Starting Tuesday, October 18, the City of Toronto is closing
- Wicksteed Avenue between Beth Nealson Drive and Leslie Street
to accommodate Canadian Pacific Railway contractors who are making emergency repairs to the tracks of the Belleville subdivision at the Wicksteed level crossing.
The TTC is detouring buses along these routes, while the street is closed:
Emergency railroad-crossing repairs on Wicksteed Avenue and the resulting TTC detours continue until October 21.
88A South Leaside via Overlea
From Tuesday, October 18 until Friday, October 21, westbound buses start their trips on Thorncliffe Park Drive [east] south of Overlea Boulevard, as usually, but then proceed:
westward along Overlea;
northward along Millwood Road and Laird Drive; and then
eastward along Wicksteed Avenue to Leslie Street,
resuming their regular route northward along Leslie.Westbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Thorncliffe Park Drive [east] beyond Overlea Boulevard and across from Pat Moore Drive,
- on Beth Nealson Drive across from #50 Beth Nealson and at Wicksteed Avenue and
- on Wicksteed Avenue beside #220 Wicksteed and at Leslie Street.
Instead, westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Overlea Boulevard beyond Thorncliffe Park Drive [east], beside #46 Overlea, at Thorncliffe Park Drive [west], across from Leaside Park Drive and at Millwood Road,
- on Millwood Road beyond Overlea Boulevard and at Village Station Road and
- on Laird Drive at Canvarco Road, Esandar Drive and Industrial Street, beyond Commercial Street and at Wicksteed Avenue.
Eastbound buses operate along their regular route.
88B South Leaside via Wicksteed
Westbound operate along their regular route.
From Tuesday, October 18 until Friday, October 21, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Leslie Street and Wicksteed Avenue, then detour:
westward along Wicksteed;
southward along Laird Drive and Millwood Road; and then
eastward along Overlea Boulevard to Thorncliffe Park Drive [east],
resuming their regular route southward along Thorncliffe Park.Eastbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Wicksteed Avenue at Beth Nealson Drive,
- on Beth Nealson Drive beside #50 Beth Nealson and
- on Thorncliffe Drive [east] beyond Pat Moore Drive and at Overlea Boulevard.
Instead, eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Laird Drive across from Commercial Street, at Lea Avenue and Kenrae and Millwood roads,
- on Millwood Road beyond Redway Road and
- on Overlea Boulevard beyond Millwood Road and Leaside Park Drive, at Thorncliffe Park Drive [west], beside East York Town Centre and at Thorncliffe Park Drive [east].