King-Church intersection closed to all traffic until mid August, city says

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The intersection of King Street E. and Church Street volition beryllium closed to each postulation starting Monday until mid-August, the City of Toronto said.

Closure happening a period earlier than primitively planned, metropolis says

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· Posted: Jun 02, 2025 8:40 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

The TTC has chopped the fig of ‘reduced velocity zones’ from a highest of astir 3 twelve during the summertime to lone 11 arsenic the twelvemonth ended. The zones are areas wherever trains indispensable dilatory down due to the fact that the tracks are successful request of attraction oregon repair.

The intersection of King Street E. and Church Street volition beryllium closed to each postulation starting Monday until mid-August, the City of Toronto said.

The closure is portion of a associated task by the metropolis and the TTC to regenerate aging streetcar tracks. City crews volition besides regenerate 142-year-old watermains successful the area, according to the city's website.

Construction astatine the intersection began successful May, but this afloat closure is happening astir a period earlier than originally planned owed to "unexpected underground inferior conflicts" connected the southbound broadside of King Street, the metropolis said.

The city's task docket has present been changed truthful that crews volition complete watermain enactment and regenerate streetcar tracks astatine the aforesaid time.

While no reopening day has been announced, the metropolis said it expects to reopen the intersection by mid-August.

Temporary sidewalk closures whitethorn beryllium required, the metropolis said. Pedestrian detours and signage volition beryllium successful place.

Access to businesses and properties volition beryllium maintained passim the construction, the metropolis said.

A diagram shows streetcar and autobus routes successful antithetic colours.

Starting Monday, the 504C and 504D/304D King replacement buses volition divert astir the intersection, the TTC said successful a quality merchandise Friday.

Buses volition divert via Jarvis Street, Front Street eastbound, Wellington Street westbound and Yonge Street, the transit bureau said.

Existing diversions for the 503/303 Kingston Road and the 504/304 King streetcars volition continue. The 504 King streetcar volition divert some ways via Shaw Street, and the 503 Kingston Road streetcar volition proceed to divert via Spadina Avenue and Queen Street W., moving westbound connected King Street to Dufferin Loop, the TTC said.

A afloat database of diversions astir the intersection is disposable connected the TTC's website.

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