Item - 2025.TE25.64
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on September 18, 2025 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 2026.TE31.42
TE25.64 - Charles Street West Two-Way
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Schedule Type:
- Delegated
- Ward:
- 11 - University - Rosedale
Community Council Decision
The Toronto and East York Community Council:
1. Directed the General Manager, Transportation Services to evaluate re-opening Charles Street West to two-way traffic between Yonge Street and Balmuto Street, and to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the fourth quarter of 2025 with all necessary details for implementation in the first quarter of 2026.
Origin
Summary
Charles Street West is a busy street close to Yonge Street and Bloor Street, which is currently restricted to one-way westbound for one short block between Yonge and Balmuto.
For more than four years, the Bloor Yorkville BIA and the Greater Yorkville Residents’ Association have requested that this portion of Charles Street West be reopened to two-way traffic, to help manage congestion at the Bloor/ Yonge intersection, including severe, prolonged impacts from long-term TTC and private sector construction.
In 2021, by TE26.83 - Two-way Operation of Charles Street West between Balmuto and Yonge Street, Toronto and East York Community Council directed the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and report back to Toronto and East York Community Council in the first quarter of 2022 on the feasibility of permitting two-way traffic flow on Charles Street West, between Yonge and Balmuto Streets. The General Manager did not do so. Repeated followup requests to Transportation Services have gone unanswered.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-257908.pdf