| 141490 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Review, Analysis and Service Delivery Model Recommendations for City-Wide Mechanical Litter Removal Operations | 2025.IE23.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The purpose of this report is to report back to City Council with Solid Waste Management Services' review and analysis of potential service delivery options for the City's mechanical litter removal (litter vacuum) operation which is part of the City's integrated litter program. This report also recommends a service delivery model change to the currently contracted portion of the litter vacuum operations. It presents timelines, operational requirements, financial comparison estimates, and other considerations (resulting from extended producer responsibility transition for Blue Bin recyclables) for the Solid Waste Management Services Division to bring litter vacuum operations in-house once the existing contracts end. The East Contract[1] expires December 31, 2026, and the West Contract[2] expires March 31, 2027.<br /> <br />[1] In this report, Request For Quotation number number 6033-19-0187 for downtown Toronto is referred to as the East Contract.</p>
<p> <br />[2] In this report, Request For Quotation number Doc3060658546 for the west-end of Toronto is referred to as the West Contract.</p> | 23 | 1 | CMMTTEE | IE | All | N | 1753243200000 | … | Report | ACTION | Amended | Main | Committee | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | ACTION | true | Amended | … | … | … | … | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 141450 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Joint Collection Schedule Discussions with Circular Materials | 2025.IE23.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The purpose of this staff report is to provide City Council with an update on their direction for staff to engage Circular Materials in discussions on the feasibility of collaborating on a cost-shared joint waste collection schedule to include recycling collection information for residential curbside collection customers in 2026 and/or future years. This report seeks delegated authority for the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to enter into an agreement with Circular Materials for a joint collection schedule, should negotiations be successful.</p> | 23 | 2 | CMMTTEE | IE | All | N | 1753243200000 | … | Report | ACTION | Amended | Main | Committee | … | … | … | … | … |
| 141436 | REPORT | N | Y | MAIN | ACTION | REFERRED | N | Collection Options for District 2 and District Comparative Analysis | 2025.IE23.3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The purpose of this staff report is to provide City Council with their directed review of the financial, regulatory, operational needs and other requirements necessary for the Solid Waste Management Services Division to be able to bring District 2 collection services in-house following the end of the next contracted service agreement on August 2, 2031.</p>
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<p>Additionally, City Council requested a report back with an update on the comparison of service standards and metrics between districts for daytime, curbside waste collection, including:</p>
<p> </p>
<p> a. diversion rates</p>
<p> b. customer counts</p>
<p> c. customer service reliability (311 Toronto)</p>
<p> d. liquidated damages</p>
<p> e. residents' satisfaction</p>
<p> f. contingency fees of previous contracts; and</p>
<p> g. waste contamination rates.</p> | 23 | 3 | CMMTTEE | IE | All | N | — | … | Report | ACTION |
| 141561 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | NO_ACTN | N | Collection Options for District 2 and District Comparative Analysis | 2025.IE23.3a | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The purpose of this report is to advise that the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services will be submitting a report that provides the findings of a review of the collection options for District 2 and a district comparative analysis to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee for its meeting on July 10, 2025.</p> | 23 | 3 | CMMTTEE | IE | All | N | — | … | Report | ACTION | No Action | Main | Committee | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 141455 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Establishing a Chief Congestion Officer for the City of Toronto | 2025.IE23.4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>Toronto continues to be the busiest city in North America in terms of construction due to increased private development activity, major infrastructure renewal, and the implementation of higher-order transit. This continues to be the most challenging factor towards congestion in the City. At its meeting on April 23 and 24, 2025, City Council considered item IE20.3 – Congestion Management Plan – 2025 Update and directed the City Manager to establish a congestion lead position to focus on creative, cross-divisional solutions to tackling congestion and pre-emptively identifying challenges and recommending solutions to get Toronto moving.</p>
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<p>The purpose of this report is to outline the key responsibilities of the Chief Congestion Officer and Executive Director of the Strategic Capital Coordination role. The Chief Congestion Officer and Executive Director, Strategic Capital Coordination will oversee the Strategic Capital Coordination Office. The largest contributor to congestion is construction and as such, it is critical that this position have the authority and accountability for capital coordination across the city to help manage congestion. The position will report directly to the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and will play a pivotal role in managing and mitigating congestion across the City.</p>
