2 important intersections in King City could get a makeover in 2013!  Council has been shown the plans for the urbanization of King Road and Dufferin.  And at Council on 5/6 there is a proposal for a streetscape initiative at King Road and Keele.   Both of these initiatives are very much welcomed!

King Rd./Dufferin makeover

• Funding is solely from the development in the area; specifically, development charges (DC’s) to both York Region and King Township and developer contribution. 

• Components of the makeover include landscaping with 235 trees, connections to trail systems,street lighting, 1.65 km. of sidewalk.  Council asked Staff to avoid large areas of grass which ultimately will be covered with dandelions and require frequent mowing by looking at ground covers, slow growing grasses.  For all the planted products we stressed need to consider drought resistant. 

•  Timing:  start in May; completion in fall. 

King Road/Keele

• Funding is not as simple and easy as above as there is not a development which has generated DC’s for this intersection.   Happily there is a partnership funding opportunity with York Region as both roads are regional ones.  Furthermore there is regional maintenance work scheduled for this intersection which we can leverage.   And finally we do have funds which can be appropriately drawn from.

•  To see what is proposed go the report, pages 8,9,10 to see the drawings  

•  Timing:  this summer pending approval by Council and our application for Municipal Streetscape Partnership Program (MSPP) being approved.