City of Toronto Act,
2006 Public Notice
Cycling
Network Plan: 2020 Cycling Infrastructure Installation - First Quarter Update
Amendments To City Of Toronto
Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, Chapter 886, Footpaths,
Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks, Chapter 910
Parking Machines And Meters, and Chapter 925, Permit Parking
Toronto
City Council will be considering recommendations to pass a by-law to amend City
of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, Chapter 886,
Footpaths, Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks,
Chapter 910 Parking Machines and Meters, and Chapter 925, Permit Parking in
order to install new cycling infrastructure on Borden Street, Brunswick Avenue,
Dewson Street, Murray Ross Parkway, Rxoton Street, Sumach Street,
Ulster Street, and Wellington Street as well as to make improvements to
existing cycling infrastructure on Blue Jays Way, College Street at Borden
Street, Lower River Street, Shuter Street, and Shaw
Street.
As
a result of the recommendations, 18 residential on-street permit parking spaces
on Shaw Street between Dupont Street and Bloor Street West; 15 residential
on-street permit parking spaces as a result of the proposed installations along
Dewson Street between Roxton
Road and Shaw Street on Roxton Road between Dewson Street (north) and Harbord
Street and Roxton Road between Dewson
Street (north) and Dewson Street (south); and 37 residential
on-street permit parking spaces (overnight) and Pay and Display (daytime) and 12
residential on-street permit parking spaces (overnight) on Douro between King
and Strachan will be removed.
It
is proposed that the by-law be adopted at the Council meeting to be held on April
1 and 2 or at a subsequent meeting.
The report from the General Manager, Transportation
Services, titled "Cycling Network Plan: 2020 Cycling Infrastructure
Installation - First Quarter Update" has the following recommendations:
1. City Council authorize the installation of bicycle lanes on the following sections of roadway, as described in Attachment 2 - Designated Bicycle Lanes:
a. Douro Street (from Shaw Street to King Street West);
b. Roxton Road (from Dewson Street north to Harbord Street); and
c. Wellington Street (from Niagara Avenue to Strachan Avenue).
2. City Council authorize the installation of Cycle Tracks on the following sections of roadway, as described in Attachment 3 - Designated Cycle Tracks:
a. College Street (from Bellevue Avenue to Borden Street);
b. Douro Street (from Strachan Avenue to Shaw Street);
c. Lower River Street (from Trolley Crescent South to River Street);
d. Murray Ross Parkway (from Keele Street to Columbia Gate); and
e. Shuter Street (from River Street to Bond Street ).
3. City Council authorize the installation or adjustments of bicycle lanes on the following sections of roadway, as described in Attachment 4 – Contra-flow Bicycle Lanes:
a. Borden Street (from just north of College Street to Ulster Street);
b. Brunswick Avenue (from just north of College Street to Lowther Street);
c. Dewson Street (from Roxton Road to Shaw Street);
d. Ulster Street (from Borden Street to Brunswick Avenue);
e. Roxton Road (from Dewson Street south to Dewson Street north);
f. Shaw Street (from Harbord Street to Dupont Street); and
g. Sumach Street (from Queen Street to Shuter Street).
4. City Council authorize the
amendments to traffic and parking regulations associated with Recommendations
1, 2 and 3, as described in Attachment 5 - Amendments to Traffic and Parking
Regulations.
If approved by City Council, City of Toronto
Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, Chapter 886, Footpaths,
Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks, Chapter 910
Parking Machines and Meters, and Chapter 925, Permit Parking will require
amendment.
At
its meeting to be held in Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall on March 11, 2020,
at 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter, the Infrastructure and
Environment Committee of Toronto City Council will hear in person, or by his or
her counsel, agent or solicitor, any person who wishes to speak to the matter.
To
view or obtain a copy of the report that outlines the related amendments to Cycling
Network Plan: 2020 Cycling Infrastructure Installation - First Quarter Update visit
the City's website at: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/decisionBodyProfile.do?function=doPrepare&meetingId=17064#Meeting-2020.IE12 on
March 4, 2020.
To submit comments or make a presentation to the Infrastructure
and Environment Committee on March 11, 2020, please contact the Committee no
later than 12:00 p.m. on March 10, 2020:
Infrastructure and
Environment Committee
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street
West, 10th Floor, West Tower
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
Telephone: 416-397-4579
Fax: 416-392-1879
Email: iec@toronto.ca
To
ask questions regarding the content of the report contact:
Jacquelyn
Hayward
Director,
Project Design & Management
Transportation
Services
Tel: (416)
392-5348
Email: Jacquelyn.Hayward@toronto.ca
Any
comments received after the Committee meeting will be forwarded to Council.
While
the staff report sets out proposed changes, the Committee and/or City Council
may make amendments from the recommendations set out in the report.
If
this matter is postponed at the Committee meeting or Council meeting or
considered at a subsequent Committee or Council meeting, no additional notice
will be provided other than the information on the subsequent Committee or
Council agenda. Please contact the above
City officials if you require notice in these cases.
The
Infrastructure and Environment Committee will make its final recommendations on
March 11, 2020 which will be forwarded to City Council at its meeting on April
1 and 2, 2020.
Notice to people
writing or making presentations to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee: The City
of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the
City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or
presentation to City Council or its committees.
The
City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the
relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations
or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the
fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record
and will appear on the City’s website. The City will also make your
communication and any personal information in it – such as your postal address,
telephone number or e-mail address – available to the public, unless you
expressly request the City to remove it.
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If you want to learn more about why and how the City
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416-397-4579.
Dated at the City of Toronto this 4th day of
March 2020.
Ulli S. Watkiss
City Clerk