West Parkdale Cycling Connection Installation Notice
The City of Toronto is preparing to install bike lanes and shared lane markings along Glendale Avenue, Merrick Street, Claude Avenue, Parkdale Road, Sunnyside Avenue, Galley Avenue, Macdonell Avenue and Seaforth Avenue, along with associated changes on parts of Sunnyside Avenue, Pearson Avenue, Macdonell Avenue, Fern Avenue, and Maple Grove Avenue.
These changes are being implemented to reduce non-local traffic infiltration and improve safety and conditions for all road users, particularly for pedestrians and people cycling. The project was approved by City Council in June 2024.
Weather permitting, this work is scheduled to start in August.
More information on this project can be found here.
Phase 2 Consultation Report for the Parkside Drive Study
The City of Toronto continues its work on studying Parkside Drive, between Keele Subway Station and the Martin Goodman Trail, to identify interventions in addition to those that were introduced in the last year, that can improve safety and mobility along the corridor with a focus on people walking, cycling and other vulnerable road users.
The project team has finished reviewing community feedback, insights and data that were gathered through the second and final phase of consultation. The Phase 2 Consultation Report is now available on the project webpage.
A Final Report that will propose options to improve safety is anticipated to be submitted to City Committee followed by City Council, Fall 2024. The proposal is expected to include both the quick-build transformation of Parkside Drive, as well potential road safety improvements on adjacent neighbourhood streets.
Subject to Council approval, the detailed design of the Parkside Drive cycle track would commence and additional road safety improvements would be delivered.
We appreciate your continued engagement to identify opportunities to improve safety and mobility along Parkside Drive.
All information updates will be shared when available through my weekly e-newsletter.
Honda Indy Road Lake Shore Closure
Lake Shore Boulevard West between Strachan Avenue and British Columbia Road will be closed to vehicle traffic from 9 p.m. July 17 until 1 a.m. on Monday, July 22. The southbound lanes on Strachan Avenue between Fleet Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West are also currently closed to vehicle traffic on July 17 from noon until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 22.
Drivers will be diverted to use Queen St, using Dufferin St and Bathurst St to go north and south around the closure.
Identify 'N Impact Youth Grant Program
- What is the Identify ‘N Impact program?
The Identify ‘N Impact grant program provides funding supports for youth-led initiatives in Toronto.
The City is seeking applications from Toronto based youth-led groups, especially groups that are led by, working with and/or engaging MVP youth (youth most vulnerable to involvement in serious violence and crime), or are led by and/or focused specifically on serving Indigenous, Black and/or 2SLGBTQ+ youth. Project proposals that are led by and involving youth based in one of the 33 Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs) and/or one of the 10 Emerging Neighbourhoods in Toronto will also be prioritized.
Sorauren Summer Movies: The Lunchbox, July 27
Contact my office to request a 'Slow Down Sign'!
You can help remind the public to slow down and to be aware by displaying "Slow Down" lawn signs in your neigbourhood.
Contact my office at [email protected] to request your sign.
City of Toronto announces return of #BeSunSafe program in select Toronto parks this summer
The City of Toronto, in partnership with Toronto Public Health, David Cornfield Melanoma Fund and the Douglas Wright Foundation, are bringing back the #BeSunSafe program to raise awareness about sun safety and offer free sunscreen at select parks in Toronto.
This year, the #BeSunSafe program will offer 50 sunscreen dispensers in select parks along Toronto’s waterfront and throughout High Park, two sunscreen dispensers on HTO to Go water trailers and 150 canopy tents for use at #CampTO, #ParksPlayTO and #SummerInTheSix.
Protecting skin from the sun is the best way to prevent skin cancer. #BeSunSafe aims to prevent skin cancer by providing sunscreen, shade and raising awareness of the importance of sun protection.
Sunscreen provided in the #BeSunSafe dispensers is SPF 30, broad spectrum (UVA/UVB), PABA-free, paraben-free, scent-free and mineral-based.
Torontonians are encouraged to take the following sun safety precautions:
- Apply sunscreen every two hours as sunscreen application is beneficial for all skin tones
- Reapply after swimming or sweating
- Use sunscreen with other sun protection measures such as limiting time in the sun, seeking shade and wearing protective clothing, a hat and sunglasses
- Apply sunscreen on babies older than six months
A map with the locations of the dispensers and information about skin cancer and sun safety tips is available on the #BeSunSafe website: https://besunsafe.ca/
Update on Wabash Public Art Consultation
The City of Toronto is pleased to announce that artist Shellie Zhang has been commissioned for the Wabash Community Recreation Centre public art project! Her proposal ‘Part of the Whole’ was selected through a competitive public art process and was favoured by the community. Inspired by stories of the surrounding neighbourhood rallying together to create public greenspace, the artwork is a large hanging beaded curtain sculpture featuring the image of a sunset against a green landscape with wildflowers. The sculpture will be suspended in the multi-story lobby of the new Wabash CRC. This will be her first permanent public art commission.
Shellie (b. Beijing, China) is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist. By uniting both past and present iconography with the techniques of mass communication, language and sign, Shellie explores the contexts and construction of a multicultural society by disassembling approaches to tradition, gender, the diaspora and popular culture. She creates images, objects and projects in a wide range of media to explore how integration, diversity and assimilation is implemented and negotiated, and how manifestations of these ideas relate to lived experiences. Shellie is interested in how culture is learned and sustained, and how the objects and iconographies of culture are remembered and preserved. For most of her time in Toronto, the neighbourhood of Parkdale was her home.
The Wabash CRC, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, will be a four-story community space located at the southeast corner of Sorauren Park, adaptively reusing the existing former Canadian Linseed Oil Mills Ltd. building. Learn more about Wabash Community Recreation Centre.
Tax & Utility Relief programs available for low-income seniors and low-income individuals with disabilities
The City of Toronto is committed to supporting vulnerable populations by assisting low-income seniors and low-income individuals with disabilities through its Tax & Utility Relief programs. These programs are designed to alleviate financial strain and ensure eligible property owners can comfortably maintain their homes.
More information, including eligibility criteria and how to apply for the Tax & Utility Relief programs, is available on the City’s Property Tax, Water & Solid Waste Relief Programs webpage. The deadline to apply is October 31, 2024.
Sunnyside Gus Ryder Outdoor Pool Re-Opening
The Sunnyside Guys Ryder Pool, located at 1766 Lake Shore Blvd West, experienced severe flooding as a result of rainfall this week and has been closed since Tuesday July 16. City staff have been working on-site around the clock to pump water out of the building and filter room and to complete repair work. Thanks to the fantastic work of staff the pool has now been restored.
Our office has been informed that the pool will re-op on Friday July 19 for regular swim hours. Please be advised that the pool temperature may be cooler than normal.
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