New Gardiner Expressway lane closures loom for west-end bridge work
Global News
The City of Toronto is starting early on planned work for five bridges on the Gardiner Expressway. Lane reductions are scheduled to begin next week.
More lane closures loom for Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway as the city looks to begin repairs on five bridges earlier than expected.
Beginning April 7, the westbound Gardiner Expressway will be reduced to three lanes from four between Park Lawn Road and Grand Avenue in Etobicoke until May 2026.
Meanwhile, the eastbound lanes in that stretch of expressway will be narrowed until December 2026. No lane reductions are expected on that side of the Gardiner.
The work makes up part of Section 3 of the six-phase Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Plan. While Section 3 won’t be officially underway until 2027, early work on five of the 16 bridges targeted in that phase will begin now after condition assessments highlighted the need for critical repair.
“Advancing this critical project is necessary to maintain the safety and reliability of the Gardiner Expressway and will be done while balancing the needs of road users with those of residents and businesses in the nearby area,” the city said in a news release Monday.
In addition to that work, Kipling Avenue and Islington Avenue will be reduced to two lanes from three in each direction where they pass over the Gardiner from April to November.
There will be a full closure of the Park Lawn Road on-ramp to the westbound Gardiner starting in November so crews can replace the single-lane bridge that carries ramp traffic over Mimico Creek. That closure is expected to be in place until April 2026.
Finally, Park Lawn Road, where it passes under the Gardiner Expressway, will have single lane reductions, with three lanes always maintained.
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