Item - 2024.IE12.6

The General Manager, Transportation Services recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the continuation of the closure of the south sidewalk and a 2.1 metre-wide portion of the eastbound curb lane on Broadway Avenue, between a point 110 metres west of Redpath Avenue and a point 53 metres further west, from March 28, 2024 to December 31, 2025 inclusive.

2. City Council direct the applicant to continue to pressure wash or sweep (weather permitting) the construction site and adjacent sidewalks and roadways daily, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe.

3. City Council direct the applicant to continue to ensure that the existing sidewalks or the proposed pedestrian walkways have proper enhanced lighting to ensure safety and visibility at all times of the day and night.

4. City Council direct the applicant to continue to clearly consult and communicate all construction, parking and road occupancy impacts with local business improvement areas and resident associations in advance of any physical road modifications.

5. City Council direct the applicant to continue to install appropriate signage and converging mirrors to ensure that pedestrian, cyclist and motorist safety is considered at all times.

6. City Council direct the applicant to continue to provide a sufficient number of traffic control persons as determined by the Work Zone Traffic Coordinator and Toronto Police Construction Liaison Officer, on a daily basis to control construction vehicle access and egress to and from the site and maintain a safe environment for the public.

7. City Council direct the applicant to continue to provide a sufficient number of pay-duty Police Officers as determined by the Work Zone Traffic Coordinator and Toronto Police Construction Liaison Officer, during large scale concrete pours and large scale material deliveries to control vehicle access and egress to and from the site and maintain a safe environment for the public.

8.  City Council direct the applicant to continue to install cane detection within the covered and protected walkway to guide pedestrians who are visually impaired.

9.  City Council direct the applicant to continue to post a 24-hour monitored construction hotline number on the hoarding board, which must be prominently placed and legible from 20 metres and on all elevations from the construction site.

10.  City Council direct the applicant to continue to provide and install public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night - time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.

11.  City Council direct that Broadway Avenue be returned to its pre-construction traffic regulations when the project is completed.

This report is submitted to Infrastructure and Environment Committee as Broadway Avenue forms a shared boundary between the Toronto and East York Community Council and the North York Community Council.

Times Group Corporation is constructing two 45-storey residential towers at 55-65 Broadway Avenue.  The south sidewalk and a 2.1 metre-wide portion of the eastbound curb lane on Broadway Avenue, between a point 110 metres west of Redpath Avenue and a point 53 metres further west is currently closed for construction staging operations. City Council, at its meeting on June 8, 2021, approved the subject construction staging area on Broadway Avenue from June 14, 2021 to December 31, 2022.  At the time, the developer indicated they would require the staging area for a total of 55 months, from June 14, 2021 to December 31, 2025.  As the previous permit was only approved for a 19 month period, the developer has requested an extension of the duration of the construction staging area on Broadway Avenue.

Transportation Services is requesting authorization to extend the duration of the construction staging area on Broadway Avenue for an additional 22 months, from March 28, 2024 to December 31, 2025, to allow for the construction of the development to be completed.