For about four weeks, starting Tuesday, September 7, the City of Toronto is closing:

King Street East, both lanes, between Power and Berkeley Streets and

Parliament Street, both lanes, between Adelaide and Front Streets East

for the next phase of a major City / TTC project to rebuild the roadway, install new sidewalks and curbs and replace the streetcar tracks and switches along Parliament Street between Gerrard and King Streets East this summer and fall.

(The City has already closed the southbound lanes of Parliament between Dundas and King Streets East.)

Next week, from about 7 a.m. on Monday, September 13 until 7 a.m. on Thursday, September 23, the City will close the intersection of King and Parliament Streets to all traffic.

While the roadways are closed, City and TTC work crews will replace the switches, curves and tracks at the complicated intersection of King and Parliament, and replace sidewalks and curbs on King Street East.

Work on the project has continued southward along Parliament between Dundas and King Streets East in phases throughout July, August and September. Later this fall, work starts northward from Dundas to Gerrard Street East.

The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 65 Parliament route and streetcars operating along the 503 Kingston Rd tripper, 504 King and (probably) 508 Lake Shore routes, while the streets are closed.

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