Road closures in Toronto: September 19-20 2015
Road closures in Toronto for the weekend of September 19 and 20 rounds up the key transportation shut-downs affecting the city, including street and TTC closures.
KEY ROAD CLOSURES IN TORONTO
Bloor: Jane-Runnymede. Closed from Friday, September 18 at 9:30 a.m. to Sunday, September 20 at 11:59 p.m. to accommodate the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival.
Various: Jane and Driftwood area. A series of road closures will take place on Saturday, September 19 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. durint the Tour de Black Creek Bike Race for Kids.
Roncesvalles: Grafton-Boustead. From Saturday, September 19 at 6 a.m. to Sunday, September 20 at 11 p.m., the road will be closed for the Roncesvalles Polish Festival. Na Zdrowie!
Various: Sheppard, Yonge, Dufferin, and Finch area. In order to accommodate the Sunnybrook Foundation's RBC Run for the Kids 5K, 15K and 25K, there will be several road closures and lan restrictions on Saturday, September 19 from 4 a.m. to noon.
TTC CLOSURES
Line 1: Bloor-Lawrence. There will be no subway service this weekend between Bloor and Lawrence stations due to scheduled maintenance work. Frequent replacement buses will operate between Bloor and Lawrence stations. Wheel-Trans buses will be available to accommodate customers who need them. Lawrence, Eglinton, Davisville, St Clair and Rosedale stations will be open for customers to purchase fare media. Summerhill Station will be closed.
512 St Clair. Due to construction at St Clair Station, streetcars will be required to turn back at St Clair West Station from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., September 19 and 20, 2015. Buses will replace streetcars between St Clair West and St Clair Station. Regular streetcar service will resume after 7 p.m. on those dates.
Over and above the special closures this weekend, construction projects across Toronto result in numerous other road restrictions across the city. For a comprehensive list of such closures, you can consult the official map maintained by the City of Toronto (also available as a PDF.)
Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.
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