reconstruction Archives - Birch Cliff News

29 Apr 2014

Chine drive reconstruction

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Chine Drive, Earl Abalajon, reconstruction, sidewalks

By Earl Abalajon Reconstruction is underway on one of the prettiest streets in Scarborough, Chine Drive, ten years after the City of Toronto first discussed the need for repairs. It's been thirty years since Chine Drive...

11 Jul 2013

City Services, History, News

Digging up old ties

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Kingston Road, radial cars, reconstruction, streetcar

Construction workers on Kingston Road have started digging up fascinating pieces of Birch Cliff’s past - the old streetcar tracks that were laid in 1928. Large excavators have been rumbling down the centre of the...

05 Jul 2013

City Services, News

Kingston / Warden closed

Just a heads up that the intersection of Kingston Road and Warden Avenue will be closed this weekend due to road resurfacing. In other construction news that almost sounds too good to be true --...

09 Apr 2013

City Services, News

Mayor Ford tours construction

Mayor Rob Ford used Birch Cliff as a backdrop today to announce a $155 million dollar program to repair Toronto roads and bridges in 2013 and another $60 million for projects such as Kingston...

02 Apr 2013

City Services, News

Let the chaos begin

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Kingston Road, reconstruction, traffic, Ward 36

Morning rush hour Well the cones are up and the chaos has started. Get used to it from now until October. Crews were out marking Kingston Road for utility lines on a chilly Tuesday morning as traffic...