#toronto-road-closures

#toronto-road-closures

The province is expanding its tow truck zones starting April 1 to restrict more sections of Ontario's highways to contracted companies approved by the Ministry of Transportation. This change aims to improve safety and streamline the towing process.

The first three months of 2026 were among the three safest first-three-month periods since records started being kept at the dawn of the Automobile Age, with only 42 fatalities from car crashes in New York City.

The emergency department at Michael Garron Hospital was built to care for about 150 patients a day, but now sees more than 300 patients daily, amounting to about 107,000 patients last year in a space designed for 50,000 annually.

A culvert on the side of Interstate 88 collapsed about 90 miles west of Albany, sending construction crews scrambling and motorists looking for detours.

The Greenbelt, an over 800,000-hectare ecologically sensitive zone around the Greater Golden Horseshoe, was created in 2005. It provides environmental protection and specifies where development should not occur.

Toronto is experiencing a brief warm spell with temperatures reaching 16 C on Monday and Tuesday, accompanied by sunny weather and a UV index of 5.

"It is paramount that drivers prioritize the safety of our most vulnerable road users schoolchildren and pedestrians," police said in the release.

Gridlock is costing our economy billions of dollars every year and robbing Ontario drivers of valuable time and quality of life. He added the changes would help keep drivers moving across the province.

We have received a report of a police investigation west of Union Station and the area is now in the hands of emergency personnel. At this time, we are anticipating delays to service with possible modifications and cancellations.

According to GO Transit's website, several early morning trains between Kitchener Go and Union Station have been cancelled due to track repairs. It said an eastbound train will run from Acton Go from 8:45 a.m., making all stops to Union except at Etobicoke North GO, and another eastbound train will run from Mount Pleasant Go around 8:42 a.m.

Toronto police are warning of traffic delays on the Gardiner Expressway due to a water main break early Monday morning. Around 4:15 a.m., a water main broke in the area of the Gardiner Expressway and Grand Avenue in Etobicoke, police said in a post on X. Police said they are assisting with traffic, with eastbound and westbound lanes reduced following the break. They said drivers should expect delays in the area and consider alternate routes.

The City of Toronto's 2026 budget offers relief many homeowners were looking for in its property tax increase, but it also lays bare the massive amount of infrastructure work hanging over the city in the coming years which, in some cases, may be deferred. With budget season now in full swing at city hall, several city departments will sit in front of the budget committee this week to give presentations on their financial needs this year. Among them will be the parks and recreation department, which is caught up in a nearly $2 billion deferral of work in the 10-year capital plan, which is the city's plan to maintain, renew and grow infrastructure. That work was supposed to be funded by development charges that builders pay to the city, but recent provincial legislation made it so developers could pay those fees once their buildings are occupied, as opposed to when they get their building permits. The change means the city will receive that revenue years later than under the previous rules, so the work it would fund has to be put off, according to city budget documents.

There's no one solution to fix the city's gridlock, Toronto's new chief congestion officer says as he finishes up his first week on the job. Andrew Posluns sat down with CBC Toronto on Friday to discuss the freshly created role, noting there's no magic bullet that will address the city's congestion. There are a lot of factors that feed into congestion, he said. We need to do everything we can in order to be able to mitigate and address the congestion challenges that arise.

A signal issue at Union Station is causing mass train delays Monday morning, GO Transit says. Crews are working on repairs, but there may be delays of up to two hours, according to a GO Transit online alert. All lines through Union Station are affected, and trains will be unable to travel through the station until the issue is resolved.

A preliminary investigation into the incident found the derailment happened because nine screws holding down rail fastenings on part of the track leading into Union Station gave way under fatigue, Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay said. These lag screws should be fastened by four screws in the plate. At this particular location they were fastened by two, he said, citing the latest track standards, updated in 2016.