Metrolinx contractors continue building the future Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line between Mount Dennis and Kennedy.

From 4 a.m. Saturday, August 7 until 7 p.m. Sunday, August 8, the City of Toronto is closing

• Bayview Avenue between Eglinton Avenue East and Soudan Avenue,

to all traffic, except emergency vehicles, while Metrolinx contractors remove a tower crane from the site of the future Leaside Station.

Traffic control personnel and a “paid-duty” Toronto Police Service officer will be on-site to direct traffic through the intersection during this activities. Expect delays when travelling in the area.

For transit passengers

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

• 11 Bayview.

Passengers aboard buses along these routes can also expect delays:

• 34 Eglinton East;
• 51 Leslie;
• 54 Lawrence East;
• 56 Leaside;
• 334 Eglinton East overnight; and
• 354 Lawrence East overnight.

For pedestrians

• A work zone blocks the sidewalk on the east side of Bayview Avenue south of Eglinton Avenue East. Walk on the west side.
• A work zone blocks the sidewalk on the north side of Eglinton East, just west of Bayview. Walk on the south side.
• A work zone blocks the sidewalk on the west side of Bayview north of Eglinton. Walk along a temporary pathway on a closed portion of the roadway.
• The north-south crosswalk on the west side of Bayview at Eglinton is closed. Cross on the east side.

For motorists

• A work zone blocks Bayview Avenue to all traffic between Eglinton and Soudan.
• Work zones block curb lanes on both sides of Bayview north of Eglinton. Just one lane in each direction is available for traffic in the centre lanes.
• Work zones block traffic lanes on the north side of Eglinton east and west of Bayview. Just one lane in each direction is available for traffic on the south side of the roadway.
• You can’t turn left from westbound Eglinton to southbound Bayview.
• You can’t turn right from eastbound Eglinton to southbound Bayview.

For nearby residents and business people

• Expect overnight noise from crane movements, loading, and truck activity.