Item - 2023.TE9.66

The Toronto and East York Community Council:  

1.  Received the report (October 30, 2023) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services for information.

The purpose of this report is to advise on traffic mitigation measures to reduce traffic impacts on residents, businesses, and commuters on O’Connor Drive between Bermondsey Road to Sandra Road, during the upcoming Watermain and Water Service Replacement project.

The construction of sewers, watermains and roads is disruptive to traffic operations because it typically occupies road lanes. When this work is undertaken on major roads with high volumes of vehicular traffic, cyclists, pedestrians and commercial operations, the disruption can be significant.

City Council, at its meeting on October 11, 2023, approved award of a Non-Competitive Contract with Sanscon Construction Ltd., for Construction Services for Watermain and Water Service Replacement on O'Connor Drive (Ward 19) and requested that an updated traffic management plan be presented at Toronto and East York Community Council for the Watermain and Water Service Replacement project between Sandra Road and Bermondsey Road, in an effort to reduce traffic impacts on local residents, businesses and commuters.