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Commissioners Street construction: TTC detours, starting October 30



Update — Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 8:12 a.m.: The City and Waterfront Toronto are reopening Commissioners Street and opening a new roadway for Cherry Street, starting Wednesday, January 24. The TTC is revising service in the area.


Starting Wednesday, October 30, the City of Toronto is closing

  • Commissioners Street between Saulter and Cherry streets and
  • Don Roadway between Villiers and Commissioners streets

to accommodate Waterfront Toronto’s ongoing project to build a new watercourse for the Don River — part of a major flood-control program.

The TTC is detouring buses along this route, while the streets are closed:

  • 72 Pape.

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^ Image: TTC via Steve Munro

Construction on Commissioners Street and the resulting TTC detours continue until further notice.


72 Pape

The TTC is detouring buses along two branches of the route off Commissioners Street west of Saulter Street:


72B branch (via Commissioners and Queens Quay)

Starting Wednesday, October 30, south- and westbound buses operate along their regular route to Commissioners and Saulter streets, then detour:

northward along Saulter; and then
westward along Villiers Street to Cherry Street,
resuming their regular route northward along Cherry.

South- and westbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Commissioners Street west of Don Roadway, beside #130 Commissioners and at Munition and Cherry streets and
  • on Cherry Street at Villiers Street.

Instead, south- and westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Villiers Street at Don Roadway, across from Munition Street and at Cherry Street.

East- and northbound buses reverse the south- and westbound detour routing.

East- and northbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Cherry Street across from Villiers Street and
  • on Commissioners Street beyond Cherry and Munition streets, beside #75 Commissioners and at Don Roadway and Saulter Street.

Instead, east- and northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Villiers Street beyond Cherry Street and at Munition Street and Don Roadway and
  • on Commissioners Street beyond Saulter Street.

72C branch (via Commissioners)

Starting Wednesday, October 30, south- and westbound buses operate along their regular route to Commissioners and Saulter streets, then detour:

northward along Saulter;
westward along Villiers Street;
northward along Don Roadway;
eastward along Lake Shore Boulevard West; and then
southward along Saulter Street to Villiers,
ending their trips.

South- and westbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Commissioners Street west of Don Roadway, beside #130 Commissioners and at Munition and Cherry streets and
  • on Cherry Street at Villiers Street.

Instead, south- and westbound buses drop off passengers at temporary stops

  • on Villers Street at Don Roadway and
  • on Saulter Street at Villiers Street.

East- and northbound buses start their trips on Saulter Street north of Villiers Street, then proceed:

southward along Saulter to Commissioners Street,
resuming their regular route eastward along Commissioners.

East- and northbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Cherry Street at Villiers Street,
  • on Villiers Street at Munition Street and
  • on Commissioners Street beyond Munition Street, beside #75 Commissioners and at Don Roadway and Saulter Street.

Instead, east- and northbound buses pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Saulter Street at Villiers Street and
  • on Commissioners Street beyond Saulter Street.



























































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