Road Alteration - Lake Shore Boulevard East / Lower Jarvis Street / Gardiner Expressway Lower Jarvis Ramp

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2021-06-08 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on June 8 and 9, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the alteration of Lake Shore Boulevard East, from Lower Jarvis Street and a point 147 metres west, to remove the existing median island dividing Lake Shore Boulevard East and the eastbound Gardiner off-ramp and construction of a new median island to allow for a second eastbound through lane on the off-ramp at Lower Jarvis Street, generally as shown in Attachment 1, titled "Drawing Number 421T-0120" and dated March 2021, to the report (May 10, 2021) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.

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2. City Council, in conjunction with the completion of road alteration set out in Part 1 above, and until December 31, 2030, authorize the closure of the eastbound Gardiner on-ramp from Lower Jarvis Street to vehicular traffic, in order to eliminate any potential conflicts and unsafe manoeuvres between the eastbound movements on Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Gardiner Expressway on-ramp.

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City Council, at its meeting on December 16, 17 and 18, 2020, authorized staff to enter a Project Delivery Agreement with Waterfront Toronto to reconstruct Lake Shore Boulevard East, from the Don River to Carlaw Avenue, in accordance with the approved Environmental Assessment for the Port Lands Flood Protection project. Waterfront Toronto will also remove the Gardiner access ramps at Logan Avenue, as part of the Council-adopted Gardiner Strategic Rehabilitation Plan.

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Transportation Services is requesting authorization to reconfigure the northerly eastbound lane on Lake Shore Boulevard East, between Lower Jarvis Street and a point 147 metres west, to operate as a second eastbound through lane on the eastbound off-ramp. As a result of the lane reconfiguration and planned signal timing changes, the weaving manoeuvre from eastbound Lake Shore Boulevard East to the Gardiner Expressway on-ramp will conflict with the off-ramp through traffic. Therefore, this report also requests authorization to close the eastbound Gardiner on-ramp from Lower Jarvis Street. Based on the traffic impact analysis, these recommendations will accommodate the expected increase in traffic from the removal of the Gardiner East access ramps to Logan Avenue and mitigate excessive queuing on the Lower Jarvis Street off-ramp.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Transportation Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the alteration of Lake Shore Boulevard East, from Lower Jarvis Street and a point 147 metres west, to remove the existing median island dividing Lake Shore Boulevard East and the eastbound Gardiner off-ramp and construction of a new median island to allow for a second eastbound through lane on the off-ramp at Lower Jarvis Street, generally as shown in Attachment 1, Drawing Number 421T-0120, dated March 2021.

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2. City Council, in conjunction with the completion of road alteration set out in Recommendation 1 above, authorize the closure of the eastbound Gardiner on-ramp from Lower Jarvis Street.

Considered

2021-05-25 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · amended
Decision as filed
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the alteration of Lake Shore Boulevard East, from Lower Jarvis Street and a point 147 metres west, to remove the existing median island dividing Lake Shore Boulevard East and the eastbound Gardiner off-ramp and construction of a new median island to allow for a second eastbound through lane on the off-ramp at Lower Jarvis Street, generally as shown in Attachment 1, titled "Drawing Number 421T-0120" and dated March 2021, to the report (May 10, 2021) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.
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2. City Council, in conjunction with the completion of road alteration set out in Recommendation 1 above, and until December 31, 2030, authorize the closure of the eastbound Gardiner on-ramp from Lower Jarvis Street to vehicular traffic, in order to eliminate any potential conflicts and unsafe manoeuvres between the eastbound movements on Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Gardiner Expressway on-ramp.
2021-06-08 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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