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Kingston Road Highland Creek construction: TTC detour, starting October 18



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.

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

  • 86 Scarborough; and
  • 986 Scarborough express.

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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.

86A / 86C Scarborough
986 Scarborough express

Westbound buses operate along their regular route.

(Update — Monday, October 18, 8:08 a.m.) From 7 a.m. Monday, October 18 October 25 until 7 p.m. Monday, December 13, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Highland Creek Overpass and Kingston Road, then detour:

westward along Old Kingston Road;
northward along Morrish Road; and then
eastward along Ellesmere Road to Meadowvale Road,
resuming their regular route northward along Meadowvale.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Kingston Road at Franklin Avenue and across from Choiceland Boulevard and
  • on Meadowvale Road beyond Kingston Road and at Ellesmere Road.

Instead, eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Ellesmere Road at Deep Dene Drive and across from Zaph Avenue.