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Thickson Road South Whitby construction: DRT detour, starting June 10



Starting 7 a.m. Monday, June 10, the Region of Durham is closing

  • Thickson Road South (Regional Road 26), northbound lanes, between Victoria Street East and Wentworth Street

in the Town of Whitby to accommodate a project to widen and rebuild the roadway. The work zone restricts traffic to just one southbound lane.

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Durham Region Transit is detouring buses along this route, while the street is closed:

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Construction on Thickson South and the resulting DRT detour continue until September 30.


Route 403

From 7 a.m. Monday, June 10 until 5 p.m. Monday, September 30, southbound buses operate along their regular path to Wentworth Street and Forbes Drive, then detour:

southward along Forbes;
east- and northward along McEwen Drive;
eastward along Wentworth [Whitby] and Wentworth West [Oshawa];
northward along Stevenson Road South; and then
westward along Bloor Street West to the entrance into Oshawa Durham College GO Station,
resuming their regular path **southward into the GO station bus terminal.

Southbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Wentworth Street [Whitby] at Scotia Court and Thickson Road South,
  • on Thickson Road South beyond Tricount Avenue and at Victoria Street East,
  • on Victoria Street East beside #1733 Victoria East and
  • on Bloor Street West beside #933 Bloor West.

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

  • on Wentworth Street [Whitby] beyond McEwen Drive and at Forbes Drive and Boundary Road and
  • on Wentworth Street West [Oshawa] at Thornton and Stevenson roads south.

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Northbound buses start their trips in the bus terminal at Oshawa Durham College GO Station, then proceed:

eastward along Bloor Street West;
southward along Stevenson Road South;
westward along Wentworth Street West [Oshawa] and Wentworth Street [Whitby];
southward along Forbes Drive; and then
east- and northward along McEwen Drive to Wentworth,
resuming their regular path eastward along Wentworth.

Northbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Victoria Street East beside #1716 Victoria East,
  • on Thickson Road South at Tricont Avenue and
  • on Wentworth Street [Whitby] beyond Thickson Road South.

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

  • on Wentworth Street West [Oshawa] beyond Thornton Road South and at Boundary Road and
  • on Wentworth Street [Whitby] beyond Boundary Road and across from Forbes Drive.

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