Traffic Study - Keele, Dundas West, Pacific, and Vine Corridor

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Community Council Decision in Favor

Etobicoke York Community Council:

1 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Sarah Doucette (Carried)

1. Requested the Director, Transportation Services, Etobicoke York District to review the existing traffic studies completed by the City and submitted through local development applications within the Keele Street, Dundas Street West, Pacific Avenue, and Vine Street corridor, and report to the local Councillor, on what changes can be made within the corridor, and to the Keele Street and Dundas Street West.

[ms_alert icon="fa-rocket" background_color="#FCDFFF" text_color="#232323" border_width="2" border_radius="0" box_shadow="no" dismissable="no" class="" id=""]Origin. (June 6, 2018) Letter from Councillor Sarah Doucette, Ward 13, Parkdale-High Park [/ms_alert]

[su_box title="Corridor meaning linear agglomerations " style="default" box_color="#F73F43" title_color="#FFFFFF" radius="0"]. [su_highlight background="#DDFF99" color="#000000"]Traffic concerns have continued to grow in the Junction neighbourhood,[/su_highlight] with a recent studies showing a dramatic increase in the volume of traffic on local roads in the area. With [su_highlight background="#DDFF99" color="#000000"]six development applications in the Junction community,[/su_highlight] three of which are in the Keele Street, Dundas Street West, Pacific Avenue, and Vine Street corridor, this issue will continue to grow.[/su_box]

 

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(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/ey/bgrd/backgroundfile-116193.pdf)

MotionsMotion to Add New Business at Committee moved by Councillor Sarah Doucette (Carried)

 

That Etobicoke York Community Council amend the Recommendation contained in the letter (June 6, 2018) from Councillor Sarah Doucette, Ward 13, Parkdale-High Park, As in paragraph 1 above.

 

 

FAST Technology for Icy Conditions

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You have to hand it to the Europeans.  The installation of this Fixed Automated Spray Technology system on the ramp from the 401 to the 416 near Prescott has brought to zero the weather-related accidents on this strip.  Its nearness to the  St. Lawrence river exposes the ramp to high winds and moisture, causing ice to form there before it accumulates on other parts of the highway, especially since it is raised.  In the first winter, accidents were common, but this spray system, embedded in the road, sprays a de-icing chemical when the complex sensor system detects the right conditions for ice accumulation.

This Federal Government Site provides further information on background, cost, environmental data and benefits.