Metrolinx Finch West Light Rail Transit: Temporary Delegation for Long Term Road Closures - Highway 27

Without this delegated authority, reports would be required seeking Council approval to grant road/lane and sidewalk closures lasting more than 30 days. The scope of the FWLRT project and planned new transit infrastructure on Highway 27 requires multiple lane closures that will extend beyond 30 days. Delegating this authority will minimize the chance of project delay and significantly reduces the administrative burden on City of Toronto staff, enabling them to focus on working with Metrolinx, contractors, local ward Councillors, and the community. As the General Manager, Transportation Services does not have any authority to close Highway 27 for third party work for any period of time, this report is critical to ensure that work on the FWLRT can continue.

to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until August 31, 2023 inclusive, despite Section 937-4 of Code Chapter 937, the authority to temporarily close to pedestrian and vehicular traffic portions of Highway 27, between 500 metres north of Finch Avenue West and 500 metres south of Humber College Boulevard, for a period up to and including 365 consecutive days but ending no later than August 31, 2023 inclusive, as required for the purposes of construction of the Finch West Light Rail Transit and exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out this delegated authority from Section 937-5 of Chapter 937, that being the requirement to notify the local Ward Councillor of the pending closure and the requirement to report on the proposed closure if so requested by the local Ward Councillor.