Item - 2024.TE18.50

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services to conduct a comprehensive road safety review of McRoberts Avenue, between St. Clair Avenue West and Rogers Road, that considers the following improvements:

a. directional changes to reduce cut-through traffic while maintaining access for local residents;

b. local-only traffic signage;

c. rush-hour turn restrictions on McRoberts Avenue at St. Clair Avenue West and Rogers Road; and

d. additional traffic calming measures where feasible.

2. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services to review the findings of the McRoberts Avenue Traffic Survey, as outlined in Attachment 1 to the letter (November 25, 2024) from Councillor Alejandra Bravo, in guiding proposed safety improvements.

3. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council by May 1, 2025, with proposed improvements to reduce cut-through traffic and improve neighbourhood safety.

In 2022, residents living along McRoberts Avenue, south of Rogers Road, participated in a traffic safety survey following years of community concerns. The results of that review determined that a majority of McRoberts Avenue residents feel unsafe as a result of dangerous driving and speeding on their street. Drivers routinely use McRoberts Avenue – which is designated as a local street – to avoid traffic on St. Clair Avenue West and Caledonia Road.

As part of this neighbourhood traffic survey, residents shared feedback and proposed solutions to issues in the area. As such, I am requesting that Transportation Services conduct a comprehensive road safety review and consider the feedback provided by residents in shaping the design of traffic safety improvements in the neighbourhood.