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<p>While the creation of this role will not eliminate congestion, the leadership it will provide will help to enhance how the City actively manages congestion against the ongoing pressures of growth and development.</p> | 23 | 4 | CMMTTEE | IE | All |
| 141485 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Toronto Transit Commission Traction Power Upgrade Projects - Lane Closure Information | 2025.IE23.5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>City Council at its meeting on April 23 and 24, 2025, item - 2025.IE20.4, requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with information on: </p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">a. any necessary authorities for lane closures greater than 30 days for the first Toronto Transit Commission Traction Power Upgrade project in Table 2, contract S75-7 in the report (March 31, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, including details of the anticipated traffic impacts, the traffic impact mitigation measures to be implemented and steps and measures taken to ensure the amount and duration of lane closures are minimized; and </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">b. the delegated authority being sought in Recommendation 2 in the report (March 31, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services for the remaining five Traction Power Upgrade projects in described in Table 2 in the report (March 31, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services. </p>
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<p>Transportation Services is seeking delegated authority for the six (6) projects part of the Traction Power Upgrade program in order to be capable of expediting the issuance of road closure permits for these critical transit upgrade projects. Contract S75-7 (Granby Traction Power Substation and Duct Bank Replacement Project), is the first contract in the Traction Power Upgrade program scheduled for construction, and per Council direction, project-specific details of the planned road closure for this project are provided in this report. The traffic mitigation measures implemented for contract S75-7 will be considered for the remaining projects, with context specific measures approved by Transportation Services as part of the required road closure permits. </p> |
| 141510 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Cycling Network Plan - 2025 Cycling Infrastructure and Missing Sidewalk Installation - Second Quarter Update | 2025.IE23.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report seeks City Council authority to upgrade bikeway projects identified in the Cycling Network Plan Near-Term Implementation Program (2025-2027). The Cycling Network Plan and the associated Near-Term Implementation Plan adopted by City Council in June 2024 seeks to build on the existing network of cycling routes to Connect gaps in the current network, Grow the network into new parts of the city, and Renew existing parts of the network to improve safety.</p>
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<p>Through this report, Transportation Services is seeking authority for bikeway projects that are proposed to be installed or under construction in the near-term (2025-2027), for which design and consultation have been completed. No motor vehicle travel lanes removals are required for the projects within this report.</p>
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<p>This report seeks Council authority to make by-law amendments associated with improvements to 1.9 centreline kilomeres of existing bikeways on the following streets:</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Blue Jays Way and Peter Street: Queen Street West to Front Street West (bike lane and cycle track to parking-protected cycle track, Ward 10)</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Davenport Road: Westmoreland Avenue North to Wychwood Park, and at Bathurst Street (traffic and parking; Ward 9 and 12)</p>
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<p>This report also seeks Council authority to rescind the previously approved changes to by-laws on Jones Avenue from Queen Street East to Dundas Street East. On April 17, 2024, City Council approved by-laws to convert the existing bike lanes on this block of Jones Avenue to cycle tracks. After further design analysis, the existing bike lane configuration is recommended to be maintained, along with improvements to safety and accessibility at intersections and transit stops as part of an upcoming road resurfacing project.</p>
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<p>Transportation Services is continuing to utilize the streamlined reporting process for by-law amendment submissions associated with cycling infrastructure projects approved by Council for implementation. Once projects are approved by Council, the streamlined process involves delegation of authority to submit bills directly to Council for a defined period of time after project implementation, which enables Transportation Services to make minor adjustments to constructed conditions without delay and based on local Councillor and public feedback, such as parking adjustments to improve sightlines, adjustments or addition of accessible loading areas, and similar modifications.</p>
