Construction and Road Closures

Construction and Road Closures

The Waterfront BIA has worked to aggregate current and upcoming construction notices from various sources, including The City of Toronto, Waterfront Toronto, and Toronto Hydro.

As a representative of the business community through the area, the Waterfront BIA seeks to advocate to ensure that these projects are completed quickly and on time, and with a limited impact on people’s enjoyment of the waterfront.

Last Updated: October 14, 2026

Toronto Hydro - 215 Lake Shore Boulevard East

Constructor: Toronto Hydro

Location: A section of Lake Shore Boulevard East and Lower Sherbourne Street

Anticipated Completion: December 2026

Area Impacts: Road and sidewalk restrictions, possible power interruptions, construction noise, excavation

More Information:

Construction Notice: View notice

Notice Date: December 8, 2025

Quayside Infrastructure and Public Realm

Constructor: Eastern Construction for Waterfront Toronto

Location: Queens Quay East, Small Street, and Parliament Street to Lake Shore Boulevard East

Anticipated Completion: December 2026 for the current infrastructure and public realm phase, subject to change

What's Happening: Waterfront Toronto is upgrading underground infrastructure, roadways and public spaces in the Quayside neighbourhood.

Area Impacts: Small Street is fully closed, the Queens Quay East north sidewalk is closed, and the westbound curb lane is reduced — this closure regime is in effect from October 4 to December 31, 2026. Further short-term lane restrictions and pedestrian/cycling pathway shifts will be announced by notice as later phases proceed. Expect construction traffic, flaggers, dust, and noise around the work zones while the project continues to December 2026.

Construction Notices: Notice #4, Notice #6.2

More Information:

Notice Date: May and September 2026; sources reviewed October 14, 2026

Quayside Site Development

Constructor: CentreCourt Constructors Inc. for Dream Unlimited

Location: 259 and 291 Lake Shore Boulevard East, between Bonnycastle Street and Small Street; parking lot at 200 Queens Quay East

Anticipated Completion: Construction of new developments is expected to begin in 2026. Overall development is staged; the linked notices do not give an overall completion date.

What's Happening: The Quayside development lands are being prepared for construction of new homes.

Area Impacts: The parking lot at 200 Queens Quay East closed permanently on August 31, 2026, to support the next phase of construction.

Construction Notices: Notice #2, Notice #3

More Information:

Notice Date: June and August 2026

Ferry Fleet Replacement — Jack Layton Ferry Terminal

Constructor: City of Toronto; CreateTO manages construction delivery, with Toronto Hydro installing the power supply

Location: Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, 9 Queens Quay West

Anticipated Completion: December 2026 for shoreside construction; the second new ferry is scheduled to arrive in spring 2027

What's Happening: New electrical infrastructure, charging towers and dock improvements are being installed to support Toronto’s new electric ferries.

Area Impacts: Regular passenger ferry service continues throughout construction. Commercial vehicle ferry service to the Islands may be interrupted at times. Construction of charging tower supports and dock/electrical work is underway at the terminal.

More Information:

Notice Date: Project webpage updated March 11, 2026

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport — Runway End Safety Areas (RESA)

Constructor: EllisDon Civil Ltd. for Toronto Port Authority, with Stantec and J.F. Baird

Location: Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Toronto Islands — both ends of Runway 08/26

Anticipated Completion: July 2027 for RESA compliance; airfield restoration continues through late fall 2027, with habitat restoration and shoreline enhancement continuing in 2028

What's Happening: New safety areas are being constructed at both ends of the airport’s main runway to meet federal aviation safety requirements.

Area Impacts: Work is generally scheduled overnight (11 p.m.–6 a.m., Monday to Saturday), with staging from 9 p.m.; material deliveries may occur around the clock. Emergency medical helicopter operations will continue. Most construction materials and workers will arrive by water from the Port Lands, avoiding Eireann Quay and the airport ferry. Marine construction equipment will be visible in the Inner Harbour.

More Information:

Notice Date: June 30, 2026

Port Lands Flood Protection and Lake Shore Boulevard East

Constructor: EllisDon for Waterfront Toronto

Location: Port Lands, including Lake Shore Boulevard East between Cherry Street and Carlaw Avenue, Cherry Street and Commissioners Street

Anticipated Completion: 2026 for the Lake Shore Boulevard East works; other Port Lands projects have separate schedules

What's Happening: With the main flood protection works complete, Waterfront Toronto is completing remaining road improvements and cycling connections in the Port Lands and along Lake Shore Boulevard East.

Area Impacts: Road and lane restrictions, traffic delays, cycling detours and Lower Don Trail detours.

Construction Notices: Notice #67

More Information:

Notice Date: See all individual notices here

Broadview and Eastern Flood Protection

Constructor: PCL Construction for Waterfront Toronto

Location: Eastern Avenue, Broadview Avenue, and Sunlight Park Road, east of the Don River

Anticipated Completion: The activities in Notice #10 are scheduled through November 30, 2026; this is not the overall project completion date

What's Happening: Crews are excavating, demolishing buildings and carrying out utility work to construct flood protection infrastructure east of the Don River.

Area Impacts: Evening and Overnight Construction (5 PM–3 AM), Construction Noise, Concrete Cutting, Heavy Equipment, Excavation

Construction Notices: Notice #10

More Information:

Notice Date: September 2026

Notes:

The Waterfront BIA is not the constructor of any of these projects and aggregates this information as a courtesy to its members. As such, the information may be incomplete, incorrect, or out of date. Please reach out to the contact noted in the linked construction notices if you have any questions or concerns regarding this work, and review the below-linked websites for further information on these and other construction projects through the area. If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with Oliver Hierlihy, Director, Operations: oliver@waterfrontbia.com

Individual Port Lands notices are not listed; only major Port Lands work with a direct effect on waterfront access is noted above. Please see Waterfront Toronto's Port Lands construction notices for the full list.

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