Get ready for a big-time traffic headache in Toronto this weekend.
The city's transportation department says the Don Valley Parkway will be closed Saturday and Sunday for spring maintenance.
"This is important work that needs to be done to maintain safe travel conditions," said Gary Welsh, general manager of the city's transportation services, in a news release.
According to the release, the parkway will be shut down so crews can perform maintenance. "In order to undertake this work safely, a full closure of the Don Valley Parkway is required."
The heavily used artery connecting Highway 401 with the Gardiner Expressway will be closed in both directions from Saturday at 2 a.m. to Monday at 5 a.m.
Crews will be cleaning catch basins, resurfacing parts of the roadway, conducting maintenance of closed circuit televisions, painting, sweeping and removing litter.
"Motorists should be advised to be patient and make sure to take extra time to get to and from their destinations," said Welsh.
Driver are advised to use Victoria Park Avenue, Don Mills Road, Bayview Avenue and Kingston Road as alternative routes during the closure.
Share Tools
Latest Toronto News Headlines
- Truck dangles on overpass after 401 crash in Ajax
- A section of Highway 401 is closed for hours after a tractor-trailer collides with an SUV, slides off the highway and hangs perilously over the roadway below. more »
- GO Transit train damaged by debris on tracks
- A GO Transit train is damaged after striking a short track section that appears to have been deliberately laid over the rails. more »
- Everest team unable to bring down Toronto woman's body
- Bad weather has hampered the recovery team that is attempting to bring down the body of a Toronto woman who died trying to climb Mt. Everest. more »
- Man shot dead in Oshawa
- A man in is mid-30s is dead after he was shot at a house in Oshawa on Friday night. more »
Top News Headlines
- Teen struck by lightning in Ottawa dies
- The victim of a Friday lightning strike during a storm in east Ottawa has died, CBC News has learned. more »
- Montreal protesters march in peaceful defiance
- The clanging of pots and pans sounded throughout Montreal's downtown core Saturday night and into early Sunday morning, as thousands of protesters marched on in peaceful — but loud — defiance of Bill 78. more »
- Syrian children massacred by the dozens, UN says
- More than 90 people have been killed by regime forces in a district of central Syria, with the head of the UN team in the country confirming at least 32 children and 60 adults were killed in an artillery attack. more »
- Missing Winnipeg children found in Mexico
- Two Winnipeg children reported missing and possibly in Mexico have been found alive, according to unofficial reports from an agency that works to find missing people. more »
- Truck dangles on overpass after 401 crash in Ajax
- Everest victim's husband says family not seeking government help
- Brampton family seeks woman missing since Thursday
- GO Transit train damaged by debris on tracks
- Everest team unable to bring down Toronto woman's body
- 'Save me' last words of Mount Everest climber
- Timmins fire crews aided by calmer winds
- Man shot dead in Oshawa
- Serial carjacker gets life term for fatal crash
