Fixing Roads Faster - by Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher

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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 direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to deliver additional repaving projects on local roads in poor condition, including those with the most reported potholes with a target of completing the work by the fourth quarter of 2025, as well as develop a plan to expand local road resurfacing and road repair programs for 2026 and beyond.

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Wherever I go in the City, people tell me they want their roads fixed. Potholes, uneven surfaces, damage from heavy use or construction. I feel it too as I travel to many events and meetings around the city. The City is constantly fixing roads and filling in the potholes that emerge each spring. so far in 2025, we've already filled over 154,000 potholes. Last year, we filled 285,000. This is important work people expect from their city.

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With the new deal that I secured with the provincial government, we have unlocked $350 million more to fix our roads and public infrastructure. With this additional money, we can take action sooner and accelerate permanent repairs to our roads. We can go beyond our current schedule of road repair and pothole fixes, and deliver the good roads people rely on. With this motion, I request that staff identify the roads in the worst condition to be expedited for repaving, not just filling potholes.

Staff recommended

Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to accelerate during this construction season the permanent repaving of the roads with the most potholes with a target of completing the work by the fourth quarter of 2025.

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