Financial district intersection closed to traffic for the next week
Posted December 10, 2023 11:42 pm.
Last Updated December 11, 2023 7:59 am.
A weeklong closure of another major downtown intersection will force drivers to pack some extra patience starting Monday.
The intersection of Bay and Adelaide Streets will be closed until Saturday, Dec. 16 for the installation of TTC streetcar tracks. City officials say they will be monitoring the area and providing traffic agents to help ease congestion resulting from the closure when necessary.
Drivers and cyclists are asked to consider alternate routes on Wellington, Front or Dundas Streets. King Street should be avoided as it is a Transit Priority Corridor where through movements for vehicles are prohibited at most intersections.
“With various construction projects taking place in the downtown core, drivers are advised to plan their travel and consider public transit, cycling or walking,” the City said in a statement. “To plan essential trips and get updates about the closure, people travelling to the area can use the Road Restrictions map available on the City’s website.”
When completed the tracks will allow the 501 Queen streetcar to be diverted to Adelaide Street between York and Church Streets during construction of the Ontario Line which has closed Queen Street from Bay to Yonge Streets and Yonge to Victoria Streets.
