Sunday’s closure of the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) allowed City of Toronto and contract crews to complete important maintenance and improvement work on the expressway efficiently and safely.
Originally, the closure was scheduled for a full weekend but forecast rain prompted the City to limit the closure to just over a single day, from Sunday, May 26 at 12:01 a.m. until Monday, May 27 at 5 a.m.
Statistics on work completed during the one-day closure (numbers approximate):
• 5.5 “lane kilometres” of road resurfaced using 2,551 tonnes of asphalt
• 234 square metres of permanent pothole repairs completed using 59.4 tonnes of asphalt
• 1,535 metres of cracks filled
• 379 metres of guiderail repaired
• 153,507 metres of lines painted
• 160 kilometres of roadway swept
• 153.6 tonnes of debris removed
• 21 tonnes of litter collected
• 541 catch basins cleaned and flushed
• 11 culverts flushed
• 244 overhead signs, inspected, maintained or repaired
• Eight crash-cushion systems repaired
• 15 bridges inspected
• 260 street lights re-lamped, 46 street lights repaired, and one tall mastpole repaired
• 94 trees pruned
Planned road resurfacing work that was unable to be done because of the tightened closure period last weekend will be scheduled for a time when traffic volumes on the DVP are lowest.
The City divisions that were involved, along with Toronto Hydro and Metrolinx, worked together to co-ordinate their work and operations last weekend to improve efficiency and to minimize disruption.
Approximately 135,000 (weekday average) vehicles travel daily on the Don Valley Parkway.
This work on the DVP was part of the City’s comprehensive, co-ordinated strategy to rehabilitate and upgrade Toronto’s roads, transit and underground infrastructure for current and future needs.
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“A full closure of the DVP, even for a single day, helps our crews and contractors get an enormous amount of important maintenance work done in a safe and efficient manner. Thank you to everyone for their patience and understanding as we adjusted planning at the last minute for weather conditions.”
– Barbara Gray, General Manager of Transportation Services
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