City Council has approved the installation of eglintonTOday Complete Street Project on Eglinton Avenue West between Bicknell Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road. The Staff report is available at IE13.2.
In 2014 City Council approved the Eglinton Connects Planning Study which articulated the long term vision for Eglinton Avenue following the introduction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Eglinton Connects envisioned a complete street and was based on three integrated themes of Travelling Eglinton, Greening Eglinton and Building Eglinton.
The eglintonTOday Complete Street project is an interim strategy that will achieve elements of the Eglinton Connects Vision and aims to make travel on Eglinton Avenue safer, more inviting, and attractive for everyone.
The project proposes to implement complete street features, including bikeways and public realm upgrades on Eglinton Avenue between Keele Street and Mount Pleasant Road, by reassigning the existing road space to accommodate vehicular traffic, parking, bikeways, seasonal patio extensions, art installations and other neighbourhood and cultural events.
This work is being coordinated with the Eglinton Crosstown station design and construction currently being delivered by Metrolinx.
This first segment of phase 1 of the eglintonTOday Complete Street Project will connect with the existing complete street infrastructure between Avenue Road and Yonge Street with protected cycle tracks, all-day parking, and pedestrian and accessibility improvements. Continuing in 2025, to best align with the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit, the Complete Street installation will continue to connect existing cycling infrastructure between Bicknell Avenue, just west of Keele Street, and Mount Pleasant Road.
Please see the Installation Notice for full details.
The Eglinton Way BIA segment is open with the finishing touches being added in the last few days of work which include beautiful art deco artistic curb extensions. Thank you to the Eglinton Way BIA for a great collaboration and to everyone for their patience throughout the installation period of this first segment.
The protective cycle track barriers and reflective bollards that will help clearly delineate parking and loading zones from the bikeway within Eglinton Way BIA will be installed overnight, October 10 and 11. The work will be done overnight to minimize impact on parking and all motor vehicle travel lanes will remain open throughout. All parking meters are intended to be in place and updated to reflect full-day parking by next week.
The two raised bus platforms at Heddington Avenue and Castle Knock Road have been installed and are fully operational for accessible loading. Final road markings are expected to be completed this week to clarify turning lanes, parking and loading areas, with a thorough cleanup of the reflective beads. Paid parking signage is in the process of being corrected. To confirm, parking is permitted at all times in the designated areas, including between 4 to 6 p.m.
Final sidewalk repairs are being completed and the new roadway line markings are in progress. Please travel with caution as the new lane markings get completed. New raised bus platforms at Heddington Avenue and Castle Knock Road will be installed Tuesday and Wednesday nights. These “island platforms” provide accessible loading while accommodating the bikeway and maximizing parking as buses do not need to pull all the way to the curb.
Tuesday, September 10 repaving of Eglinton Avenue between Chaplin Crescent and Avenue Road occurred overnight. Work will continue into the day Wednesday, September 11 and be followed immediately by the installation of line markings. One travel lane in each direction will be maintained during paving, line marking, and the final stage of installation of the cycling infrastructure.
Road resurfacing will begin Wednesday, September 4 with grinding of the existing surface overnight and continuing into Thursday during the day. One motor vehicle travel lane will be maintained in each direction throughout.
Monday, September 10 and Tuesday September 11 are planned for the repaving, followed by the line marking and placement of the curbs and bollards at which point full day parking will begin in the designated locations. Some final sidewalk repairs will happen afterward, but with only location-specific disruptions.
There have been a few delays to the resurfacing that was anticipated to be completed by Labour Day, but the end is in sight. Here are next steps:
Sidewalk repairs and utility cuts continue with the intent to complete curb work this week in advance of resurfacing planned for the week of August 26. Road resurfacing is still anticipated to be completed by Labour Day. Line paintings will be done in the evening over a few days and installation of the bollards and precast curbs for the protected segments of the bikeway to follow.
Sidewalk repairs and utility cuts are ongoing with a focus this week on the north side of Eglinton Avenue West between Castleknock Road and Avenue Road. Concrete repairs will continue until August 23 followed by road resurfacing to be completed by September 2, Labour Day.
Why are changes being proposed to Eglinton Avenue and why now?
What is being proposed and when are changes expected?
How will the complete street impact parking on Eglinton Avenue?
How long will the construction take?
I see construction happening already, is this connected with the complete street?
