a series of coordinated traffic calming and road safety measures

to alleviate the concerns that are negatively impacting the neighbourhood.

Focused on prioritizing the safety of the most vulnerable road users, including

pedestrians and cyclists, the Committee has come up with short and long-term goals

such as enhanced pavement markings and signage, speed limit reductions, installation of

planters, stop signs, changes in road direction, and traffic control signals in an effort to

address their concerns.

In order to address the traffic concerns of the North Corso Italia neighbourhood, it is

important that these issues are reviewed and investigated at the local level and in an

collaborative way as opposed to examining them in individually.

As a result, I am requesting that the City's Transportation Services Division conduct a

traffic study in the North Corso Italia neighbourhood as directed below.