Update — Monday, October 18, 8:08 a.m.: The project has not advanced to the stage when the TTC must detour buses. Instead, the TTC starts the detours Monday, October 25.

Tuesday, October 12, City of Toronto contractors started a project to reconstruct the road and replace the City-owned portion of substandard water services

• on Kingston Road between Centennial Road and Deep Dene Drive.

During the project, the City is closing the eastbound lanes to traffic and only westbound traffic can flow on this portion of Kingston.

Starting Monday, October 18, the TTC is detouring buses along these routes, while the traffic lanes are closed:

• 86 Scarborough; and
• 986 Scarborough express.

Construction on Kingston Road and the resulting TTC detour continue until December 13. Construction (and, likely, the TTC detour) resume from April 1 until August 29, 2022.

During this project, contractors are:

• replacing any City-owned water service pipes that do not meet City standards from the water main to the private property line;
• replacing the sidewalks;
• replacing the traffic control lights and devices at the intersection of Kingston with Ellesmere Road;
• replacing curbs and gutters;
• digging up the road surface and installing a new road base and base asphalt; and
• paving the road surface.