Item - 2012.TE14.57

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1.         Requested the Acting Director, Transportation Services, Toronto and East York District to undertake a review of the portion of Gerrard Street East between Carlaw Avenue and Boston Avenue, and make a recommendation to the Community Council regarding a solution to the issue raised in the letter from Councillor Fletcher.

Access to the main portion of Gerrard Street East from Boston Avenue has been closed off by the creation of a parkette at the north end of Boston Ave.  Unfortunately, when the parkette was constructed, no review was done on the impact on eastbound traffic from Carlaw Avenue to Gerrard Street.  While a portion of road between Boston Avenue and Carlaw Avenue remains named Gerrard Street East it is not an access route to Gerrard Street East proper, causing traffic to flow south on Boston Avenue and loop north to return to Gerrard Street East.

A broader study should have been undertaken when the parkette was constructed to determine a feasible solution for keeping traffic intending to proceed eastbound on the main Gerrard Street East from Carlaw Avenue from the truncated portion of Gerrard Street East