When will the ECLRT open and how will this impact traffic and the complete street?
How will public transit change along Eglinton Avenue?
How can changes be justified given current traffic congestion on Eglinton Avenue, particularly near Allen Road?
What will be the impact of the complete street on side streets?
Why make these changes when people can cycle on the Beltline?
Eglinton Avenue is a diverse and varied corridor. The first phase of the EglintonTOday Complete Street project extends along Eglinton Avenue between Bicknell Avenue in the west and Mount Pleasant Road in the east. Eglinton Avenue connects numerous unique neighbourhoods including Little Jamaica in the vibrant Eglinton West enclave between Allen Road and Keele Street, is home to more than six Business Improvement Areas and has strategic connections with the natural valley systems, ravines and trails of the larger city and region.
A later second phase will be programmed to explore complete street changes to Eglinton Avenue between Mount Pleasant Road and Brentcliffe Road.
The City is proposing road safety improvements, new bikeways, and enhanced streetscaping. Changes vary throughout the corridor depending on existing roadway width, but typical sections will include the following:
DESIGN UPDATES: Based on input from BIAs, residents and the eglintonTOday Stakeholder Advisory Group, over the past year, some adjustments have been made to the original proposal to better accommodate parking and loading, accessibility, congestion and neighbourhood infiltration on a block-by block basis. These minor changes do not change the general cross sections shared above.
The proposed changes for the section between Bicknell Avenue to Caledonia Road include:
The proposed changes for the section between Caledonia Road to Oakwood Avenue include:
The proposed changes for the section between Oakwood Avenue to Spadina Avenue include:
The proposed changes for the section between Spadina Avenue to Mount Pleasant Road include:
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The changes for Croham Road between Eglinton Avenue and Bowie Avenue includes contra-flow bike lanes that would expand the local cycling network and connect to Eglinton Avenue, the York Beltline Trail and the new Caledonia LRT station. Details include:
The changes for Glen Cedar Road between Eglinton Avenue and Strathearn Road include contra-flow bike lanes on the one-way section of Glen Cedar Road and installation of shared bike lanes for the two-way section of Glen Cedar Road that would expand the local cycling network to connect Eglinton Avenue to important cycle routes south of Cedarvale Ravine. Design changes are also being considered to maintain the current two turning lanes at the North end of Glen Cedar Road.
The changes for Jimmy Wisdom Way between Eglinton Avenue and Hopewell Avenue include contra-flow bike lanes, and upgrades at the signalized intersection at Eglinton Avenue and Northcliffe Boulevard that would expand the local cycling network and connect to Eglinton Avenue, and the York Beltline Trail.
City Council provided the authority to install the proposed complete street including bikeways on Eglinton Avenue between Bicknell Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road on May 22, 2024 Item IE13.2.
Installation was planned to commence this summer, but with ongoing delays of the opening date for the ECLRT, Transportation Services was directed by Council to determine an implementation timeline that is optimally aligned with the opening of the ECLRT and minimizes traffic impacts due to construction and the continued operation of existing TTC surface bus routes.
Pending confirmation of contractor timelines, installation of some sections of the project in 2024 before an opening date of ECLRT is known, starting between Avenue Road and Chaplin Crescent (within the limits of the Eglinton Way BIA). This section has been selected at the request of the Eglinton Way BIA with the condition that this work will be completed during the month of August including sidewalk repairs, road resurfacing and the installation of the bikeways. A second section under consideration for 2024 installation is between Chaplin Crescent and Bathurst Street.
The remainder of the complete street installation from Bicknell Avenue to Mount Pleasant Road is intended to be installed in 2025 to better align with the opening of the ECLRT.
A copy of the staff report is available.
eglintonTOday SAG was formed fall 2023 to provide feedback, guidance, and advice to the City Project Team on the development of the Data Collection & Monitoring Plan and the identification of potential design modifications to the Complete Street design in response to issues that may arise after installation.
The project team met with group on August 9, 2023, to introduce data collection and monitoring plan, review design plans and project timelines.
The project team met with group on September 6, 2023, to share update on data collection and monitoring plan with City Transportation Data & Analytics guest.
The project team met with group on January 30, 2024, to share update on project timelines, sidewalk repairs, data collection and analysis plan, and Allen Road and Eglinton Avenue intersection operations.
The project team met with group on March 5, 2024, to review design details, baseline data comparison between 2012 and 2024 volumes and update on report to Infrastructure & Environment Committee (IEC).
