One-way streets may be coming to Aurora's downtown area

Have your say on the town's plan to convert downtown streets into one-way lanes.

Yorkregion.com
March 27, 2017
By Amanda Persico

Downtown driving might be coming uptown to Aurora.

Many Toronto neighbourhoods are littered with one-way streets.

And so could Aurora’s downtown core. The town wants to hear from you about plans to convert two-way streets to one-way lanes.

As part of the town’s Library Square and downtown traffic management plan, the town is looking at converting Church, Victoria and Mosley streets into one-way streets.

Based on the proposed plan, traffic on Church Street would travel eastbound, on Victoria Street traffic would travel northbound and Mosley Street traffic would travel westbound to Yonge Street.

There already are one-way streets in Aurora - Fleury and Centre streets.

There are concerns this move would increase traffic along Metcalfe, Wells and Mosley streets.

Not to mention, Yonge Street could become clogged with travelers leaving the downtown core.

Starting April 1, there will be left turn restrictions at the Yonge and Wellington streets intersection.

In lieu of two-way traffic, the additional space would be used for angled parking around the downtown core.

Based on a 2007 traffic study, there are currently 1,200 parking spaces, on- and off-street, in the area.

Have your say on the town’s plans.

The town is hosting a public open house April 4, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Aurora Town Hall, 100 John West Way.

For more information, visit aurora.ca