Item - 2013.PW24.6

City Council, at its meeting of November 27, 28, and 29, 2012, directed that "the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, report to (PWIC) in early 2013 on the scope, timing, costs and any other implications of  undertaking a Comprehensive Transportation Master Plan (TMP) for Park Lawn Road and Lake Shore Boulevard West area, which would take into consideration the traffic implications of potential development in this area."

A TMP is needed to set out a cohesive and integrated multi-modal transportation plan that brings together previously planned and approved (but unbuilt) infrastructure projects, development plans, one-time infrastructure opportunities, and the needs of the people who will live, work, visit and pass through the area for decades to come. The TMP will meet the requirements of Phases 1 and 2 of the Municipal Class EA and will set out any subsequent planning, design, and approval steps needed for the Plan's various components.

The TMP will be led by City staff, who will retain consulting services to supplement in-house expertise. The study will be initiated in 2014 and be completed by the end of the year. A staff report will be submitted to Committee and Council for consideration at the first opportunity afterwards.