News & Announcements

From Wednesday, November 11 to Friday, November 13, permission has been granted to the contractor to close Dovercourt Avenue between Tweedsmuir Avenue to Churchill Avenue.  The contractor will be connecting new services at 275-277 Dovercourt.  The following conditions apply:

Here are the current applications for variances and divisions being heard on Wednesday, November 18th at the Committee of Adjustment. The meetings are open to the public and any interested party can appear before the Committee to present their views in support of or in opposition to an application.

Share your vision

We are pleased to invite you to the Armstrong Street Study Public Consultation open house. You may recall we’ve been discussing this study for a few months now, and we are now ready for some constructive community feedback to integrate into the additional work being done by the study’s facilitators.

What is the Armstrong Street Study?

As many know, the City is currently undertaking a review of how it charges for water and stormwater. I sit on the Environment Committee, and am looking forward to hearing how staff will or won't recommend charging for water - which is currently billed strictly according to how much a household uses.

Reviewing how we charge for water and wastewater has become important since water usage is declining while expenditures are generally fixed and predictable.

Many will recall that last June, I launched a web site called IBikeIBuy.ca. The notion was to capture the economic activity generated by people using the Wellington Street West bike corral - one of three across the city. So how did it go, and what's next?

I've fielded a few questions now about where the environmental assessment (EA) for the western light rail route stands. While Council has approved the route, it's still subject to Provincial approval through the EA.

I posed the question to staff about where that stands, and wanted to share the reply below.

The environmental assessment process for transit projects is complex. The best resource is a guide published by the province of Ontario:

Ontario’s Transit Project Assessment Process, January 2014 It is on the web at:

This afternoon, Councillors Tobi Nussbaum, Catherine McKenney and I wrote to the Standing Committee on Social Policy at Queen's Park with our support for several provisions in Bill 73, Smart Growth for Our Communities Act.

We've received the following update on Scott Street construction progress. Some of the work has been advanced a bit.

Motorists are reminded that a section of Highway 417 will be closed in both directions starting on Friday, October 23 at 11 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Sunday, October 25. This closure is required by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) to replace the Kent Street Bridges.

The public is advised to plan all trips well in advance as significant delays are expected during the closure.

The following detours will be in effect during the Highway 417 closure:

Eastbound detour:

My apologies for a late update - though it's fairly light. Here's the latest on the Scott Street widening and MUP construction, as of Tuesday:

Scott Street update