About the Teston Road Environmental Assessment

The study area

The study area is on Teston Road from 250 metres west of Pine Valley Drive to Kleinburg Summit Way

 

map of the Teston Road study area

 

Current status

The City of Vaughan has initiated the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment study for Teston Road. The study will confirm the needs and preferred design for transportation improvements along Teston Road. Currently, the study is in Phase 1 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process.

 

At this time, the project team is collecting background information and conducting field investigations to inform the study. These investigations include natural environment surveys, cultural heritage and archaeological investigations, drainage assessment, etc. It is not anticipated that Teston Road will need to be widened for additional vehicular lanes. As such, the improvements will focus on accommodation of pedestrians and cyclists, and operational and safety considerations for all travel modes.

 

Background

In the study area, Teston Road is presently a two-lane rural major arterial roadway with one lane in each direction. It has a posted speed of 60 kilometres per hour and is a municipally managed road under the jurisdiction of the City of Vaughan. East of Pine Valley Drive, Teston Road is under the jurisdiction of York Region.

 

York Region completed the Teston Road Environmental Assessment (EA) from Weston Road to Pine Valley Drive in 2016. This study included the jog elimination at the intersection of Teston Road and Pine Valley Drive, which extended 250 metres west of the intersection. As the intersection design will not be revisited as part of this current EA, the east limit is 250 metres west of the intersection.

 

Several safety and operational issues have been identified within the study area, including:

 

  • restricted visibility due to narrow, unpaved shoulders
  • reduced visibility and hidden driveways due to road geometry, vegetation and trees
  • pavement deterioration
  • improper placement of guardrails that are too close to the road
  • high number of speeding incidents and vehicular collisions
  • lack of pedestrian and cycling spaces (with the exception of the section to be constructed by the Block developer)
  • lack of signage and signage deficiencies

 

The Teston Road EA study will review:

 

  • the above-noted operational and safety issues
  • environmental impacts
  • implications of existing and projected traffic and roadway capacity
  • vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist operations and opportunities
  • transit service and bus stops
  • intersection operations
  • existing and future opportunities for improvements and alternatives

 

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