Item - 2024.NY11.1

North York Community Council:

1. Established and designated as a pedestrian way the northerly portion of Blue Ridge Road shown in hatching and labeled as "Part 2 on Registered Plan M-1846" in Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (February 20, 2024) from the Deputy General Manager, Transportation Services.

2. Amended Schedule B of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886, Footpaths, Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks, by inserting the Location Plan dated February 2024 attached as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (February 20, 2024) from the Deputy General Manager, Transportation Services.

3. Amended Schedule XXX: Heavy Vehicles Prohibited to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to rescind the heavy vehicle prohibition at all times on Blue Ridge Road, between Sheppard Avenue East and the north end of Blue Ridge Road, and to insert a heavy vehicle prohibition at all times on Blue Ridge Road, between Sheppard Avenue East and a point 52 metres north of Howard Drive.

4. Amended Schedule IV: Former City of North York Winter Maintenance Parking Prohibited to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to rescind the parking prohibition on Blue Ridge Road, between Sheppard Avenue East and the north end of Blue Ridge Road, and to insert a parking prohibition on Blue Ridge Road, between Sheppard Avenue East and a point 52 metres north of Howard Drive.

At its meeting of November 4, 2020, North York Community Council directed the General Manager, Transportation Services to investigate the permanent stop-up and closure to vehicular traffic of the cul-de-sac at the northerly terminus of Blue Ridge Road.

Transportation Services staff prepared a report, dated February 4, 2022 recommending against the closure of the cul-de-sac to vehicular traffic. At its meeting of February 23, 2022, the local ward Councillor amended the report (Item 2022.NY30.31) and North York Community Council directed the General Manager, Transportation Services to develop a plan to close the cul-de-sac to vehicular traffic.

At its meeting of June 28, 2022, North York Community Council authorized the General Manager, Transportation Services to temporarily close the cul-de-sac on Blue Ridge Road and to bring a final report on the permanent closure of the cul-de-sac to North York Community Council by the first quarter of 2023.

Transportation Services is providing an update and recommends that this report be received for information.

This supplemental report is in response to a request from the North York Community Council to provide additional information on the feasibility of permanently closing the cul-de-sac on Blue Ridge Road.

Transportation concurs that general vehicular traffic should be prohibited from entering the cul-de-sac to address safety concerns related to erosion and slope stability at the west portion of the cul-de-sac.

Transportation Services recommends that the northerly portion of Blue Ridge Road, shown in hatching and labeled as "Part 2 on Registered Plan M-1846" in Attachment 1 to the report (February 2024) from the Deputy General Manager, Transportation Services, be designated as a pedestrian way. Establishing a pedestrian way will close this portion of Blue Ridge Road to vehicular traffic, except for bicycles and specified emergency service and / or service vehicles.