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Kennedy Road Unionville construction: YRT detour, May 29, 30



rom 8 p.m. Friday, May 29 until 8 p.m. Saturday, May 30, the Region of York is closing

  • Kennedy Road [Regional Road 3] between South Unionville Avenue / Unionville Gate and Helen Avenue / YMCA Boulevard

to accommodate contractors who are paving the roadway.

Paving the roadway is part of the City of Markham’s work to prepare for the upcoming Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Markham.

York Region Transit is detouring buses along these routes, while the street is closed:

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8 Kennedy

From 8 p.m. Friday, May 29 until 8 p.m. Saturday, May 30, southbound buses operate along their regular path to Kennedy Road and Highway 7, then detour:

westward along Highway 7;
southward along Birchmount Road;
eastward along 14th Avenue to Kennedy,
resuming their regular path southward along Kennedy.

Southbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Kennedy Road beyond Highway 7, across from Avoca Drive and Castan Avenue, at Unionville Gate, YMCA Boulevard, Duffield Drive and 14th Avenue.

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

  • on Highway 7 beyond Kennedy Road and at Sciberras Road,
  • on Birchmount Road at Rougeside Promenade, Verdale Crossing, Enterprise Boulevard, Aviva Way and Royal Crest Court and
  • on 14th Avenue east of Birchmount Rpad [2 stops], across from McDowell Gate and at Kennedy Road.

(List of temporary stops is unofficial.)

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Northbound buses reverse the southbound detour path.

Northbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Kennedy Road at 14th Avenue, across from Duffield Drive, beyond Helen Avenue, at South Unionville and Castan avenues, Avoca Drive and Highway 7.

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

  • on 14th Avenue beyond Kennedy Road, at McDowell Gate, beyond McDowell Gate [2 stops] and at Birchmount Road,
  • on Birchmount Road beyond Aviva Way and at Enterprise Boulevard and Verdale Crossing and
  • on Highway 7 beyond Birchmount Road, across from Sciberras Road and beyond Main Street Unionville.

(List of temporary stops is unofficial.)

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Viva purple A

From 8 p.m. Friday, May 22 until 8 p.m. Saturday, May 23, westbound buses operate along their regular path to Highway 7 and Kennedy Road, then detour:

westward along Highway 7;
southward along Birchmount Road to the Viva Rapidway,
resuming their regular path westward along the Rapidway.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops:

  • at Kennedy / Highway 7, University and Andre de Grasse vivastations.

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

  • at the Highway 7 / Kennedy and Sciberras vivastations and on the rapidway beyond Birchmount Road.

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Eastbound buses reverse the westbound detour path.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

  • at Andre de Grasse, University and Kennedy / Highway 7 vivastations.

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

  • on the viva Rapidway at Birchmount Road and
  • at the Village Parkway and Sciberras vivastations.

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