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F.G. Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway Closure - Bike for Brain Health

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The decision

2023-02-07 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on February 7 and 8, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the closure of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, from the Humber River to the Don Valley Parkway, including all ramps, and the Don Valley Parkway, from the F.G. Gardiner Expressway to York Mills Road, including all ramps, on the Sundays of June 4, 2023, June 2, 2024 and June 1, 2025 from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., for the Bike for Brain Health event.

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2. City Council prohibit other road closures due to events or film permits on arterial roads bounded by Highway 401, Warden Avenue, Lake Ontario, Humber River, Queen Street/The Queensway, and Yonge Street, as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the Bike for Brain Health event. 3. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to not schedule any subway closures during the period the Bike for Brain Health event is held. 4. City Council require the organizer to pay, within 90 days of the City issuing an invoice, any costs incurred to the City to secure the work zones along the F. G. Gardiner Expressway during the F. G. Gardiner Expressway rehabilitation work.

The vote

Adopt Item · Carried, 23-2

For (23)Alejandra Bravo, Amber Morley, Anthony Perruzza, Ausma Malik, Brad Bradford, Chris Moise, Dianne Saxe, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, Gord Perks, Jamaal Myers, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, Jennifer McKelvie, John Tory, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Mike Colle, Nick Mantas, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll, Vincent Crisanti
Against (2)Lily Cheng, Stephen Holyday
Absent (1)Michael Thompson
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On the agenda

As the city filed it

The purpose of this report is to request City Council approval to close the F.G. Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway on the Sundays of June 4, 2023, June 2, 2024 and June 1, 2025 for the purpose of the Bike for Brain Health event in support of the Baycrest Foundation. Historically, it has been a practice to seek authority for 3 year periods in order to give event organizers some certainty for planning these annual events.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Transportation Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the closure of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, from the Humber River to the Don Valley Parkway, including all ramps, and the Don Valley Parkway, from the F.G. Gardiner Expressway to York Mills Road, including all ramps, on the Sundays of June 4, 2023, June 2, 2024 and June 1, 2025 from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., for the Bike for Brain Health event.

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2. City Council prohibit other road closures due to events or film permits on arterial roads bounded by Highway 401, Warden Avenue, Lake Ontario, Humber River, Queen Street/The Queensway, and Yonge Street, as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the Bike for Brain Health event. 3. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to not schedule any subway closures during the period the Bike for Brain Health event is held. 4. City Council require the organizer to pay, within 90 days of the City issuing an invoice, any costs incurred to the City to secure the work zones along the F. G. Gardiner Expressway during the F. G. Gardiner Expressway rehabilitation work.

Considered

  • 2023-01-30 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · adopted

    Decision as filed

    The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the closure of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, from the Humber River to the Don Valley Parkway, including all ramps, and the Don Valley Parkway, from the F.G. Gardiner Expressway to York Mills Road, including all ramps, on the Sundays of June 4, 2023, June 2, 2024 and June 1, 2025 from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., for the Bike for Brain Health event.

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    2. City Council prohibit other road closures due to events or film permits on arterial roads bounded by Highway 401, Warden Avenue, Lake Ontario, Humber River, Queen Street/The Queensway, and Yonge Street, as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the Bike for Brain Health event. 3. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to not schedule any subway closures during the period the Bike for Brain Health event is held. 4. City Council require the organizer to pay, within 90 days of the City issuing an invoice, any costs incurred to the City to secure the work zones along the F. G. Gardiner Expressway during the F. G. Gardiner Expressway rehabilitation work.

  • 2023-02-07 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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