The developer constructing the 2 new apartment buildings across the street from us on the west side of Dunfield Avenue has asked the City to approve a Construction Staging Area directly across from our front driveway on Dunfield Avenue. They want to set up this Staging Area for 40 months starting June 22.
A Construction Staging Area is a designated area where vehicles, supplies, and construction equipment are positioned for access and use to a construction site. It is where dump trucks, heavy equipment deliveries, and cement trucks will also be constantly coming and going.
This request will be reviewed on Thursday, June 18 by the Toronto and East York Community Council (a sub-committee of the main City Council but which has the authority to approve requests like this). Below is an extract of comments sent to the City at 311 asking that they be forwarded on to the Council.
“The tenants of 45 Dunfield, have been surrounded by and subjected to massive construction projects for the last 4 years (not counting the LRT work just up the street). Our building has been subjected to 3 Construction staging areas: 1 on the south-east corner of Dunfield & Soudan, 1 on the south-west corner of Lillian & Soudan (both for over 30 months) & currently 1 on the south-east corner of Lillian and Soudan. The amount of dirt, dust, idling trucks and the traffic congestion was not and still is not controlled adequately, either by the developers or the City. Whatever directions the City may have given to the developers (If any) have largely been ignored. Not infrequently, there were line-ups of dump trucks and/or cement trucks idling from early in the morning (prior to 7 a.m.) to late in the day.
The hope is that the request is not approved as is and that alternative options are explored. To that end, the following is suggested:
1. Use the area where the developer plans to convey 1,606 square metres of land for a park as the staging area (south-west corner of Dunfield and Soudan);
Failing that –
2. Restrict work to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding Holidays) and no work on Saturdays or Sundays;
3. Enforce/crackdown on idling trucks both for the time of day and duration.”
WE NEED TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS NOW!
Please take the time to send a message to the Toronto and East York Community Council that this is not acceptable. You can also copy your comments to Josh Matlow, our City Councillor, who also sits on this Committee – councillor_matlow@toronto.ca and to the Torontonian Tenants’ Association – torontoniancommunications@gmail.com
Below is a link to the City documents that provide specifics related to this request.
http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/decisionBodyProfile.do?function=doPrepare&meetingId=18757
See Item 15.18. Click on the link & then open this Item. It shows the Tracking Status recap about what is going to be discussed at this Committee. Then go to the bottom & click on the link under Background Information to access the Report For Action.
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