Toronto And GTA Road Closures And Confinements Guide
Road Closure Resources To Keep You Moving
Road closures can significantly influence your driving plans in Toronto and across Ontario. From poor driving conditions, accidents, and road maintenance and construction, there are many things that can cause road closures on Toronto streets or Ontario highways.
While some traffic issues are unavoidable, being proactive and planning your drive around road closures and other traffic issues can save you time and avoid the frustration of getting stuck in traffic.
To help you strike traffic slowdowns, congestion and gridlock, we’ve put together a guide with some links and resources to help you get to where you want to go in Toronto, GTA, and across Ontario.
City Of Toronto’s Road Confinements Resources
The City of Toronto’s Road Limitations page offers helpful implements and links all aimed at “keeping [Toronto] traffic moving securely and effectively.” You can access all the resources from that one page. Here’s some of what you’ll detect :
1. Road Confinements Map With Detailed Listings
- Timeframe for road limitation
- Type of road limitation
- Severity of road limitation
Two. Traffic Cameras On The Map
Trio. Check Toronto Expressways And Lake Shore Boulevard Closures
Here Are The Major Toronto Expressway Spring And Summer Closures for 2017
- Monday, April 17th, two thousand seventeen to Wednesday, January 31st, two thousand eighteen : Gardiner Expressway at off ramp York/Bay/Yonge is closed for construction.
- Monday, April 17th, two thousand seventeen to Wednesday, December 31st, two thousand seventeen : Gardiner Expressway lane reduction from Bathurst St. to York St.
- May fifteen to June 10th : The intersection of Dundas and Parliament streets in Toronto will be fully closed in all directions from Monday, May fifteen at five a.m. to Monday, June Five. Road confinement from June 6–10th.
- June 4th, two thousand seventeen : From two a.m. to two p.m. : Gardiner Expressway will be closed from the Humber Bridge to Carlaw Avenue for the Rail for Heart. The DVP from Highway four hundred one to the Gardiner will also be closed.
- July 23rd, two thousand seventeen : Gardiner Expressway : The eastbound lanes of Gardiner will be closed from two a.m. to noon for the Toronto Triathlon Festival. The northbound lanes of the DVP from the Gardiner to Eglinton Avenue, as well as all ramps, will also be closed.
Four. Get Twitter Updates
Five. Active Toronto & GTA Road Confinements Count
The CP24 Traffic Page
CP24 – Toronto’s Cracking News Channel, gives commuters and drivers wide-ranging traffic info. This is a handy resource for instant road closure info and driving conditions all on one page.
You can access current traffic conditions and road delays from accidents and construction. Tweets from commuters provide up-to-the-minute road conditions.
- Estimated travel times
- Current road limitations
- Future road limitations
- Emergency road confinements
The CP24 website also runs a live Twitter feed that gives you the latest Tweets from four different traffic and travel twitter accounts :
- The OPP (Ontario Provincial Police)
- MTO (Ministry of Transportation)
- Ontario Travel
- Canada Travel
Listen To The Radio For Road Conditions
680News is a good resource for current Toronto and GTA traffic. They have traffic updates every ten minutes. So if there are traffic issues because of volume, weather, accidents, construction or other closures just turn your radio dial to six hundred eighty AM and you’ll get up to date traffic conditions.
The 680News website is also a good resource. There is an interactive where you can zoom into City Of Toronto live traffic cameras so you can check your route for trouble areas.
Quick Peak : You can also listen to the latest traffic report on request by simply clicking the Latest Traffic link in the “On Air Right Now” section in the upper right portion of the page.
Other Toronto Road Confinement And Closure Resources
Here are some extra resources for road closures and construction updates across the Greater Toronto Area :
Ontario Road Closures And Construction– The GTA And Beyond
Road conditions on the four hundred one and other Ontario highways and rural roads can switch on a moment’s notice. Whether you are travelling in and around your city, in the GTA or across the province, these resources are significant to check so you can plan your driving route accordingly :
Ontario Road Closures Maps
The Ministry Of Transportation’s Traveller’s Road Information Portal
This is a handy website if you are driving across Ontario and need information about highways in a general region. If you click on a city or town on the map, you go to an interactive map. You can select the features you want shown on the map to help you plan your journey. Some of the areas also display traffic cameras so you can view latest conditions.
Plan Ahead To Reduce You Driving Stress
As a driver in Toronto, road closures, construction and emergencies can slow you down, especially in the Spring and Summer. But if you take some time before you get into the car to check your route using one of these resources, you’ll get where you want to go and hopefully without delays.
