Activity Playbook
Summer 2013
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Rapidway (2015-2018)*
continues on Highway 7 from Bayview to Warden,
Aurora Road
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Future Rapid Transit
excitement is building for the opening of the
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first median rapidway segment this summer from
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Roxborough Road. Property acquisition, surveying and
Major MacKenzie Drive
On top of that, tunnel boring continues on the Toronto-York Spadina
Subway Extension and work has begun on the new transit facility
in Richmond Hill. This summer playbook presents the planned
construction activities, noticeable impacts and outlines our plan
to share practical, timely information to help minimize disruptions.
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Don Mills
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Sheppard Avenue
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Construction Activity
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
Retaining Walls
Heavy equipment,
periodic noise, dust,
lane/sidewalk closures
> Construction bulletins
noting construction
work [day and night
operations], lane
closures and impacts
to be emailed and
hand-delivered as
needed
Crews working on the west and east
sides of Hill Street on the north side of
Davis Drive, in front of 130 Davis Drive
[Newmarket Plaza], 333 Davis Drive
[Bethel Church] and 17555 Yonge Street
Utility relocation and new hydro pole
installation
Along Davis Drive between Yonge Street
and Roxborough Road [on the north
and south side of Davis Drive]
Union Hotel
Relocating two buildings at the
northeast corner of Davis Drive and
Main Street farther back from the road
in two stages
Eastern Creek culvert replacement
on the south side of Davis Drive
Removing and replacing the old culvert
on the south side of the road,
near Southlake Regional Health Centre
Davis Drive, Newmarket
We’re building a rapidway on Davis Drive that will be the foundation for
something great – convenient transit and attractive spaces for everyone to
Western Creek culvert extension
Extending the culvert on the north side
of Davis Drive
enjoy. To build the rapidway, we need to widen Davis Drive from Yonge Street
to Roxborough Road. To prepare for widening the road, this summer we’re
continuing to relocate utilities, install and replace segments of infrastructure
for hydro, gas, storm drain, water main, sewer line, phone and cable. Traffic
lanes will be shifting along Davis Drive, one lane in each direction. We’re also
working on the north side of the Keith Bridge and continuing to build retaining
walls. The full list of construction activities is provided on page 3.
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Constructing a new segment of
Parkside Drive in order for the road
to align with Longford Drive. This will
eliminate the traffic signals at existing
Parkside and Davis Drive, rationalizing
the intersections on Davis Drive,
improving traffic flow and allowing
for safer turning movements
Keith Bridge
Community Liaisons
Michelle Dudzik
Cell: 905.716.7663
Email: michelle.dudzik@york.ca
Realigning Parkside Drive
David Malloy
Cell: 905.505.1347
Email: david.malloy@york.ca
Work continues with construction
of a new bridge on the north side.
Traffic is routed on the south side.
The bridge is scheduled for
completion at the end of 2014
Heavy equipment,
periodic noise, dust,
lane/sidewalk closures
Heavy equipment,
periodic noise, dust,
lane/sidewalk closures,
weekend work
> Construction notices
provided to affected
property owners and
tenants
ublic Information
> P
Centre open 3 days
a week at 130 Davis
Drive, Newmarket
Plaza: Open Mondays
12–4pm, Tuesdays
12-8pm and
Thursdays 9am-12pm
Heavy equipment,
open excavation
areas, periodic noise,
long-term lane/
sidewalk closures
> Community Liaisons
available to provide
information on
construction details,
manage corridor
concerns and deliver
presentations
Heavy equipment,
open excavation
areas, periodic noise,
long-term lane/
sidewalk closures
> Information board
at The Tannery, and
Upper Canada Mall
Heavy equipment,
periodic noise, dust,
lane/sidewalk closures,
some night work
Periodic noise,
vibration, lane shift,
lane/sidewalk closures,
and continued detour
of the Tom Taylor Trail
across Davis Drive
> ShopDavis campaign
to help support
businesses during
construction; includes
signs, theatre
advertising and events
resence at
> P
Newmarket
community events
including Upper
Canada Mall booth
this summer
> Social media, blogs,
website, newsletter,
ads and on-street
construction signs
> Variable message
signs displaying
real-time travel info
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Construction Activity
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
Bayview to Highway 404
- Final Paving
Major impacts;
including numerous
lane and intersection
closures with noise at
night, crews working
24/7 to complete as
quickly as possible
> Construction bulletins
noting construction
work (day and night
operations), lane
closures and impacts
to be emailed and
hand-delivered as
needed
Curb lane closures for
deliveries and materials
storage during
construction. Transit
service stop re-located
and pedestrian routes
changed, once opened
> Construction notices
provided to affected
property owners and
tenants
Six to eight weeks of paving activity
started April 28 – centre rapidway lanes
and regular traffic lanes being paved.
