Update — Sunday, January 4, 2026, 7:11 p.m.: Construction and the resulting TTC detour resume during spring.
Update — Friday, November 14, 4:23 p.m.: Construction on Grandravine Drive and the resulting TTC detour continue until January 3, 2026.
Since Wednesday, July 23, the City of Toronto has closed
- Grandravine Drive between Futura Drive and Ollerton Road
to accommodate a project to replace the culvert carrying the roadway over Black Creek. The City says, “This work will ensure that the culvert meets today’s standards and remains safe for vehicles and pedestrians into the future.” City Council approved the project as part of the 2024 capital budget.
The TTC is detouring buses along this route, while the street is closed:
- 108A Driftwood via Grandravine.
Starting Labour Day, Monday, September 1, the TTC is revising the detour path.
(*Updated — Friday, November 14, 4:23 p.m.) This phase of construction at the Black Creek culvert on Grandravine Drive and the resulting TTC detour continue until November 15 until January 3, 2026.
The City previously closed Grandravine for the same construction project and the TTC detoured the buses from Wednesday, July 2 until Saturday, July 12.
108A Driftwood via Grandravine
(*Updated — Friday, November 14, 4:23 p.m.) From 5 a.m. Labour Day, Monday, September 1 until 7 a.m.
Saturday, November 15Saturday, January 3, 2026, eastbound buses operate along their regular path to Grandravine Drive and Arleta Avenue, then detour:southward along Arleta;
eastward along Sheppard Avenue West; and then
northward along Sentinel Road to Grandravine,
resuming their regular path eastward along Grandravine.Eastbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Grandravine Drive across from Futura Drive, Ollerton Road and Gambelo Crescent and at Sentinel Road.
Instead, eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Arleta Avenue at Medal Lane, John Lindsay Court, Spenvalley Drive and Sheppard Avenue West,
- on Sheppard Avenue West at Downsview Dells Park and
- on Sentinel Road beyond Sheppard Avenue West, across from Frederick Mowat Lane, beyond Dovehouse Avenue and at Stilecroft Drive [north] and Grandravine Drive.
Eastbound buses reverse the westbound detour path.
Eastbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Grandravine Drive at Gambello Crescent, Ollerton Road and Futura Drive.
Instead, eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Sentinel Road beyond Stilecroft Drive [north], across from Dovehouse Avenue and beyond Frederick Mowat Lane,
- on Sheppard Avenue West at Northwood Park and
- on Arleta Avenue beyond Sheppard Avenue West, at Tina Court, across from John Lindsay Court and Medal Lane and at Grandravine Drive.
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