Item - 2025.TE26.37

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Temporarily rescinded the existing one-way southbound traffic designation on Westmount Avenue, between Amherst Avenue and Rogers Road.

2. Authorized a compulsory stop control for northbound and southbound traffic at the intersection of Westmount Avenue and Amherst Avenue.

3. Authorized a compulsory stop control for northbound traffic at the intersection of Westmount Avenue and Genessee Avenue.

4. Directed that Westmount Avenue be returned to its pre-construction traffic and parking regulations (except with parking rates and hours of operation being consistent to the rates and hours of operation at the time of completion) when the project is complete.

Construction for Contract Number 23ECS-MI-03FS for the Fairbank Silverthorn Basement Flooding Protection Project Contract 4, is underway. Due to the construction of shafts required for deep and large diameter storm sewer to be installed by microtunnelling, Westmount Avenue will be closed between Martin Street and Genesee Avenue for the duration of the works.  

Westmount Avenue currently operates as one-way southbound street. To improve traffic flow in the area and provide affected residents a route out of the proposed road closure, Westmount Avenue will be temporarily converted to two-way traffic operations, between Amherst Avenue and Rogers Road. Due to this temporary change, additional stop control will be required to effectively assign right-of-way at the intersection of Westmount Avenue and Amherst Avenue, and at the intersection of Westmount Avenue and Genessee Avenue. The proposed amendments to the traffic by-law regulations are being introduced in alignment with the planned construction timeline, which is scheduled to begin in November 2025 and is anticipated to be completed by approximately April 2026, with restoration and re-opening of the intersections by June 2026.

In view of the above, Transportation Services is requesting authorization to temporarily convert Westmount Avenue, between Amherst Avenue and Rogers Road to two-way traffic operation. Furthermore, authorization is being requested to temporarily introduce compulsory stop control for northbound and southbound traffic at the intersection of Westmount Avenue and Amherst Avenue, and additional compulsory stop control for northbound traffic at the intersection of Westmount Avenue and Genessee Avenue in order to efficiently assign right-of-way while Westmount Avenue operates as a two-way street.