Depending on weather work will be
completed in June
Bayview Towers
Bayview Towers will be opened in
conjunction with the rapidways this
summer, interior work including tiling,
electrical and finishing. Re-routing of
Viva and YRT service will be required.
Pedestrian orientation and training
will take place as part of the
commissioning events
Landscaping
Planting trees, shrubs and ornamental
grasses in boulevard and median
planters
Highway 7 East, Richmond Hill / Markham
We can’t wait for summer, after we complete final touches such as paving
and landscaping, the first section of rapidway from Bayview to Highway 404
will be opening. That’s not all we’ve got planned for Highway 7 East.
It’s going to be another active construction season as the dedicated
rapidways and canopies take shape from Highway 404 to Warden Avenue.
Highway 404 to South Town
Centre and Cedarland Drive to
Warden Avenue
Traffic signal installations
at intersections including dedicated
left-turn lanes will be completed,
including a new signal entrance
between Town Centre Boulevard
and Warden Avenue
Vivastation canopy installations
Canopies and platforms will be
installed for centre-lane vivastations
east of Highway 404
Boulevard work
East of Highway 404, heavy excavation
and installations of light pole bases
and electrical conduits; installing
boulevards, sidewalks and planters
Community Liaison
Nimisha Raja
Cell: 416.712.8938
Email: nimisha.raja@york.ca
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Lane closures and
possibly some sidewalk
closures
Drivers turn left or
make U-turns only
at intersections,
when the left-turn
arrow is illuminated.
Pedestrians cross
Highway 7 with a
countdown signal
> Community Liaison
available to provide
information on
construction details,
manage corridor
concerns and deliver
presentations
> Shop7 campaign to
help support Highway
7 East businesses
during construction,
will include refreshed
signs, theatre
advertising and
events
at
> Presence
Richmond Hill and
Markham community
events
Centre lane closures
and additional truck
traffic
Lane and sidewalk
closures and some
night work
to be continued >>
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Construction Activity
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
Road widening
Lane/sidewalk closures,
bus stop relocations,
heavy equipment and
overnight noise
> Active
communication
tactics,
including radio
announcements,
social media and
website postings,
newspaper ads, mall
posters, construction
brochure, project
newsletter, and
street signs
Widening Highway 7 by two lanes, from
Highway 404 east to South Town Centre
Boulevard, with traffic lanes repainted
to shift traffic
Bridge widening
The bridge east of Woodbine Avenue
over Apple Creek Boulevard will be
widened from four to eight lanes
including bike lanes. The Warden
Avenue bridge [south of Highway 7]
is being widened to accommodate
two rapidway lanes on the west side
Utility relocation
Continuing to relocate utilities on
Highway 7 east of Highway 404,
on South Town Centre Boulevard,
Cedarland Drive and Warden Avenue
south to Enterprise Boulevard
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Lane closures, heavy
equipment and noise
Lane/sidewalk closures
> Variable message
signs displaying
travel info,
construction and
traffic alert posters at
community locations,
and directional
signs at bus stops
and sidewalks near
construction
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Construction Activity
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
In preparation for road widening,
this summer we’re finalizing land
acquisitions, relocating interferences
and installing and moving utilities
Heavy equipment,
periodic noise, lane/
sidewalk closures
> Construction bulletins
noting construction
work [day and night
operations], lane
closures and impacts
to be emailed and
hand-delivered as
needed
Interference Removals and
Relocations
Crews will be present along Highway 7
West to remove and/or relocate signs,
trees, fire hydrants, bus stops, traffic
signals and other miscellaneous items
as needed
Hydro Relocation and Temporary
Pole Installation
Highway 7 between Jane Street and the
CN MacMillan Bridge
Utility [Gas and Telecommunication]
Relocation
Highway 7 between Jane Street and
Keele Street
Highway 7 West, Vaughan
Highway 7 West will be an exciting place in the coming years as Vaughan
Metropolitan Centre turns into an important transportation hub and an
attractive destination to live, work and be entertained.
