Item - 2025.IE23.11
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on July 23 and 24, 2025 without amendments and without debate.
- This item was considered by Infrastructure and Environment Committee on July 10, 2025 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025.
IE23.11 - Hesketh Court - Proposed New Sidewalk Construction
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Ward:
- 16 - Don Valley East
City Council Decision
City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, to remove the proposed new sidewalk construction project on Hesketh Court from the 26ECS-RD-02RR contract for local road resurfacing.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-256770.pdf
Communications (Committee)
(July 8, 2025) Letter from Susan Bakshi, Walk Toronto (IE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/comm/communicationfile-194385.pdf
(July 10, 2025) Letter from Eddy Ionescu (IE.Supp)
(July 10, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (IE.Supp)
(July 10, 2025) E-mail from Eddy Ionescu (IE.Supp)
IE23.11 - Hesketh Court - Proposed New Sidewalk Construction
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 16 - Don Valley East
Committee Recommendations
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:
1. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, to remove the proposed new sidewalk construction project on Hesketh Court from the 26ECS-RD-02RR contract for local road resurfacing.
Origin
Summary
This motion aims to amend the plans for project 26ECS-RD-02RR which outlines a local road resurfacing along with the construction of sidewalks on Hesketh Court and Tinder Crescent.
Tinder Crescent and Hesketh Court are local roads within the Victoria Village neighborhood of Ward 16. These roads serve residents who live there as they do not provide through access; therefore traffic is highly local. Transportation plans to reconstruct Hesketh and Tinder with a sidewalk in 2026-2027. Residents were not formally notified of the project but were informed by a staff member taking measurements of the road.
Numerous residents objected to the sidewalk construction project which prompted my office to conduct a survey to receive feedback from the community on both roads. For Hesketh Court, 85 percent of residents were against the sidewalk project (29/34). On Tinder Crescent, 76 percent of residents were against (10/13). The request from the community is clear, on behalf of these residents I request the project be amended to not include the proposed sidewalk component but continue with road resurfacing on both roads.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-256770.pdf
Communications
(July 8, 2025) Letter from Susan Bakshi, Walk Toronto (IE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/comm/communicationfile-194385.pdf
(July 10, 2025) Letter from Eddy Ionescu (IE.Supp)
(July 10, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (IE.Supp)
(July 10, 2025) E-mail from Eddy Ionescu (IE.Supp)
Speakers
Motions
Infrastructure and Environment Committee:
1. Delete the words "and Tinder Crescent" so the recommendation now reads as follows:
1. The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, to remove the proposed new sidewalk construction projects on Hesketh Court and Tinder Crescent from the 26ECS-RD-02RR contract for local road resurfacing.