Item - 2016.EY11.31

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.   City Council approve the addition of travel time information to the Message Sign on the Gardiner Expressway, west of Kipling Avenue, advising motorists of the travel time to downtown (Yonge Street) via Park Lawn Road and Lake Shore Boulevard West.

2.  City Council request Transportation Services staff to conduct studies at an appropriate time following the addition of the Travel Time Message signs to determine the traffic impact on the Park Lawn Road/Lake Shore Boulevard West route.

The purpose of this report is to comment on the request from Etobicoke York Community Council at the meeting on November 10, 2015, to investigate the feasibility of restricting southbound (right) turns onto Park Lawn Road from the eastbound exit of the Gardiner Expressway, between 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday to Friday for the duration of the rehabilitation of the Gardiner Expressway. (Anticipated completion October 31, 2016)

As a result of our studies, considering the significant impact of prohibiting right turns from the Gardiner Expressway eastbound exit ramp onto Park Lawn Road, staff recommend as an alternate option the addition of travel information onto the existing message sign on the Gardiner Expressway, west of Kipling Avenue, to advise motorists of predicted travel time if they use Park Lawn Road to Lake Shore Boulevard West.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates transit service on the subject streets, City Council approval of this report is required.