King-Church intersection construction disrupts Toronto transit flows
Monday, June 2, 2025, 7:21 pm
Downtown Toronto commuters are bracing for chaos as early watermain construction at the King-Church intersection forces TTC route reroutings. While authorities promise improved infrastructure, frustrated residents are left poking fun at yet another construction-induced episode in the never-ending saga of city roadwork.
‘People are going to be late’: Commuters react to King and Church watermain construction CP24
Get ready for some more traffic headaches in downtown Toronto this summer. The city and the TTC started work Monday — four weeks early — on renewing the aging streetcar tracks at the intersection of King St. E. and Church St. That intersection is closed to traffic until the work is expected to be…
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