Delivering a Fully Funded Signalized Pedestrian Crossing and Sidewalk at De Boers Drive and Allen Road Intersection

Traffic lights and a signalized north-south pedestrian crossing already exist at this intersection. The supplied drawings specifically refer to the creation of an east-west signalized pedestrian crossing at the corners of Allen Road and De Boers Drive and a connecting sidewalk running south along the east side of Allen Road to the public Toronto Transit Commission plaza, located at the northeast corner of Allen Road and Sheppard Avenue West. A preliminary cost figure prepared by the applicant's consultant estimated the design and construction costs to total $250,000 to be subtracted from the aforementioned received Section 37 funds. The remainder of the funds ($550,000) will be dedicated towards revitalizing the De Boers Dr. public parkette, located west of the future crossing. From September 2021 to the First Quarter of 2022, Engineering and Transportation Services staff worked on reviewing the design and engineering drawings supplied by the applicant with the goal of tendering and delivering the crossing and sidewalk before 2023. However, in March 2022, our office was notified that the delivery of the crossing and sidewalk, although fully funded, was not a priority at this point in time and the design work was to be stopped. Based on the above information, I am then requesting Transportation and Engineering staff to resume the design work for a fully funded signalized pedestrian crossing and sidewalk at De Boers Drive and Allen Road and report back to the next City Council meeting with a timeline for tendering and construction.