Item - 2021.IE23.13

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the installation of temporary bicycle lanes on Cherry Street, between Mill Street and a point 134.5 metres south on the easterly northbound lanes and westerly southbound lanes, in effect at all times, from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024.

2. City Council authorize the installation of temporary cycle tracks on the following sections of roadway, as described in Attachment 3 to the report (June 18, 2021) from the General Manager, Transportation Services titled Designated Cycle Tracks, from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024:

a. Cherry Street (from a point 134.5 metres south of Mill Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East metres north);

b. Villiers Street (from Cherry Street to Saulter Street South);

c. Saulter Street South (from Villiers Street to Commissioners Street ); and

d. Commissioners Street (from Saulter Street South to Carlaw Avenue).

3. City Council authorize the amendments to traffic and parking regulations associated with Parts 1 and 2 above described in Attachment 4 to the report (June 18, 2021) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, titled "Amendments to Traffic and Parking Regulations", from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024.

4. City Council authorize the installation of temporary traffic control signals at the intersection of Commissioners Street and Cherry Street, from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024.

5. City Council direct that Cherry Street, Villiers Street, Saulter Street South, and Commissioners Street be returned to pre-construction traffic and parking regulations when the project is completed.

6. City Council request Waterfront Toronto and the Waterfront Secretariat to address the following matters and report back to the September 14, 2021 Infrastructure and Environment Committee meeting on:

a. the communications strategy related to the closures and reduced capacity of Lake Shore Boulevard;

b. the traffic mitigation plan for the neighbourhood roads north of Lake Shore Boulevard;

c. the impacts and mitigation plans for the Carlaw Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard and the Leslie Street and Leslie Street intersection;

d. the plan and design for the cycle track for Carlaw Avenue from Lake Shore Boulevard to Commissioners Street;

e. the plan and design for the cycle track on Commissioners Street;

f. analysis of the current south of Eastern Avenue fleet movements, truck traffic and general traffic for the entire employment zone;

g. detailed information on the fleet movements in the Port Lands including the issues identified by the businesses as a result of the closures, lane reductions and stacking;

h. the plan for the management of constituent issues such as traffic infiltration in neighbourhoods; and

i. a list of all businesses in the Port Lands and south of Eastern Avenue that will be impacted.

As part of the Port Lands Flood Protection Project and Enabling Infrastructure Project, and the Lake Shore Boulevard East, Bridge and Public Realm Projects, Waterfront Toronto is planning the following construction projects:

- Removal of the Gardiner East access ramps at Logan Avenue

- Reconstruction of the Lower Don River Bridge

- Temporary closure of Don Roadway, from Lake Shore Boulevard East and Villiers Street

- Reconfiguration of Lake Shore Boulevard East, from Don Roadway and Carlaw Avenue

- Construction of the Sediment and Debris Management Area adjacent to the Lower Don Trail

Construction staging operations for the above work will require the closure of the multi-use trail on the north boulevard of Lake Shore Boulevard East between Don Roadway and Carlaw Avenue, from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024. The removal of the Lake Shore Don River Bridge and closure of Don Roadway will effectively close the Lake Shore Boulevard East Trail at Don Roadway, resulting in a "dead-end" for trail users. In addition, the proposed construction staging areas will require the closure of the south sidewalk on Lake Shore Boulevard East, from Don Roadway to Logan Avenue

Additionally, the Lower Don Trail will be closed south of Corktown Common in order to facilitate the construction of the Sediment and Debris Management Area, from November 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023. People cycling will be detoured onto a new cycle track on Mill Street, which will connect to the proposed cycling detour route at Cherry Street.

In order to safely detour people cycling around the construction staging areas, new cycling infrastructure detours are recommended. Transportation Services is requesting authorization to install temporary cycling infrastructure on the below listed roadways, for a period of up to 40 months (i.e. September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024), to provide a detour route for people cycling during the planned Port Lands Flood Protection Projects:

- Cherry Street (bicycle lanes / cycle tracks, Ward 10)

- Villiers Street (cycle tracks, Ward 14)

- Saulter Street South (cycle tracks, Ward 14)

- Commissioners Street (cycle tracks, Ward 14)

Pedestrian movements will be detoured onto existing sidewalks on the above roadways and in some cases, new sidewalks or multi-use trails will be constructed to improve pedestrian connectivity.