Rapidway construction is underway with utility relocations, surveying and
tree removals along Highway 7 West from Edgeley Boulevard to Bowes Road.
The rapidway will extend approximately 3.7 kilometres with three centre
lane vivastations at Keele Street, Creditstone Road and Vaughan Metropolitan
Centre. This section is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2016 to coincide
with the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension.
Community Liaison
Carrie Slattery
Cell: 289.716.0091
Email: carrie.slattery@york.ca
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CN MacMillan Bridge
Design work and other preliminary
activities continue to prepare for bridge
widening
Road Widening
Between Jane Street and the CN
MacMillan Bridge:
Activities includes
•Temporary fencing/sidewalk
•Removal
•Excavation
•Drainage
•Retaining wall
•Concrete curb and gutters
•Planters
•Asphalt
•Concrete sidewalk and pavers
> Construction notices
provided to affected
property owners and
tenants
Heavy equipment,
periodic noise, dust,
lane/sidewalk closures
Heavy equipment,
periodic noise, dust,
lane/sidewalk closures
Heavy equipment,
noise, vibration,
dust, lane shift, lane/
sidewalk closures
Heavy equipment,
periodic noise, dust,
lane shift, lane/
sidewalk closures
Information
> Public
Office open at 7800
Jane Street. Office
hours are Mondays
9am – 12noon
and Wednesdays
2 – 6pm
> Community Liaison
available to provide
information on
construction details,
manage corridor
concerns and deliver
presentations
at Vaughan
> Presence
community events
> Active
communication
tactics, including
social media and
website postings,
newspaper ads,
construction brochure
and street signs
> Variable message
signs displaying
travel info,
construction and
traffic alert posters
at community
locations, and
directional signs
at bus stops and
sidewalks near
construction
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Construction Activity
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
Expropriation and Land Acquisition
Minimal disruption
> Construction
bulletins emailed
Expropriation and land acquisition
is in progress
Property appraisals
Minimal disruption
Establishing values for each affected
property
Environmental site assessments
Researching historic land use and
testing on-site if required
Minimal sidewalk
detours and lane
closure
> Informing the
community
about rapidway
development using
printed ads, social
media and website
postings
> Social media updates
> Community Liaison
corridor walk to meet
with businesses and
property managers
> Community Liaison
available to provide
information on
construction details,
manage corridor
concerns and deliver
presentations
Yonge Street, Richmond Hill
resence at
> P
Richmond Hill
community events
Preparations for vivaNext rapidways for Yonge Street in Richmond Hill
are underway, with surveys and assessments ongoing between Highway 7
and 19th Avenue / Gamble Road. Property acquisition continues, and
preliminary construction is scheduled to begin early next year. We’re excited
to be getting started on making Yonge Street in York Region an even greater
destination, with dedicated lanes for transit and pedestrian-friendly areas.