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<p>The changes proposed as part of the projects identified above would improve both safety and mobility options by providing improved cycling connections to transit, parks, local schools, businesses, and residences. Pedestrian improvements have also been included in the projects, wherever feasible, including curb extensions, pedestrian head start signals, and motor vehicle lane adjustments.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In addition, this report seeks to make minor housekeeping amendments to existing or approved bikeways and their associated traffic and parking by-laws on the following streets:</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Brunswick Avenue: Brunswick Avenue at Bloor Street West (traffic; Ward 10)</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Esther Shiner Boulevard: Provost Drive to Old Leslie Street (bike lane and parking; Ward 24)</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Huntingwood Drive: between Kennedy Road and Pharmacy Avenue (parking; Ward 22)</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- The Esplanade: Yonge Street to Scott Street (parking; Ward 11)</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Winona Drive: Vaughan Road to Eglinton Avenue West (parking; Ward 12)</p>
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<p>Further, as part of this report, Transportation Services is seeking Council authority to install a new traffic control signal 180 metres west of the Sandhurst Circle and Finch Avenue East intersection to prepare for a new trail connection on Finch Avenue East for the East Highland Creek Greenway Trail.</p>
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<p>Missing Links Sidewalk Projects</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Missing Sidewalk Installation Program seeks to provide safe, comfortable, and accessible sidewalks on all public streets. Transportation Services reviews opportunities to install sidewalks on all roadway classifications through bundling with other state-of-good-repair roadway or utility work, as well as stand-alone delivery, as a fundamental objective of the Vision Zero 2.0 Road Safety Plan.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In July 2019, Council requested that sidewalk proposals not otherwise delegated to the</p>
<p>General Manager, Transportation Services, or those requested by a Member of Council, be reported on an annual basis to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee for recommendation to City Council. This report recommends the installation of sidewalks on the following local roads:</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Ancroft Place from Sherbourne Street North to 80 metres east of Sherbourne Street North (north side, Ward 11);</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Bankfield Drive from Edgebrook Drive to 15 metres north of Edgebrook Drive (east side, Ward 1);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Beechgrove Drive from Copperfield Road to 330 metres east of Minuk Acres (east side, Ward 25);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Bellefontaine Street from 40 metres south of Kenfin Avenue to 285 metres south of Bellbrook Road (west side, Ward 22);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Earl Road from 45 metres east of Dorset Road to Dorset Road (north and south side, Ward 20);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Glenridge Road from 10 metres west of Chine Drive to Chine Drive (east and west side, Ward 20);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Hanover Road from trail entrance of Robert Leek Park to 20 metres west of trail entrance of Robert Leek Park (south side, Ward 6);</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Josaly Drive from 15 Josaly Drive to 17 Josaly Drive (west side, Ward 25);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Leslie Street from Glassworks Drive to Wicksteed Avenue (west side, Ward 15);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Macdonell Avenue from Wabash Avenue to 261 Macdonell Avenue (north side, Ward 4);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Manitou Boulevard from Briar Hill Avenue to Ridelle Avenue (east side, Ward 8);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Parkland Road from Blantyre Avenue to Clonmore Drive (south side, Ward 20);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Parlette Avenue from Ravine Park Crescent to Ravine Park Crescent [south leg] (west side, Ward 25);</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Ravine Park Crescent from Port Union Road to Parlette Avenue (north side, Ward 25);</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Silverview Drive from Crushendale Drive to Bowerbank Drive (south side, Ward 18);</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Sumach Street from Amelia Street to Winchester Street (east side, Ward 13);</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Wilby Crescent from Weston Road to 75 metres southwest of Weston Road (west side, Ward 5); and,</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Wyndcliff Crescent from Wyndcliff Crescent to Knighton Drive (north side, Ward 16).</p>
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<p>In addition to the above, there are five locations for (5) missing sidewalk projects identified in this report for 2025 that are within the delegated authority of the General Manager, Transportation Services.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>A map of the Cycling Network and Missing Sidewalk projects proposed in this report is included as Attachments 1 and 2, respectively.</p> |
