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F.G. Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway Closure - Bike for Brain Health 2026

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The decision

2025-06-25 · Toronto City Council · amended

As filed

City Council on June 25 and 26, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the closure of the Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway, from the Humber River to the Don Valley Parkway, including all ramps, and the Don Valley Parkway, from the Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway to York Mills Road, including all ramps, on Sunday May 31, 2026 from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., for the Bike for Brain Health event. 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 May 31, 2026 as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the Bike for Brain Health event.

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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 Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway during the Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway rehabilitation work. 5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation to deploy additional traffic agents in the vicinity of major events where road closures and adjacent construction have an outsized impact on traffic congestion to ensure the resulting traffic congestion is minimized.

The vote

Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 19-1

For (19)Alejandra Bravo, Amber Morley, Anthony Perruzza, Ausma Malik, Chris Moise, Dianne Saxe, Frances Nunziata, Gord Perks, Jamaal Myers, James Pasternak, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Lily Cheng, Michael Thompson, Nick Mantas, Olivia Chow, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Rachel Chernos Lin
Against (1)Stephen Holyday
Absent (5)Brad Bradford, Mike Colle, Parthi Kandavel, Shelley Carroll, Vincent Crisanti
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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 Sunday May 31, 2026 for the purpose of the Bike for Brain Health event in support of the Baycrest Foundation. Traditionally, the event begins and ends at Exhibition Place, but due to preparations for FIFA World Cup in June 2026, the start and finish will be relocated to the Aga Khan Museum. In previous years, Transportation Services has recommended approval of these closures for this annual event for a three-year period.

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At this time, Transportation Services is recommending approval for a one-year period (2026), considering the ongoing provincially led due diligence review related to the upload of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway to the Province.

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 Sunday May 31, 2026 from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., for the Bike for Brain Health event. 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 May 31, 2026 as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the Bike for Brain Health event.

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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

  • 2025-06-11 · 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 Sunday May 31, 2026 from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., for the Bike for Brain Health event. 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 May 31, 2026 as they will be required to accommodate overflow traffic from the expressway closures resulting from the Bike for Brain Health event.

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    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.

  • 2025-06-25 · Toronto City Council · amended

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