Temporary Street Closure for Eastbound F.G. Gardiner Expressway and Northbound Don Valley Parkway - 2025 Toronto Triathlon Festival

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The decision

2024-11-13 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on November 13 and 14, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the closure of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, eastbound lanes only, from the Humber River to the Don Valley Parkway, including all ramps, and the Don Valley Parkway, northbound lanes only, from the F.G. Gardiner Expressway to Eglinton Avenue East, including all ramps, on Sunday, July 27, 2025, from 2:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., for the 2025 Toronto Triathlon Festival 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, on Sunday, July 27, 2025, as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the 2025 Toronto Triathlon Festival event. 3. 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. 4. City Council forward the Item to the Toronto Transit Commission and Metrolinx and request the General Manager, Transportation Services to coordinate with Metrolinx and the Toronto Transit Commission to ensure that no planned closures are scheduled on July 27, 2025, that would limit public transit during the marathon and contribute to traffic congestion.

The vote

Adopt Item · Carried, 19-2

For (19)Amber Morley, Anthony Perruzza, Ausma Malik, Brad Bradford, Chris Moise, Dianne Saxe, Frances Nunziata, Gord Perks, Jamaal Myers, James Pasternak, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Lily Cheng, Nick Mantas, Olivia Chow, Parthi Kandavel, Paula Fletcher, Rachel Chernos Lin, Shelley Carroll

Against (2)Stephen Holyday, Vincent Crisanti

Absent (5)Alejandra Bravo, Jennifer McKelvie, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Paul Ainslie

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On the agenda

As the city filed it

The purpose of this report is to seek City Council's authority to close portions of the eastbound lanes on the F.G. Gardiner Expressway and northbound lanes on the Don Valley Parkway for the Toronto Triathlon Festival event for 2025. The proposed route of the 2025 Toronto Triathlon Festival event will remain the same as 2024.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Transportation Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the closure of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, eastbound lanes only, from the Humber River to the Don Valley Parkway, including all ramps, and the Don Valley Parkway, northbound lanes only, from the F.G. Gardiner Expressway to Eglinton Avenue East, including all ramps, on Sunday, July 27, 2025 from 2:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., for the 2025 Toronto Triathlon Festival event; 2.

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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, on Sunday, July 27, 2025 as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the 2025 Toronto Triathlon Festival event; and 3. 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

2024-10-22 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · amended
Decision as filed
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the closure of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, eastbound lanes only, from the Humber River to the Don Valley Parkway, including all ramps, and the Don Valley Parkway, northbound lanes only, from the F.G. Gardiner Expressway to Eglinton Avenue East, including all ramps, on Sunday, July 27, 2025 from 2:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., for the 2025 Toronto Triathlon Festival event; 2.
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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, on Sunday, July 27, 2025 as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the 2025 Toronto Triathlon Festival event; and 3. 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. 4. City Council forward the Item to the Toronto Transit Commission and Metrolinx and request the General Manager, Transportation Services coordinate with Metrolinx and the Toronto Transit Commission to ensure that no planned closures are scheduled on July 27, 2025, that would limit public transit during the marathon and contribute to traffic congestion.
2024-11-13 · Toronto City Council · adopted

On the record

The item as the City filed it