Community Liaison
Tamas Hertel
Cell: 905.505.1430
Email: tamas.hertel@york.ca
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Construction Activity
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
Expropriation and Land Acquisition
Minimal disruption
> Construction
bulletins emailed
Expropriation and land acquisition
is in progress
Property appraisals
Minimal disruption
Establishing values for each affected
property
Environmental site assessments
Researching historic land use and
testing on-site if required
Geotechnical Investigations
Soil is collected and tested to
determine its properties
Minimal sidewalk
detours and lane
closure
Minimal sidewalk
detours and lane
closure
> Informing the
community
about rapidway
development using
printed ads, social
media and website
postings
> Social media updates
> Community Liaison
available to provide
information on
construction details,
manage corridor
concerns and deliver
presentations
at
> Presence
Newmarket
community events
Yonge Street, Newmarket
> Community Liaison
corridor walk to meet
with businesses and
property managers
Preliminary engineering is underway for the Yonge Street rapidway
in Newmarket. We are planning to award the construction contract
in early 2014. The Yonge Street rapidway in the Town of Newmarket
will extend for 2.5 kilometres from Mulock Drive to Yonge Street.
This section of rapidway will include three centre-lane vivastations
at Mulock Drive, Eagle Street and Davis Drive. With dedicated lanes
for transit and pedestrian-friendly areas, Yonge Street rapidways
will connect seamlessly to Davis Drive.
Community Liaison
Tamas Hertel
Cell: 905.505.1430
Email: tamas.hertel@york.ca
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Construction Activity
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
Tunnel Boring
Minimal disruption –
increased truck traffic
to prepare for launching
and extracting tunnel
boring machines
TYSSE communications
team
> Communication
with property
owners, tenants and
stakeholders
Tunnel Boring Machines [TBMs] “Yorkie”
and “Torkie” have completed crossing
under CN Rail Tracks, marking 76%
completion overall of all tunnelling for
the project, from the southern launch
shaft at the Highway 407 station area
and are headed toward the Black Creek
Pioneer Village Station [formerly known
as Steeles West Station] extraction shaft.
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre [VMC]
Station area
•Traffic will be shifted north onto
a temporary bridge to facilitate
excavation across Highway 7 with
minimal disruption to traffic.
•Concrete placement of excavated
sections, including invert slabs,
walls, roof slabs, etc.
•Work will continue on the extraction
shaft located south of Highway 7 in
preparation to receive the TBMs for the
last drive from Highway 407 to VMC
Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension [TYSSE]
Construction of the TYSSE is currently underway. It will extend
8.6 kilometres north from Downsview Station in Toronto to Vaughan
Highway 407 Station area
> Construction news via
email, website updates
and construction
newsletters
Short-term lane and
road closures, heavy
equipment and noise
Heavy equipment, noise
•Concrete placement of walls and
slabs for the subway station will
continue, and working around
tunnelling operations
service in late 2016 and will connect directly to the new viva rapidways
for a seamless transit experience.
Community Liaison
Carrie Slattery
Cell: 289.716.0091
Email: carrie.slattery@york.ca
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Black Creek Pioneer Village
Station area
•As part of the next traffic stage,
traffic will be shifted south onto
a temporary bridge to facilitate
excavation across Steeles Avenue
with minimal disruption to traffic.
•Concrete is being placed for the
invert slabs and walls.
•Work continues north of Steeles Avenue
West on the extraction shaft which
will receive the TBM tunnelling
from Highway 407.
