The City will be reconstructing Gladstone Avenue and Peel Avenue in 2023, providing an opportunity to improve the street for all road users. The redesign will improve:
Starting the week of February 12, streetscaping improvements will begin on the south side of Peel Avenue between Dufferin Street and Gladstone Avenue. As part of the work, the contractor will excavate the sidewalk and begin to install the soil cells for the new street trees.
The soil cell installation on the west side of Gladstone Avenue is ongoing and is expected to be completed by early March.
Most of the road reconstruction and sidewalk work has been completed on Peel Avenue and Gladstone Avenue from Dufferin Street to Queen Street West.
Starting in January, there will be a break in construction activity during the winter months. The road has been temporarily restored and all lanes have reopened.
Construction of the parking laybys, bike lanes and upgraded stormwater management systems will resume in spring 2024. The project is expected to be completed by summer 2024.
Installation of Phase 2 of Bartlett-Havelock-Gladstone Cycling Connections will begin on September 17, 2023. Residents can expect new pavement markings and changes to parking and traffic prohibition signage as well as traffic signal operation. View the installation notice for more information.
A Construction notice has been mailed out to residents and businesses.
A Pre-Construction notice has been mailed out to residents and businesses.
A Construction Notice will be mailed out at least two weeks in advance of any work. This notice will include details on the construction staging and traffic management.
Related Projects
Transportation Services is looking at making cycling connections on Gladstone Avenue from Peel Avenue to College Street. Visit the Bartlett-Havelock-Gladstone Cycling Connections site to learn more about this project.
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For further details on the improvements, please see the final design and cross sections.
Peel Avenue and Gladstone Avenue were last reconstructed in 1949. The average lifespan of a road is usually 50 years or so, at which time the road needs to be reconstructed.
In 2010, the City completed the Peel-Gladstone Reconstruction Class Environmental Assessment Study. After a detailed technical analysis, data collection and public feedback, the study recommended narrowing Peel Ave. and Gladstone Ave. between Peel Ave. and the supermarket (22 Northcote Ave.) from 13.1m to approximately 8.6m to include:
In 2011, the City eliminated the Dufferin Street “jog” by constructing an underpass on Dufferin Street to connect to Queen Street West (creation of a continuous connection for motor vehicles, bikes and pedestrian traffic on Dufferin Street under the rail corridor). This connection eliminated the need for vehicles to travel along Peel and Gladstone Avenues to get to Queen Street West. As a result, there has been significant reductions in motor vehicle traffic.
In April, 2019 the City of Toronto brought forward a proposal to convert Peel Avenue and Gladstone Avenue from a 2-way operation to a 1-way operation for motor vehicle traffic, based on the Peel-Gladstone Reconstruction Environmental Assessment study approved in 2010.
Feedback from the Public Drop-In Event, held in April 2019, was mixed. There was some support for the roadway improvements in general such as street trees, planters, wider sidewalks, traffic calming and bicycle lanes. There was also concern raised regarding traffic circulation patterns throughout the neighbourhood including traffic from future developments if Peel Avenue and Gladstone Avenue (from Queen Street to Peel Avenue) was converted to a 1-way operation.
Based on concerns raised at the first public drop-in event and a further review of the challenges presented to circulation throughout the neighbourhood, it is now proposed to maintain 2-way motor vehicle operation along Peel Avenue and Gladstone Avenue (from Queen Street to Peel Avenue).
The City refined the design to address the concerns raised in 2019 and included green infrastructure upgrades. The detailed design was completed in spring 2022.