The Preferred Design Concept for Yonge Street includes increasing sidewalk widths and providing other improvements to the public realm by reducing the existing four driving lanes cross section to two lanes and introducing separated cycling facilities north of Gerrard Street to College Street. Read more below.
The City of Toronto has completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment that evaluated potential improvements to the Yonge Street public right-of-way between Queen Street and College/Carlton Street that are consistent with the City’s objectives to increase pedestrian space and improve the way people move through and experience downtown Yonge Street.
The Preferred Design Concept for Yonge Street, as documented in the Environmental Study Report (ESR), includes increasing sidewalk widths and providing other improvements to the public realm by reducing the existing four driving lanes cross-section to two lanes and introducing separated cycling facilities north of Gerrard Street to College Street. The following design elements are consistent for the full length of the corridor from Queen Street to College / Carlton Street:
City staff will continue to consult on the operational plan for Yonge Street during detailed design. Operational elements that may be considered as part of this include potential pedestrian priority areas, turn movements/restrictions, one-way/two-way driving access, signal timing, and loading, among others. The operational plan will be brought to the appropriate Committee of Council for consideration prior to construction.
The yongeTOmorrow Environmental Assessment was carried out following the requirements for “Schedule C” projects under the Municipal Class EA. An Environmental Study Report has been placed on public record for a 30-day review period starting November 18, 2021, and ending on December 20, 2021. It is available for review at: toronto.ca/yongeTOmorrow or by contacting City staff listed below:
Maogosha Pyjor
55 John Street, Metro Hall, 19th Floor,
City of Toronto
Toronto, ON M5V 3C6
Tel: 416-338-2850
Email: Maogosha.Pyjor@toronto.ca
Interested persons may provide written comments to the project team by December 20, 2021. All comments and concerns should be addressed to City staff listed under the contact information section.
A request may be made to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for an order requiring a higher level of study, or that conditions be imposed, only on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Requests on other grounds will not be considered. Requests must include your contact information and be received by December 20, 2021.
Requests should specify what kind of order is being requested (request for conditions or a request for an individual/comprehensive environmental assessment), how an order may prevent, mitigate or remedy potential adverse impacts on Aboriginal and treaty rights, and any information in support of the statements in the request. This will ensure that the ministry is able to efficiently begin reviewing the request.
The request should be sent in writing or by email to:
Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, 5th Floor, Toronto ON M7A 2J3
AND
Director, Environmental Assessment Branch
Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Ave. W, 1st Floor, Toronto ON, M4V 1P5
Requests should also be copied to the City of Toronto by mail or e-mail. For more information on requests for orders under section 16, visit the Ontario government’s Environmental Assessment Act.
Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. All comments will become part of the public record. Unless you request that your personal information remain confidential, all personal information included in a request for an order, may be made available to the general public by the Ministry under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act and/or s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
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Need assistance? While we aim to provide fully accessible content, there is no text alternative available for some of the content on this site. If you require alternate formats or need assistance understanding our maps, drawings or any other content, please contact us at yongetomorrow@toronto.ca or 416-338-6866.