Item - 2024.MM18.5

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM18.5 be referred to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.

That:

1. City Council amend the Recommendation by:

a. deleting the words "to report back to City Council by the fourth quarter of 2024" and replacing with the words "in consultation with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, to provide an interim report as part of the Congestion Management Plan and Construction Coordination report coming to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in July 2024,";

b. adding the words "with consideration for minimizing impacts to the local community" after "construction" in Recommendation 1.a.;

c. adding the words "prefabrication technology already being employed and" before the words "an evaluation" in Recommendation 1.b.; and

d. adding the following new Recommendation 1.d.:

d. the composition of the working group that has been put together to accelerate Gardiner Expressway construction, and timelines for future reporting on this issue.

so that it now reads as follows:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, to provide an interim report as part of the Congestion Management Plan and Construction Coordination reports coming to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in July 2024, including  to report back to City Council by the fourth quarter of 2024 with a plan to accelerate work on the Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Plan and minimize the traffic and congestion impacts, including:

a. an evaluation of the feasibility of undertaking 24/7 construction with consideration for minimizing impacts to the local community, including construction on Sundays when there is less impact to commuters;

b. prefabrication technology already being employed and an evaluation of the feasibility of increasing the utilization of pre-fabrication technologies and/or building and assembling components off-site; and

c. an evaluation of all upcoming road work and other state of good repair projects along traffic corridors adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway, in an effort to minimize congestion on parallel routes; and 

d. the composition of the working group that has been put together to accelerate Gardiner Expressway construction, and timelines for future reporting on this issue.

Adoption of the balance of Motion 1 by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie. 

Councillor Bradford, rising on a Point of Order, requested that Council vote separately on part 1.b. of motion 1 by Councillor McKelvie.