Liberty Village residents on the edge over congestion, Toronto says a solution is coming – Toronto [Video]

Traffic congestion has reached the point where it’s so difficult to get around Liberty Village that Toronto’s deputy mayor has requested city staff to come up with a plan to help de-clog the streets, but residents frustrated by the lack of movement are wondering where the plan was months ago.

Liberty Village has been a neighbourhood well known for its difficulty to navigate at the best of times, but ongoing construction projects around the area have exacerbated the problems. The Gardiner Expressway rebuild to the south, and watermain and streetcar work on King Street West directly north of Liberty Village, have been pushing drivers in search of a clear route through its narrow streets.

All of it has combined to create slow road conditions around the entire area. The situation is not faring much better for surface transit routes, which have also been stuck in the congestion.

“This year has been the worst for …