Are you leaving this weekend? Well, there are several road and subway closures in Toronto.
ActiveTO closures
The following roads will be closed from 7 am on Saturday until 7 pm on Sunday:
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Bayview Avenue: from Rosedale Valley Road to Lawren Harris Square
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River Street: between Bayview Avenue and Spruce Street
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The Meadoway: from Brimley Road to Scarborough Golf Road
Eastbound lanes on Lake Shore Boulevard West will also be closed between Windermere Avenue and Stadium Road on Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Car rally enclosures
The Gumball 3000 annual car rally and events will begin in Toronto this weekend and will result in several roadblocks.
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Bay Street between Davenport Road and Bloor Street West: 6 a.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday
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Yonge Street between Dundas Street and Shuter Street: Friday 5:00 PM to 11:59 PM
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Yonge SDtreet between Gerrard Street and Queen Street: Saturday from 8:00 to 16:00
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Dundas Street West between Victoria Street and Bay Street: Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closures of works
Emergency work continues at the intersection of Yonge Street and The Esplanade. As a result, Yonge Street is closed between Front Street East and Lake Shore Boulevard, as well as the Gardiner Expressway exit ramp west on Yonge-Bay-York Street.
These are the other construction closures:
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Jarvis Street, from Carlton Street to Bloor Street East, including Ted Rogers Way, is reduced to one lane in each direction for road renovation, sidewalk repairs, and safety modifications at intersections.
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Wellesley Street East, from Ontario Street to Sherbourne Street, is reduced to a westbound lane for the rebuilding of bike lanes and roads.
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Wellington Street, from Yonge Street to Church Street, is reduced to a westbound lane for TTC road replacement and sidewalk improvements.
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The traffic lanes on The Queensway, between Parkside Drive and Roncesvalles Avenue, are reduced to a minimum of one traffic lane shared in each direction for TTC King-Queen-Queensway-Roncesvalles road replacement and reconstruction work. People not traveling to the area are advised to use Parkside Drive, Jameson Avenue, Lansdowne Avenue or Dufferin Street to travel from north to south; and Dundas Street West, Bloor Street West, Lake Shore Boulevard West or the Gardiner Expressway to travel from east to west.
TTC closures and diversions
There will be no subway service on line 1 between Finch and St. Clear Saturday and Sunday due to construction of Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
The TTC says there will be shuttle buses between these stations. Staff will be on hand to guide guests.
The Gumball 3000 car rally events on Friday and Saturday will force 19 Bay buses and 505 Dundas trams to divert.
The TTC says 29 Dufferin buses will also be diverted from 4:30 to 10:00 p.m. for the TFC game.
Other diversions include 80 Queensway buses to accommodate ActiveTO road closures and 174 Ontario Place-Exhibition buses will not run Sunday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The TTC says the UJA’s 53rd annual walk with Israel on Sunday could cause minor delays and service disruptions on Bathurst 7 and 104 Faywood buses.