Item - 2024.TE10.45
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on January 24, 2024 and was adopted without amendment. City Council has delegated authority for this matter to the Toronto and East York Community Council and therefore, the decision is final.
- See also By-law 39-2024
TE10.45 - Vehicle Width Restriction - First lane west of Palmerston Avenue, between Barton Avenue and Palmerston Square
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Schedule Type:
- Delegated
- Ward:
- 11 - University - Rosedale
Community Council Decision
The Toronto and East York Community Council:
1. Prohibited vehicles over two metres in width from travelling on the first lane west of Palmerston Avenue, between Barton Avenue and Palmerston Square.
Origin
(December 21, 2023) Letter from Councillor Dianne Saxe
Summary
There is a narrow, crooked lane west of Palmerston Avenue, between Barton Avenue and Palmerston Square, which is not suitable for wide vehicles. Wayfinding apps have been directing an increasing number of large vehicles to attempt to traverse this lane. These attempts have a significant risk of scraping the vehicle against the concrete side walls, causing public and private damage.
To reduce such damage, vehicles greater than two metres in width should be prohibited from travelling on this lane.
Background Information
(December 21, 2023)
Letter from Councillor Dianne Saxe on Vehicle Width Restriction - First lane west of Palmerston Avenue, between Barton Avenue and Palmerston Square
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-241953.pdf
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-241953.pdf
Motions
Motion
to Adopt Item
moved by
Councillor Dianne Saxe
(Carried)