DVP closure: What Toronto drivers need to know [Video]

A portion of the Don Valley Parkway will be closed to traffic overnight tonight as crews remove a damaged variable messaging sign.

The city said all southbound lanes of the DVP will be shut down between Don Mills and the Bayview-Bloor ramp from 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Friday.

Southbound traffic will be directed at the southbound off-ramp to southbound Don Mills Road, the city said.

In addition, northbound traffic will be reduced to a single lane from Pottery Road and Beechwood Drive.

“Northbound motorists should expect significant delays,” the city said.

In a news release on Thursday, the city also notified the public about the next phase of the King Street watermain and TTC streetcar track replacement.

The work along the major downtown road began last February and has reduced traffic to one lane in each direction between Dufferin Street and Shaw Street.

The city said the westbound lanes on King Street West between Dufferin Street and …