Item - 2025.TE27.75

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Authorized the installation of traffic calming (six speed humps) on Via Italia, between St. Clair Avenue West and Nunes Lane, generally as shown on Attachments 2 and 3 to the letter (November 24, 2025) from Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

2. Rescinded the parking prohibition in effect at all times, except the 1st Wednesday and 3rd Wednesday of each month, from April 1 to November 30, inclusive, on the east side of Via Italia, between Davenport Road and Mackay Avenue.

3. Rescinded the parking prohibition in effect on the 1st Wednesday and 3rd Wednesday of each month, from April 1 to November 30, inclusive, on the west side of Via Italia, between Davenport Road and Mackay Avenue.

4. Rescinded the existing on-street accessible parking space in effect at all times on the east side of Via Italia, between a point 9 metres south of Rosemount Avenue and a point 5.5 metres further south.

5. Rescinded the heavy vehicle prohibition in effect at all times on Via Italia, between Davenport Road and St. Clair Avenue West.

6. Prohibited parking to be in effect at all times on the west side of Via Italia, between Mackay Avenue and the south end of Via Italia.

7. Prohibited parking to be in effect at all times on the east side of Via Italia, between a point 24 metres north of Ashburnham Road and a point 24 metres further north.

8. Prohibited heavy vehicles at all times on Via Italia, between St. Clair Avenue West and the south end of Via Italia.

9. Authorized a compulsory stop control for westbound traffic on Rosemount Avenue at Via Italia.

Via Italia, located south of St. Clair Avenue West and north of Davenport Road, is in the middle of a busy neighbourhood connecting hundreds of residents to nearby schools, parks, small businesses, and transit. However, many residents have raised serious concerns about speeding vehicles that routinely ignore stop signs and endanger lives. Parents have reported numerous near misses involving their young children due to reckless driving and speeding.

In a survey conducted by my office, residents along Via Italia overwhelmingly supported the installation of speed humps as a proposed traffic calming measure. The addition of speed humps will improve traffic safety for residents living in the area and support existing traffic calming measures in this neighbourhood.