Item - 2023.IE7.2

That City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services to further enhance and expand the existing capital coordination programs and report back in the second quarter of 2024 with an approach to this work that improves integration across major capital projects, enhances oversight and accountability and streamline processes.

That City Council amend Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 7 by adding the following new part b so that it now reads as follows:

7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the January 9, 2024 meting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with:

a. Measures that can be implemented to improve way-finding on long term road closures, including but not limited to pavement markings and better signage, reducing the need for temporary measures on sidewalks such as displaceable pylons.

b. Measures that can be implemented to improve way-finding on short term road closures for utility construction and special events, including but not limited to better signage, to direct drivers and pedestrians to alternate routes and improve traffic flow.

1. That City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to include in the report to the January 9, 2024 Infrastructure and Environment Committee:

a. the feasibility of an increase or additional fee to road occupation permits to contribute towards the cost of managing congestion caused by road and sidewalk occupations; and

b. a plan to consult with road users and advocacy groups including Cycle Toronto, Canadian Automobile Association, Walk Toronto, Toronto Transit Commission Riders, and others on the Congestion Management Plan, and to include how feedback will be captured, incorporated into future reports, and reported to City Council.

That City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to extend the northerly boundary limits of the East Harbour Construction Hub to Gerrard Street East to capture the Joint Corridor Project with Metrolinx in this area, and amend the revised Appendix 1 (amended 2) - Construction Hubs, Amendments to Municipal Code Chapter 743, by replacing the previous East Harbour Construction Hub boundaries with the following boundaries:

East Harbour Construction Hub

The area bounded by and including frontages on*:

• Carlaw Avenue, from Gerrard Street East to Commissioners Street

• Commissioners Street, from Carlaw Avenue to the eastern edge of the Turning Basin

• The eastern edge of the Turning Basin, from Commissioners Street to Unwin Avenue

• Unwin Avenue, from the eastern edge of the Turning Basin to Lake Ontario

• Lake Ontario, from Unwin Avenue to the Keating Channel

• Cherry Street, from the Keating Channel to Eastern Avenue

• Eastern Avenue, from Cherry Street to the Don River

• The Don River at Gerrard Street East to Carlaw Avenue at Gerrard Street East

* Where any portion of a permit area or location falls within a Construction Hub, applicable permit  fees will be calculated as if the entire permit area or location is within a Construction Hub. 

REVISED

That City Council adopt the following recommendations in the supplementary report (November 7, 2023) from the General Manager, Transportation Services [IE7.2a], amended to read as follows:

1. City Council delete Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 1 and replace with the following:

1. City Council amend Appendix C: Construction Hubs to the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use Of, to include new construction hubs in wards 3, 8 and 19 and the expansion of four (4) existing construction hubs generally as set out in Revised Appendix 1 (amended 2) to the supplementary report (November 7, 2023) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor or General Manager, Transportation Services, in order to give effect to City Council's decision.

2. City Council direct the City Manager to request the Province of Ontario to make the necessary amendments to the Highway Traffic Act that will essentially enable all municipalities the ability to leverage automated enforcement technology for offences related to vehicles improperly stopping within intersections.

That the Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to take all reasonable measures to recruit and train Traffic Agents to the extent necessary to expand the Traffic Agent Program as generally as described in the report (October 11, 2023) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and upon such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to propose where feasible, in the first quarter of 2024, a fee increase for road encroachment permits that slow vehicular traffic on Toronto Transit Commission bus routes, to take into full account the measures necessary to overcome their adverse impacts on the timeliness and reliability of Toronto Transit Commission service, as well as on the safety of vulnerable road users.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to ensure that Traffic Agents are trained and instructed, throughout the course of their duties on giving priority emphasis to vulnerable road users, with specific focus on accessibility needs, and on transit vehicles when implementing the Traffic Agent program.

That the Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council request the Toronto Parking Authority to relocate any electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is located in a “rush hour no parking” zone to a nearby location that is not located in a “rush hour no parking” zone.

That the Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. The General Manager, Transportation Services, provide a supplementary report directly to the November 8, 9 and 10, 2023 City Council meeting covering:

a. The status of work regarding MM5.26 "Don't Block the Box," requesting increased fines and best practices for "don’t block the box" solutions beyond an increased fine, including the feasibility of expanding the red light camera program;

b. The structure of the dedicated event management team and construction coordination teams; and

c. The relationship with the Province of Ontario around events coordination and congestion management.
 

2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the January 9, 2024 Infrastructure and Environment Committee with:

a. Measures that can be implemented to improve way-finding on long term road closures, including but not limited to pavement markings and better signage, reducing the need for temporary measures on sidewalks such as displaceable pylons.
 

3. City Council request that the General Manager, Transportation Services, report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee, semi-annually, beginning on January 9, 2024, on the status of congestion in the City of Toronto and the implementation of the Congestion Management Plan.