June 23, 1999
To:Etobicoke Community Council
From:John W. Thomas, P. Eng., MBA, Director, Transportation Services - District 2
Subject:Through Highway and One-Way Street Designations:
Legion Road North
(Lakeshore - Queensway)
Purpose:
To propose the designation of Legion Road North as a through highway between the south limit of the F.G.Gardiner
Expressway and south limit of Manitoba Street; and to propose a one-way designation of Legion Road North in the
southbound direction between the south limit of the F. G. Gardiner Expressway and the north limit of Manitoba Street.
Funding Sources:
The funds associated with the installation of regulatory and information signs and pavement markings are contained in the
Transportation Services Division's Operating Budget.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
(1)Legion Road North be designated a through highway between the south limit of the F.G .Gardiner Expressway and the
south limit of Manitoba Street;
(2)Legion Road North be designated a one-way street southbound, from the south limit of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway
and the north limit of Manitoba Street; and
(3)the associated by-laws (Attachments No. 1 and 2) receive Council approval.
Background:
Legion Road North is new public roadway that is accessed from the eastbound Park Lawn Road exit of the F.G. Gardiner
Expressway. This road was constructed as part of the overall transportation network required to accommodate the new
condominium developments on the north side of Manitoba Street, west of Legion Road North and the future developments
in the secondary plan area known as the Park Lawn Road /Lake Shore Boulevard Planning Area. The road will be
physically opened as a public road allowance in the very near future, and in preparation for that opening, this report
proposes some regulatory and informational traffic control measures to facilitate and manage the safe flow of traffic. A
map of the area is Attachment No. 3; and a schematic drawing Attachment No. 4.
Comments:
Legion Road North currently terminates at the south limit of Manitoba Street. However, this roadway will be extended
southward via a grade separation with the C.N.R. as future development progresses into the area south of Manitoba Street
and the area between the railway line and LakeShore Boulevard West; Legion Road will ultimately operate as the through
highway between Lake Shore Boulevard West and the F. G. Gardiner Expressway.
Given that the access to Legion Road North from the Park Lawn Road exit of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway is designed as
inbound only (at the present time) and that there are no driveway accesses from Legion Road North to the existing
condominium development on the west side of the roadway, a one-way operation for southbound traffic is required until
Legion Road is developed to its ultimate cross-section, including a northbound lane to the eastbound F.G. Gardiner
Expressway ramp to Park Lawn Road.
Conclusions:
Adoption of this report and approval of these by-laws are required to create a through highway in the current and future
road network in the area and allow for the appropriate traffic controls to be installed (i.e. a stop control on the Manitoba
Street west approach).
Designating Legion Road North as a one-way street southbound between the south limit of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway
and the north limit of Manitoba Street is a required traffic control measure, given that there is no northbound vehicular
access to the F. G. Gardiner Expressway from Legion Road North, and that there are no driveway accesses from Legion
Road North to the condominium development on the west side of this roadway.
Contact Name:
Dominic Gulli, Manager, Traffic Operations - District 2.
(416) 394-9409; Fax (416) 394-8942.
John W. Thomas, P.Eng., MBA
Director, Transportation Services - District 2
Attachments
cc: St. - "L"
