Item - 2025.IE19.5

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, to delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services, despite Section 937-4 of Chapter 937, until December 31, 2025, inclusive, the authority to temporarily close to vehicular traffic:

a. the Highway 401 on-ramp from southbound William R. Allen Road located at the Wilson Toronto Transit Commission Station; and

b. between Wilson Avenue (bridge) and a point 140 metres further north:

    1. a northbound and / or a southbound lane on William R. Allen Road; and

    2. the east and the west shoulder on each or both of the northbound and

        southbound William R. Allen Road,

for any number of occasions and for any number of days between April 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025, inclusive, as required to facilitate rehabilitation works of the Wilson Station bus underpass structure and the Mezzanine Bridge on William R. Allen Road, and City Council exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out this delegated authority from Section 937-5 of Chapter 937, that being the requirement to notify the local Ward Councillor of the pending closure and the requirement to report on the proposed closure if so requested by the local Ward Councillor.

2. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on both sides of northbound William R. Allen Road, between a point 350 metres north of Wilson Avenue and a point 200 metres south of Wilson Avenue.

3. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on both sides of southbound William R. Allen Road, between a point 350 metres north of Wilson Avenue and a point 200 metres south of Wilson Avenue.

4. City Council direct the permit applicant to sweep the construction site and adjacent roadways daily, or more frequently as needed, to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe.

5. City Council direct the permit applicant to provide a sufficient number of paid duty Police Officers as determined by the Work Zone 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.

6. City Council direct the permit applicant 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.

7. City Council direct the permit applicant to cooperate with and provide all necessary assistance to the City Engineers, staff and representatives carrying out operation, maintenance, and construction activities to municipal infrastructure within the vicinity of the construction staging area and, at no cost to the City, to remove any staging to accommodate the necessary municipal infrastructure work.

8. City Council direct that William R. Allen Road be returned to its pre-construction traffic regulations when the project is complete.

9. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or By-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services in order to give effect to City Council's decision.

As William R. Allen Road is classified as an expressway, City Council approval of this report is required.

The Toronto Transit Commission is planning to rehabilitate the Wilson Station bus underpass structure and the Mezzanine Bridge on William R. Allen Road. The site is located on William R. Allen Road, between Wilson Avenue and a point 140 metres further north.

Transportation Services is requesting that City Council delegate to the General Manager of Transportation Services the authority to temporarily close the northbound and southbound traffic lanes, including the east and / or the west shoulders on William R. Allen Road to facilitate construction staging operations for rehabilitation of the Wilson Station bus underpass structure and the Mezzanine Bridge. The project will be undertaken in four stages. Each stage will require alternating lane closures with at least two traffic lanes maintained in each direction, for a period of nine months, from April 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

Additionally, access to the Highway 401 westbound on-ramp from southbound William R. Allen Road will be restricted for a period of approximately three months from April 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025. During this phase, vehicular traffic will follow a signed diversion route to access Highway 401 using alternate interchanges nearby.