| 141439 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Temporary Ramps for Stepped Entrances - Amendments to Chapter 743 | 2025.IE23.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>Many businesses in Toronto are located in buildings where the entrances are not level with the adjacent sidewalks, creating accessibility barriers for individuals using mobility devices, strollers, and carts. The legal requirement to construct permanent ramps is contingent upon new construction or major renovations; in the interim, the buildings remain inaccessible. To address this, some businesses have placed temporary ramps on sidewalks, but these sometimes obstruct pedestrian clearways and pose safety challenges.</p>
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<p>The City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, regulates safe maintenance and operations of our sidewalks and maintenance of the pedestrian clearway. It is Transportation Services' position that a permanent barrier-free entrance into a building should be accommodated on the private side of a property line and should be the responsibility of the property owner or occupier. In many cases, this can entail substantial construction work to retrofit the entrance which may be many years before it is undertaken by the building owner. Transportation Services recognizes the need for interim solutions to provide accessibility.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report recommends amendments to Chapter 743 to allow the placement of temporary ramps as a permitted encroachment within the public right-of-way. The proposed amendments aim to balance the need for improved accessibility with the necessity of maintaining clear pedestrian pathways. The approach avoids the introduction of new permitting processes that could impose additional financial and administrative burdens and reduce the appeal of building owners or leaseholders providing this accessibility feature.</p>
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<p>Many property owners have already informally placed their own ramps, most of which are appropriately sized. This report and its adoption will provide guidance on best practice and hopefully encourage wider uptake, thereby providing an interim solution to the accessibility challenges posed by stepped entrances, while also ensuring that public sidewalks remain safe and accessible for all users.</p> |
| 141512 | REPORT | N | Y | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Approach to Public Electric Vehicle Charging Delivery Model | 2025.IE23.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>On October 10, 2024, City Council adopted the IE-16.5 - Approach to Public Electric Vehicle Charging to 2030 staff report. The report outlined a strategy and plans that will ensure sufficient public charging infrastructure will be in place to realize TransformTO's goal of 30 per cent Electric Vehicle ownership of registered personal vehicles by 2030. To support the recommended Collaborative Delivery Model, the initial three-year City-wide Electric Vehicle charging installation and funding strategy will be presented to City Council in the fourth quarter of 2025. A key prerequisite to inform this plan is a decision around a preferred public Electric Vehicle charging delivery model. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report evaluates public Electric Vehicle charging delivery models to inform and support delivery model decision as a strategic decision that will enable the most efficient and effective way to achieve associated near- and long-term goals and objectives within the City of Toronto’s (“the City”) Strategic Planning Framework. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Based on the evaluation completed on a City-led Model against a Collaborative Model, and considering the magnitude of the City’s unfunded capital program and the cost of generational programs such as the housing plan, transit, and climate action initiatives, City staff are recommending that Environment, Climate and Forestry, in coordination with the Toronto Parking Authority, begin negotiations with three Short-Listed Proponents, guided by Key Negotiating Principles, both outlined in Confidential Attachment 1, with the objective of identifying a Successful Proponent by fourth quarter of 2025 to inform the three-year funding plan and strategy around public Electric Vehicle charging, and report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by the end of first quarter of 2026, on the results of those negotiations.</p> |
| 141508 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Fossil Fuel Advocacy Advertising on City Assets | 2025.IE23.9 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report responds to direction from City Council to report back by the second quarter of 2025 on a policy to decline fossil fuel advocacy advertising on City assets unless:</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- such advertising is consistent with TransformTO; and</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- any claims in the proposed advertisement have been independently verified as substantiated, per section 74.01 of the Competition Act, and paragraph 8 of the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Concerns were raised in 2024 following reports of Toronto Transit Commission vehicles wrapped in fossil fuel advocacy advertising, as such advertising was "greenwashing" and was counter to the climate goals of TransformTO. Greenwashing is defined as environmental claims that are false, misleading or deceptive, or not adequately and properly tested or substantiated as required.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Staff recommend the following approach, made up of three components, to address potential greenwashing on non-Toronto Transit Commission assets which aligns with a forthcoming report to the Toronto Transit Commission Board of Directors in July 2025. Note that the following approach would not apply to advertising for products or technologies that use fossil fuels, such as vehicles and appliances, among others.</p>
