Toronto orders Dvp Closure for 30 lane-closure equivalent work
Toronto's dvp closure will shut the Don Valley Parkway from Highway 401 to the Jarvis Street ramp on the Gardiner Expressway from 11 p.m. on Friday, May 8 until 5 a.m. on Monday, May 11. Andrew Posluns, the city's chief congestion officer, said the work is crucial and that the city will have mitigation efforts in place.
The city said the weekend closure lets multiple divisions and partners complete work at the same time. It said the job equals 30 overnight lane closures over two days, and Posluns urged people to plan ahead and take public transit if possible.
Andrew Posluns on the DVP
Posluns said, “This weekend was carefully selected to avoid concurrent closures,” and added, “We will have a number of mitigation efforts in place, including traffic agents.” He also said the work is crucial to reduce any chance of flooding or other infrastructure issues during the World Cup.
That maintenance had been scheduled before. Toronto first planned to finish it last fall, then moved it to November 2025, where an early snowfall pushed it back again. City officials then moved it to April, and wet weather canceled that plan.
Toronto weekend road work
This weekend avoids the road closures from last week's Toronto Marathon, but Sunday also brings the Sporting Life 10K and its own closures. GO Trains will run every 15 minutes on the Lakeshore West and East lines between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. on the weekend, and about 40,000 fans will need transit support for Saturday's Toronto FC match against Inter Miami CF at BMO Field.
Anyone driving downtown should allow extra time, especially with the DVP fully closed for the entire weekend window. The closure gives Toronto one uninterrupted stretch to finish work it had already tried to complete several times before next month's FIFA World Cup matches.
