*Artistic rendering of Bayview Ave looking north. ActiveTO: Bayview Avenue | Phase 2 In April 2021, Toronto City Council approved the installation of an ActiveTO temporary multi-use trail on Bayview Avenue from River Street to Mill Street as part of the City’s Pandemic Mobility Recovery Strategy and as a detour route for the Lower Don Trail.
ActiveTO began in 2020 as a quick-start COVID-19 response program to help connect the City’s cycling network and support residents’ physical and mental health.
In May this new multi-use trail will be installed. It will connect to the temporary multi-use trail on Bayview Avenue north of River Street. Location Plan Lower Don Trail and ActiveTO
THE DANFORTH Why Now? 1 Paving with artist street print In spring 2021, the City of Toronto is set to start* Lower Don Trail improvements between Riverdale Park and Corktown Common. Improvements include the NORTH addition of an accessible ramp at Riverdale Park, a staircase at Dundas Street 2 General trail improvements RIVERDALE and a trail widening and surface improvements between Riverdale Park and Corktown Common. 3 New ramp to Riverdale Park 1 This construction could result in a closure of the Lower Don Trail for most of 4 Accessibility improvements to 2 RIVERDALE PARK EAST 2021 between Pottery Road and Corktown Common. This closure will impact Riverdale Park East thousands of people and will limit safe and direct access to greenspace and 3 4 nearby destinations. 5 New stair structure to connect trail RIVERDALE PARK to Dundas Street WEST To reduce the impact of the Lower Don Trail closure, the City of Toronto is GERRARD STREET EAST extending the temporary ActiveTO multi-use trail on Bayview Avenue between River Street and Mill Street to provide a safe, direct and comfortable Lower Don Trail construction detour route between Pottery Road and Corktown Common. REGENT PARK 5 DUNDAS STREET EAST Learn more about the Lower Don Trail Improvements: toronto.ca/LowerDon
Location Plan
1 Paving with artist street print QUEEN STREET EAST 2 General trail improvements
3 New ramp to Riverdale Park 1
4 Accessibility improvements to 2 Riverdale Park East CORKTOWN 3 4 COMMON 5 New stair structure to connect trail to Dundas Street *Construction timing is subject to change
5 ActiveTOLocation Bayview Plan 2021 Project
Overview As part of the1 2020Provisional ActiveTO Cycling paving Network (incorporating Expansion Program, the City of Toronto installedartist a street temporary print) multi-use trail and cycle track on Bayview Avenue between River Street and Rosedale Valley Road. Rosedale Valley Road Existing multi-use trail 2 Narrows general trail improvements The City is extending the temporary multi-use trail on Bayview Avenue between River Street and Mill Street to provide a safe, direct and 3 comfortable LowerThe Don NewTrail construction Sloped Pathway detour route. Structure The recurring ActiveTO major weekend road closures are proposed to continue until this project 4is installed.Provisional accessibility improvements to Riverdale 1 The project involves:Park East
t e r e ve Str 1• Converting the ActiveTO Bayview Avenue between Rosedale i Gerrard Street E 5 The New Dundas Stair Structure R Valley Road and River Street to a temporary bi-directional multi-use trail on the east side; River Street 2• Adding a new temporary multi-use trail between River Street Dundas Street E and Queen Street; and, 2
3• Converting the existing painted bike lanes from Queen Street
to Mill Street to a temporary bi-directional multi-use trail. Queen Street E
Cherry St bike lane Bayview Avenue between River Street and Lawren Harris Square, 3
and between Front Street East and Mill Street, will be converted to Cherry Street Lawren Harris one-way southbound for motor vehicles due to the narrow roadway Square on these segments and the lack of sidewalk between River Street and Front Street E Denotes direction Queen Street. Alternate routes include River Street and the Don Valley of permitted motor Parkway via Eastern Avenue. vehicle travel Mill Street
Connects to the existing Mill Street bike lanes to Cherry Street What does this mean for you?
Bayview Ave Existing multi-use trail
To Bayview Ave and Mill St Rosedale Valley Rd
Bayview Ave
To River St
Rosedale Valley Rd to River St River St to Lawren Harris Sq Lawren Harris Sq to Front St E Front St E to Mill St People cycling or walking Motor vehicles will only The streets around Lawren This segment will be converted southbound will need to decide be permitted southbound. Harris Square will be converted to one way southbound and at the Rosedale Valley Road A multi-use trail will be to one-way in a clockwise westbound for motor vehicles intersection whether to go to provided on the east side. direction to facilitate local from Front Street East to Mill River Street via the west side, Existing parking on west side, traffic and TTC operations. Street and Tannery Road. or continue down Bayview south of Queen Street will be Bayview Avenue will remain The existing bike lanes will Avenue via the east side. A maintained. two-way throughout this be converted to an east-side crossing at River Street is not segment. A bi-directional cycle and south-side bi-directional possible at this time. track on the east side will cycle track. This segment will replace the current bike lanes. connect to the proposed Mill Street and The Esplanade bikeway. Find out more: toronto.ca/esplanademill
Monitoring and Next Steps Contact Us The City will conduct user counts over the spring and summer, Learn more at toronto.ca/activeTO as well as collect public feedback, and report to Toronto City If you have any questions or feedback feel free to contact: Council with future recommendations. [email protected]