Streetscape Improvements and Parking Amendments - Colborne Street between Church Street and Leader Lane

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The decision

2025-10-22 · Toronto and East York Community Council · adopted

As filed

The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Authorized the amendments to traffic and parking regulations on Colborne Street between Church Street and Leader Lane, to accommodate the streetscape improvements, as generally described in Attachment 2 to the revised report (October 17, 2025) from the Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

Colborne Street, extending between Church Street and Leader Lane, is scheduled for local road reconstruction and streetscape improvements in Spring 2026. The project includes curb extensions and reduced curb radii at the intersection of Colborne Street and Leader Lane, and a widened boulevard on the south side of Colborne Street, to increase pedestrian clearway and to create seasonal patio space for adjacent businesses in the Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area.

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Transportation Services is recommending removing the on-street paid parking on the south side of Colborne Street, while maintaining the No Stopping on both sides of Colborne Street, to accommodate streetscape improvements. A companion report titled "Pedestrian Way Designation and Streetscape Improvements - Leader Lane between Wellington Street East and Colborne Street" dated October 3, 2025 proposes to permanently close Leader Lane as a Laneway to vehicular traffic and redesignate it as a Pedestrian Way.

Staff recommended

The Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services recommends that: 1. Toronto and East York Community Council authorize the amendments to traffic and parking regulations on Colborne Street between Church Street and Leader Lane, to accommodate the streetscape improvements, as generally described in Attachment 2.

On the record

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