May 18, 2016
Last weekend's closure of the Gardiner Expressway enabled the City of Toronto to complete a significant amount of work in advance of the spring/summer season.
Work that was completed included:
• demolition of the Dowling Avenue bridge spanning the Gardiner Expressway • 7,900 square metres of road-surface grinding, and paving on 2.1 lane kilometres of roadway • 8,700 metres of cracks sealed • 650 potholes filled • 1,300 square metres of bridge deck repaired • 690 metres of guiderail installed • seven crash systems repaired • 430 tonnes of debris removed • more than 150 curb-kilometres of roadway flushed and swept • 860 catch basins cleaned and flushed • 520 trees pruned • seven hectares of grass cut • 17 tonnes of logs and wood chipped • 35 bridges inspected, five of them chipped as a result of inspection • 500 street lights re-lamped along with 200 metres of conductor replaced and 50 new street light fixtures installed • 467 signs, including overhead signs, inspected, maintained and repaired • 800 glare shields installed • 133,000 metres of line painting installed • 11 variable message sign sites assessed • 28 culverts inspected • 15 other structures inspected, and • 20 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras inspected.
The City's Transportation Services, Engineering and Construction Services, Parks, Forestry & Recreation, Solid Waste Management Services and Toronto Water, along with Toronto Hydro, worked together to co-ordinate their work and operations over the weekend to improve efficiency and to minimize disruption.
The City appreciated the public's co-operation during the weekend closure of the Gardiner Expressway, which was required to keep the parkway in a safe, operable condition for the 160,000 to 180,000 motorists who use it on a daily basis.
This work 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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