The downtown core normally sees a lot of construction projects each summer, but this year there's a big addition. CBC Toronto went looking for answers about what's being done and what other solutions might help keep the city moving.
During the afternoon peak, the study projected it would take 46 minutes to drive east along Adelaide Street from Bathurst Street to Parliament Street. The pre-construction base estimate was 22 minutes, with an additional 24 minutes added because of city-led and Ontario Line construction.
"There's so much work going on that 50 minute window, which was bad to begin with, theoretically would have been 75 minutes or even more," he said. "It hasn't gotten as bad as it could be, had it not been for the interventions of our team." "As much as we try to focus on mitigating the impact of traffic, sometimes either because of the condition of the infrastructure or the urgent need to make these upgrades, we don't have any choice," said Avi Bachar. "And these things have to happen at the same time."On the macro level, the city's engineering and construction services division decides what major city-led infrastructure projects need to happen years in advance based on the state of repair.
Browne says traffic management negotiates road restriction requests with companies and can approve closures of 30 days or less, but has to provide a report to council for longer proposals.It's crucial to address infrastructure, housing and transit issues — according to both city officials and external urban planning experts like Matti Siemiatycki.
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