Expansion of the Snow Emergency Route Network

(All Wards)

The Works Committee recommends the adoption of the following report (September 29, 1999) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services:

Purpose:

To report on the expansion of the Snow Emergency Route Network.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

Funds to undertake the necessary signage installations in the estimated amount of $30,000.00 can be accommodated in Transportation Services Division 1999 Current Budget.

Recommendations:

(1) That Schedule "A" of By-law No. 528-1999, a by-law to regulate traffic on certain highways during periods of emergency occasioned by the fall of snow, be amended to incorporate the streets listed in Appendix "A" of this report; and

(2) that the appropriate City officials be requested to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including the introduction of all necessary bills.

Background:

City Council, at its meeting of July 29, 1999, passed By-law No. 528-1999, regulating traffic on certain highways during periods of emergency occasioned by the fall of snow. This report recommends an amendment to By-law No. 528-1999 to include additional highways.

Comments:

City Council, at its meeting of May 11 and 12, 1999, adopted Clause No. 1 of the former Urban Environment and Development Committee Report No. 6 which, among other things, dealt with a City-wide Snow Management Plan and the expansion of the Snow Emergency Routes.

Subsequently, By-law No. 528-1999 passed by City Council on July 29, 1999, authorized certain highways as Snow Emergency Routes. Staff have reviewed main streets throughout the City to determine whether it would be beneficial to add street sections in the event a snow removal operation is required. Many arterial streets have "no parking" regulations in effect. In these cases, there is no need to apply the snow emergency by-law. It is only in those cases where removal operations would be expected to be hampered by parked cars that this measure is necessary. Under these conditions, the additional highways listed in Appendix "A" of this report should also be included in the Snow Emergency Route Network.

Conclusions:

In order to provide for the efficient movement of vehicular traffic during a Snow Emergency, it is recommended that the streets listed in Appendix "A" of this report be incorporated in Schedule "A" of By-law No. 528-1999.

Funds to undertake the necessary signage installations in the estimated amount of $30,000.00 can be accommodated in Transportation Services Division 1999 Current Budget.

Contact Name and Telephone No:

Andrew Koropeski, 392-7711

Director, Transportation Services, District 1

Appendix "A"

Column 1Column 2

HighwayBetween

Avenue RoadSt. Clair Avenue West and Wilson Avenue

Bathurst StreetSt. Clair Avenue West and Eglinton Avenue West

Bayview AvenueMcCrae Drive and Eglinton Avenue East

Bloor Street WestKeele Street and The East Mall

Brown LineLakeshore Boulevard and Evans Avenue

Danforth AvenueDawes Road and Danforth Road

Dundas Street WestRunnymede Road and Bloor Street West

Dufferin StreetSt. Clair Avenue West and Wingold Avenue

Eglinton Avenue WestLaird Drive and Scarlett Road

Islington AvenueLakeshore Boulevard and Birmingham Street

Jane StreetBloor Street West and Maple Leaf Drive

Keele StreetSouth end and Ingram Drive

Kingston RoadQueen Street East and Manderley Drive

Kipling AvenueLakeshore Boulevard and New Toronto Street

Lakeshore BoulevardHumber River and 42nd Street

Mount Pleasant RoadMerton Street and Eglinton Avenue East

Oakwood AvenueSt. Clair Avenue West and Eglinton Avenue West

St. Clair Avenue EastO'Connor Drive and Victoria Park Avenue

The QueenswayHumber River and North Queen Street

Vaughan RoadSt. Clair Avenue West and Eglinton Avenue West

Weston RoadSt. Clair Avenue West and St. Phillips Road

Yonge StreetSt. Clair Avenue West and Brooke Avenue