A long-awaited Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation
Master Plan shows that there will be ongoing road and
other construction work in the Humber Bay Shores area
for years to come.
The City said The Master Plan (TMP) examined a range
of transportation infrastructure improvements to help address
existing and future challenges in the study area, bounded by
The Queensway, Lake Ontario, Legion Road and Ellis
Avenue.

The TMP was coordinated with the proposed Christie‘s
development at 2150 Lake Shore Blvd West, a new Park
Lawn GO Station, TTC loop and other area initiatives.
The plan will provide a connected, multi-modal
transportation network for all users; offer three new
street connections that improve connectivity and help
overcome the Gardiner Expressway/rail corridor
physical barriers.
It will provide excellent walking and cycling
connectivity, support the long-term build out of the
Christie’s site and other area developments, improve
community access to higher-order transit and streetcar
priority and reduce potential for neighbourhood traffic
impacts from the Gardiner Expressway.
Continued growth in the area requires new and improved
transportation infrastructure that accommodates people
of all ages and complement a transit hub consisting of
the new streetcar loop, according to the TMP.
The study shows that streets will be two to four lanes
wide, with wider sidewalks, more cycle tracks, trees and
have grade separation under the rail line.
It notes that Legion Road will be extended, along with
Park Lawn Road, which will have curbside space for the
parking and loading of GO and TTC buses. It will also
have modifications for curb lanes to enter and exit the
Gardiner Expressway.
Lake Shore West Blvd. will have a dedicated transit
right-of-way from Humber Loop to Legion Road and
will be widened to three or four lanes of traffic over the
Mimico Creek. It will also have more
cycle tracks, wider, sidewalks and more trees.
An eastwest street will feature two to four traffic lanes, wider
sidewalks, uni-directional cycle tracks, tree plantings
and new grade separation under the rail line
Legion Road Extension will have two traffic lanes, unidirectional cycle tracks,                                sidewalks, tree plantings, and a
new single portal grade separation under the rail line, as
identified in a previous assessment.
Park Lawn Road will have two traffic lanes, wider
sidewalks, curbside space for parking or loading buses
and access to the Gardiner ramps. It will also have two
dedicated left turn lanes to Lake Shore Blvd. W.
Two new northsouth streets will be added to access the
Lake Shore and ramps to the Gardiner Expressway corridor, according
to the plan.