Safety alert: Church St. construction to Nov. 9

Members of the community are urged to be extra careful when crossing any part of Church St. during the ongoing streetcar track construction. The work is causing a major disruption to pedestrian and traffic flow.

The construction along Church St. north of Dundas St. began Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. Only the southbound curb lane on Church St. will be open to traffic.

The intersection of Church and Gould Sts. will be closed for 96 hours starting at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 until 7 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. During the closure, police officers will be stationed on both sides of Church St. to maintain pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Crowd-control barriers and construction signs are posted accordingly.

All pedestrians should use extra caution when entering this intersection during this time.

The intersection of Church and Gerrard Sts. will be closed from Friday, Nov. 6 until 7 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9.

Every effort will be taken to limit noise associated with the track construction.