Everything that was fixed on the Don Valley Parkway while it was closed last weekend

Din Valley Parkway at Night/Shutterstock

Last weekend, the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) was closed.

And while that can often result in a traffic nightmare for Toronto, instead of complaining about things shutting down (which we sometimes do), we’d like to applaud the City for everything it was able to get done in the short weekend window.

From fixing nearly 200 pot holes to inspecting more than 50 bridges, Transportation Services, Engineering and Construction Services, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, Solid Waste Management Services and Toronto Water, along with Toronto Hydro and Metrolinx, all came together to get ‘er done.

And considering how slowly some things are handled in Toronto, these numbers speak for themselves.

Here’s a list of all the work that was completed on the Don Valley Parkway last weekend:

13 lane-kilometres of grinding and paving
7,540 metres of crack sealing
repair of wall at Lawrence bridge
1,180 metres of guiderail installed, including eight end treatments
four crash systems repaired and replaced
340 tonnes of debris removed
1,900 square metres of graffiti removed
84 curb-kilometres of roadway flushed and swept
507 catch basins cleaned and flushed
180 potholes filled
190 trees pruned
42 tonnes of logs and wood chipped
54 bridges inspected and 11 chipped as result of inspection
38 bridge joints flushed
100 street lights were re-lamped and one high mast pole repaired
277 signs including overhead signs inspected, maintained and repaired
31 exit tab signs installed
21 traffic control cabinets inspected and repaired
25 culverts inspected and three culverts flushed
17,145 metres of line painting installed
six VMS (variable message sign) site assessments completed
one CCTV (Close Circuit Television) cameras inspected
17 RESCU vehicle loop detectors repaired.

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