How Stephen Holyday voted at council

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1. 2025.MM31.18AMENDED

   Re-Opening King Street for Business: Keeping Toronto's Downtown Core and Canada's Financial District Moving

   On June 2nd, the King Street East and Church Street intersection was closed to all traffic in order to facilitate the replacement of a 142-year-old watermain and reconstruction of Toronto Transit Commission streetcar tracks. The intersection closed four weeks ahead of schedule and will remain closed through the summer until at least mid-August. As a result, three streetcar lines – carrying up to 25 streetcars per hour – have been diverted onto Queen, Richmond, and Adelaide streets, which also serve as detour routes due to ongoing Ontario Line construction at Queen and Yonge. Meanwhile, King Street – designated as a Transit Priority Corridor since 2019 – will sit underutilized through the downtown core, as streetcars are diverted off the route. While completing the watermain repair and Toronto Transit Commission work concurrently is a positive step toward better construction coordination, this closure occurs in the broader context of multiple concurrent downtown projects. The cumulative impact will increase congestion and delays for both transit riders and motorists. Since the King and Church intersection closure began, the following two weeks demonstrated t…

   City Council · 2025-06-26 12:19 PM

   Amend Item

   Stephen Holyday's vote: No

   Majority required - MM31.18 - Chow - motion 1

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   16-5

   Source outcome