The project team met with group on April 16, 2024, to provide an update on Eglinton/Allen intersection operation improvements, implementation plan and to share highlights from the staff report to Infrastructure & Environment Committee (IEC).
The project team met with group on July 18, 2024, to provide an update on installation timing and Eglinton/Allen intersection operation improvements.
The City hosted two public drop-in events on February 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and on February 25, 2023, from 2 to 4 p.m. Members of the public were provided with an opportunity to view the project information panels, rolls plans and speak with members of the project team one-on-one. An online feedback form was also made available from February 7 to March 7, 2023.
Business owners and organizations along Eglinton Avenue between Keele Street and Mount Pleasant Road were invited to complete an online survey about their loading and delivery requirements. The survey was open for comment from October 20 to November 18. Results from the survey will help inform the design of the eglintonTOday Complete Street project.
Local organizations including Business Improvement Areas (BIA) and resident and community groups were invited to attend site walks this fall to provide feedback on proposed changes.
Existing Condition Evaluation: Survey Report
An intercept survey gathered on-site community feedback to understand people’s perspectives on the existing conditions along Eglinton Avenue to inform the complete street design. The City contracted the Centre for Active Transportation and Park People to conduct the survey, with peer review by transportation academics, to gain insights from a broad and representative cross section of people using Eglinton Avenue. From September 24-29, 2022, a team of experts and paid urban planning and civil engineering student volunteers conducted a total of 685 surveys equally across five segments of Eglinton Avenue from Keele Street to Mount Pleasant Road.
Of the survey participants, 44% of people arrived by foot, 34% by transit, 19% by car, and 2% by bike. Findings show that reliance on transit is higher for lower income and racialized respondents, highlighting the importance of transit as an equity issue. Although only 2% of respondents arrived by bike, 47% of all respondents reported that with the upcoming LRT and complete street improvements they anticipate changing the mode of transportation they use to get to Eglinton Avenue. Of these, 41% anticipate that they would switch to transit and 38% anticipated a switch to cycling.
The City hosted a virtual public meeting on June 22, 2022, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Members of the public were invited to provide feedback and ask questions. Public consultation was conducted online, by phone and by mail. The meeting was attended by over 200 participants.
Project team members hosted in-person summer events to share information about the eglintonTOday project at the following locations:
Stakeholder groups who could be impacted by the project will be invited to provide feedback throughout the project and represented a variety of interests including residents, businesses, institutions, and road users among others.
The project team met with stakeholders on May 18, 2022, to introduce the project and receive initial input.
The project team met with stakeholders on February 2, 2023, to introduce the project and receive initial input.
Public consultation is an important element of the study. You will have opportunities for input at key stages throughout the project. Information about future public consultation events will be distributed by mail and posted here.
If you have questions or comments, or would like to receive email project updates, please contact us at 416-338-7755 or subscribe to the project email.
Metrolinx construction of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) is well underway. The 19-kilometre LRT facility follows Eglinton Avenue between Weston Road in the west and the Kennedy subway station in the east.
Eglinton Connects was a comprehensive Planning Study undertaken from 2012 to 2014, with final Decisions of the Tribunal by 2018. The resulting Eglinton Connects Plan included a redesign of the streetscape along the Crosstown corridor through an Environmental Assessment. The streetscape redesign and Eglinton Connects Plan, including cycle tracks, is being implemented through streetscape updates via the Crosstown construction, including:
From 2017 to 2019, a detailed analysis was undertaken regarding the property-specific implications of implementation of the Eglinton Connects streetscape. For example, there are existing encroachments in the right of way, such as stairs, ramps, gardens, and walls. Rather than impacting property owners at significant expense to the City, staff determined it would be best to achieve the overall Eglinton Connects streetscape over the longer term (e.g. in part through redevelopment) and through less invasive measures.
In December 2019, City Council directed staff to develop a strategy to accelerate design work of streetscape improvements along Eglinton Avenue, including cycle tracks, to align with the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. The eglintonTOday Complete Street project includes quick and actionable changes that can transform Eglinton Avenue into a complete street that will support and complement the transit corridor. This will also achieve the intent of the Eglinton Connects streetscape, with the full streetscape to be achieved over the long term.
The Federal Government has also provided funding for the Eglinton Connects Streetscape and Cycle Track project though the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF).
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