City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release: September 30, 2014
City of Toronto completes maintenance work to prepare
Gardiner Expressway for winter
The full closure of the Gardiner Expressway this past
weekend resulted in a significant amount of work being completed prior to the
approaching winter season.
Among the work that was completed:
• 210 tonnes of asphalt to repair the roadway
• 300
metres of guiderail installed
• 117 kilometres of line painting completed
• 210
tonnes of debris removed
• more than 400 lane-kilometres of roadway flushed and
swept
• 636 catch basins cleaned and flushed
• 50 bridges cleaned
• 10 crash
systems repaired
• temporary concrete barriers at various locations between
Jarvis Street and the Don Roadway, where work is now complete, were removed,
and
• joints on the eastbound lanes of the bridges at Mimico Creek and Park
Lawn Avenue were replaced.
The City of Toronto would like to thank the public for
its patience as the City continues to perform work needed to keep the Gardiner
Expressway in a safe and operable condition for the thousands of motorists who
use the roadway on a daily basis.
This work is part of the City's comprehensive,
co-ordinated strategy to rehabilitate and upgrade our roads, transit and
underground infrastructure for current and future needs.
This news release is also available on the City's
website: http://bit.ly/10kfbIO
Toronto is Canada's largest city, the fourth largest in
North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It
is a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture and is consistently
ranked one of the world's most livable cities. Toronto is proud to be the Host
City for the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games. For information on
non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and
visitors can visit http://www.toronto.ca,
call 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or follow us @TorontoComms.
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Media contact: Steve Johnston, Strategic Communications,
416-392-4391, sjohnsto@toronto.ca
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