Item - 2025.TE24.55

The Deputy General Manager, Transportation Services, recommends that:  

1. Toronto and East York Community Council rescind the existing parking prohibition in effect at all times on the north side of Strathcona Avenue, between Jones Avenue and Blake Street, from September 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive.

2. Toronto and East York Community Council authorize parking for a maximum period of 10 minutes from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on the north side of Strathcona Avenue, between Jones Avenue and Blake Street, from September 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive.

3. Toronto and East York Community Council prohibit parking from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. of one day to 7:30 a.m. of the next following day, Monday to Friday, and any time Saturday and Sunday, on the north side of Strathcona Avenue, between Jones Avenue and Blake Street, from September 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive.

4. Toronto and East York Community Council prohibit stopping at all times on the south side of Strathcona Avenue, between Jones Avenue and Blake Street, from September 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive.

5. Toronto and East York Community Council rescind the existing parking prohibition in effect at all times on the south side of Strathcona Avenue, between Jones Avenue and Blake Street, from September 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive.

6. Toronto and East York Community Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12.01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., daily on the odd (south) side of Strathcona Avenue, from Blake Street to Jones Avenue, from September 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive.

7. Toronto and East York Community Council authorize the appropriate City officials to submit directly to the Council at the appropriate time any necessary bills to amend the appropriate City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapters, and any Schedules to the Chapters, to reinstate the traffic and parking regulations to what they were implemented prior to the by-law amendments.

The Toronto District School Board has approved the temporary relocation of Pape Avenue Junior Public School and Pape Children’s House childcare centre from 220 Langley Avenue to the Adult Learning Centre located at 540 Jones Avenue. This relocation is required to preserve a stable learning environment during major Ontario Line construction activities occurring in close proximity to the existing school site. The temporary relocation will be in effect for two academic years, from September 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027.

To support safe and efficient student pick-up and drop-off operations at the new location, this report recommends temporary amendments to traffic and parking by-law regulations on Strathcona Avenue, between Jones Avenue and Blake Street, including the designation of a short-term pick-up and drop-off zone, adjustments to overnight permit parking, and the implementation of stopping prohibitions to improve safety and circulation.

There is no significant financial impact associated with the recommendations in this report. The cost of signage installation and any pavement markings will be absorbed within the Transportation Services Division's 2025 Operating Budget.