City of Toronto completes maintenance work to prepare Gardiner Expressway for winter

City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:

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News Release:  September 30, 2014

City of Toronto completes maintenance work to prepare Gardiner Expressway for winter

The full closure of the Gardiner Expressway this past weekend resulted in a significant amount of work being completed prior to the approaching winter season.

Among the work that was completed:

• 210 tonnes of asphalt to repair the roadway 

• 300 metres of guiderail installed 

• 117 kilometres of line painting completed 

• 210 tonnes of debris removed 

• more than 400 lane-kilometres of roadway flushed and swept 

• 636 catch basins cleaned and flushed 

• 50 bridges cleaned 

• 10 crash systems repaired 

• temporary concrete barriers at various locations between Jarvis Street and the Don Roadway, where work is now complete, were removed, and 

• joints on the eastbound lanes of the bridges at Mimico Creek and Park Lawn Avenue were replaced.

The City of Toronto would like to thank the public for its patience as the City continues to perform work needed to keep the Gardiner Expressway in a safe and operable condition for the thousands of motorists who use the roadway on a daily basis.

This work is part of the City's comprehensive, co-ordinated strategy to rehabilitate and upgrade our roads, transit and underground infrastructure for current and future needs.

This news release is also available on the City's website: http://bit.ly/10kfbIO

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Media contact: Steve Johnston, Strategic Communications, 416-392-4391, sjohnsto@toronto.ca