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April 21, 2006
Major roadwork starts in Toronto
TORONTO
With additional funding of $10 million from city council, Toronto’s Transportation Services Division is addressing the backlog of roadwork beginning this year.
The $10 million will be used mainly for resurfacing projects to extend the life of some roads and avoid having more roads fall into the backlog category.
For the past four years, the city has managed to keep the backlog in check at about $235 million, but due to aging infrastructure, it is expected to grow to more than $300 million by the end of 2006.
Similar to past years, Transportation Services is gearing up for a significant amount of road work. More than 300 road and bridge construction projects, totalling more than $300 million, are planned for this year.
To do this, roadwork, sidewalk repairs and routine maintenance work, as well as work performed by utility and communications companies, continues to be co-ordinated by the city to avoid having road work done repeatedly across Toronto.
Major road work planned will include Lakeshore Boulevard, Lansdowne Avenue, McNicoll Avenue, Pharmacy Avenue, Runnymede Road and The Queensway.
There will also be road closures on the Don Valley Parkway and the Gardiner Expressway. The first expressway closure will take place this weekend (April 22 and 23) when the Gardiner Expressway will be closed in both directions between Carlaw Avenue and the Humber River for annual spring maintenance work.
“Keeping the roads in a state of good repair is one of our main goals,” said Gary Welsh, General Manager, Transportation Services. “But we don’t do this work haphazardly. We spend a significant amount of time and energy to plan these projects carefully so that we can do whatever we can to keep disruptions to a minimum.”
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