<p><br />1. Proactive public information on climate mitigation and resilience that would be incorporated into the City’s existing and planned public campaigns and direct Torontonians to up-to-date, accurate information and helpful actions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>2. A statement on the City's website, similar to the approach the City took on federal cannabis legislation, reinforcing the Competition Act's new greenwashing provisions (which are already law and must be complied with by all City divisions, agencies, and corporations) that require claims about the environmental benefits of a product, business, or business activity be supported by adequate and proper testing, and in accordance with an internationally recognized methodology. The statement would also reiterate the Competition Bureau's positive "principles for compliance", specifically that environmental claims: be truthful; be adequately and properly tested; be clear and specific; avoid exaggeration; and, where claims are about the future, be supported by a specific and adequate plan.</p>
<p><br /> 3. A proactive third-party advertiser greenwashing declaration that advertisers would be required to sign on a go-forward basis before advertising could be accepted on City property. The declaration component of the approach is designed to mitigate legal risks to the City in the absence of a third-party advertising policy by facilitating a self-screening undertaken by the advertisers.</p>
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<p>Taken together, the components of the approach would support and reinforce the Competition Bureau's new greenwashing provisions, underscore the City's concern about the issue of fossil fuel greenwashing and its negative effects, require that third-party advertisers take a proactive approach to prevent greenwashing, and have little to no impact on City advertising revenue given the low percentage of expected fossil fuel advocacy advertising following the implementation of the Competition Bureau's greenwashing provisions in 2024.</p>
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<p>The statement on the City's website and the proactive third-party advertiser greenwashing declaration would be implemented by the end of first quarter of 2026, with proactive public information on climate mitigation and resilience incorporated into the City's existing and planned communications on an ongoing basis, where relevant.</p>
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<p>This approach would be communicated to all City divisions, agencies, and corporations, to underscore that all advertising or sponsorship proposals must comply with the Competition Act’s new greenwashing provisions for any City-owned property, space or asset (including parks, squares, community centres, events, etc.).</p>
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<p>The recommended approach is also consistent with approaches currently being developed by other municipal jurisdictions across Canada, including the City of Ottawa and the City of Montreal.</p> |
| 141588 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | REFERRED | N | Coxwell and Danforth Green Space | 2025.IE23.10 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>In 1998 as part of the redevelopment at Coxwell and Danforth, a Toronto Parking Authority lot was created, as well as green space, after the soil was remediated.at Rhodes and Danforth.</p>
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<p>While this green space has been treated like a park, and is maintained by city parks, it has never been formally turned over to the parks department. Nor does it have a proper name.</p>
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<p>This lovely green space is a true respite on the Danforth, for shoppers, for residents and as a gathering space for picnics, playing and simply as a place to enjoy as one of only</p>
<p>two greenspaces along Danforth Ave. Therefore, I request your support for the following recommendations.</p> | 23 | 10 | CMMTTEE | IE | 14 - Toronto - Danforth | N | — | … | Letter | ACTION | Referred | Main | Committee | … | … | … |
| 141467 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Hesketh Court - Proposed New Sidewalk Construction | 2025.IE23.11 | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This motion aims to amend the plans for project 26ECS-RD-02RR which outlines a local road resurfacing along with the construction of sidewalks on Hesketh Court and Tinder Crescent.</p>
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<p>Tinder Crescent and Hesketh Court are local roads within the Victoria Village neighborhood of Ward 16. These roads serve residents who live there as they do not provide through access; therefore traffic is highly local. Transportation plans to reconstruct Hesketh and Tinder with a sidewalk in 2026-2027. Residents were not formally notified of the project but were informed by a staff member taking measurements of the road.</p>
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<p>Numerous residents objected to the sidewalk construction project which prompted my office to conduct a survey to receive feedback from the community on both roads. For Hesketh Court, 85 percent of residents were against the sidewalk project (29/34). On Tinder Crescent, 76 percent of residents were against (10/13). The request from the community is clear, on behalf of these residents I request the project be amended to not include the proposed sidewalk component but continue with road resurfacing on both roads.</p> | 23 | 11 | CMMTTEE | IE | 16 - Don Valley East | N | 1753243200000 | … | Letter | ACTION |