September 28, 2017

Starting tonight overnight, crews will be paving a second layer of asphalt on Highway 7 from the Bathurst overpass to the Yonge connector. Please see below for further details.

work dates*: Thursday Sept. 28th for approximately a week and a half [overnight]
work hours*: 7pm–6am

what you need to know:

• Crews will begin paving a second layer of asphalt on Highway 7 from west of the Bathurst overpass and east of the Yonge connector.
• During overnight paving, Highway 7 will be down to one lane in each direction.
• Crews will start with the eastbound lanes, paving one lane each night. Once all lanes eastbound are completed, they will begin paving one lane each night travelling westbound.
• Crews will paint new traffic lines before opening lanes.
• During the day, Highway 7 will be two lanes in each direction.
• On Friday, Sept. 29 at 8pm to Saturday, Sept 30 at 8pm, Highway 7 will be reduced to one lane in each direction.
• Paid duty police officers will be on site to help direct traffic.
• Due to the nature of this work, there will be construction-related noise and dust from equipment and trucks.
• Please give yourself enough time to get to your destination, and remember to reduce your speed through construction zones.

We understand that overnight work is disruptive to those who live and work in the area, and have taken steps to reduce the impacts where possible. While we aim to balance the needs of commuters, businesses, area residents, the community at large and the project, night work is sometimes unavoidable. Read more about how we balance the needs of the corridor in working day and night.