It wasn’t your typical traffic jam on the Gardiner this morning.
Earlier today, Toronto Police reported that the Gardiner was closed westbound at Kipling. The closure was because there was a family of Canada geese in the middle of the highway.
Hazard#960301
Gardiner W/Kipling Av
Family of geese in middle of hwy (collectors & express)
Close W/B express & divert traffic to collectorsā Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) May 31, 2017
They soon moved to the collectors lane, which was also closed:
Update:
Geese are in Collectors and the Express is now open. Collector is now closed at Browns Line ^jsā Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) May 31, 2017
Update:
One lane blocked in the Collectors at this time. ^jsā Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) May 31, 2017
The good news is a couple of hours later the geese were escorted safely off the highway.
But in case you were wondering why the Gardiner was closed earlier, now you know. It was Canadian geese.