•Work continues on the TTC electrical
substation, north of Steeles Avenue
West, which houses the YRT back of
house facility
> Construction
Information Line:
1-800-223-6192 or
TYSSE@ttc.ca
Information office
> Project
open three days a week
at 7800 Jane Street,
operating Tuesdays
10:30 am – 12:30 pm,
Wednesdays 1 - 3pm
and Thursdays 1 - 3 pm
Metropolitan Centre [VMC] Station at Highway 7 in Vaughan and include
six stations along its route. The extension is scheduled to open for
> Media event and media
releases to celebrate
tunnelling milestones
Long-term Steeles
Avenue reduction
to four lanes, heavy
equipment, noise,
temporary lane
closures, long-term
bus stop relocations
Joint Communications
Group
> Issue newsletters
> Media event and media
releases to celebrate
project milestones
> Website: spadina.ttc.ca
VivaNext communications
team
> Printed ads and social
media for York Region
residents
coordinate media
> Help
events and prepare
media materials
> Community Liaison
available to provide
information on project
details and manage
questions and concerns
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Construction Activity
Transit Project Assessment Plan
[TPAP] Addendum
Technical work on the TPAP Addendum
to the environmental assessment
continues this summer
Yonge North Subway Extension [YSE]
•A public Open House was held on
June 12 to update the public on the
revised designs and construction
techniques for the proposed
underground train storage facility,
and provide an opportunity for
additional feedback
•Over the summer, the technical team
will finalize mitigation strategies and
documentation, including:
>> Finalize list of impacts identified
>> Incorporate measures to mitigate
impacts
>> Develop means to monitor/verify
the effectiveness of mitigation
measures
>> Document the results for the
addendum report
•This Fall / Winter, the Train
storage TPAP Addendum Report
will be submitted to the Ministry
of the Environment
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
> Social media updates
for York Region
residents regarding
the public meetings
and where to find
information
> Interactive
information posted
on the website for
feedback
> Community Liaison
available to provide
information on
project details and
manage questions
and concerns
The Yonge North Subway Extension will complete a missing link for the
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area rapid transit network, with a 6.8 km
extension from Finch Avenue to Highway 7.
An amendment to the approved Environmental Assessment is
currently underway for a train storage facility in the Yonge Street and
Bantry Avenue area in Richmond Hill. Through an engineering
conceptual design study in 2012 and ongoing analysis by the TTC, it has
been determined that additional train storage facilities will be needed.
The Yonge North Subway Extension has been included in the next wave
of Metrolinx “Big Move” projects. Funding for its construction are part of
the important transit funding investment strategy discussions.
Community Liaison
Tamas Hertel
Cell: 905.505.1430
Email: tamas.hertel@york.ca
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Construction Activity
Noticeable
Impact
Supporting
Communication
Foundation work
Dust, dirty roads with
regular road cleaning,
some noise, and
high traffic volume
in/through the
business park
> Construction
bulletins emailed
Building the foundations
Building Construction
Facility construction - foundations
and walls
Dust, dirty roads with
regular road cleaning,
some noise, and
high traffic volume
in business park
> Social media updates
> Community Liaison
available to provide
information on
project details and
manage questions
and concerns
> Street signs
Operations, Maintenance and Storage Facility [OMSF]
The Operations, Maintenance and Storage Facility is a new 527,969 square
foot facility being constructed for an operations and maintenance garage
which can hold up to 250 articulated buses. The new facility is located
in the Headford Business Park in Richmond Hill, construction began late
last year on this new state-of-the-art facility and will continue over the
summer. The anticipated completion date is mid-2015.
Community Liaison
Tamas Hertel
Cell: 905.505.1430
Email: tamas.hertel@york.ca
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Message from Community Liaisons
The vivaNext Community Liaison team thanks you for your patience
and understanding as the rapid transit program moves forward.
We are committed to being available to provide you with information,
updates and answers to make the construction process as easy as
possible. Contact us by phone, email or in person for all your
questions, comments and concerns.
Markham
Newmarket
Nimisha Raja
Michelle Dudzik
Tel: 905.886.6767 Ext. 1023
Cell: 416.712.8938
Email: nimisha.raja@york.ca
Tel: 905.886.6767 Ext. 1096
Cell: 905.716.7663
Email: michelle.dudzik@york.ca
Vaughan
Newmarket
Carrie Slattery
David Malloy
Tel: 905.886.6767 Ext. 1129
Cell: 289.716.0091
Email: carrie.slattery@york.ca
Tel: 905.886.6767 Ext. 1051
Cell: 905.505.1347
Email: david.malloy@york.ca
Yonge Street
Tamas Hertel
Tel: 905.886.6767 Ext. 71357
Cell: 905.505.1430
Email: tamas.hertel@york.ca
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way to go. way to grow.
York Region Rapid Transit Corporation
3601 Highway 7 East | Floor 12 | Markham, Ontario | L3R 0M3
905.886.6767
905.886.6969
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