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STO-P8G5F6 · Ward 10 · Water Drainage

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Our ref

STO-P8G5F6

City ref

09860611

Track on 311 ↗

Water/Drainage at 106 Lower Sherbourne Street

This is why the street floods when it rains hard, steps from St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1.

We heard you

Case built & sent · Jul 28, 8:30 AM

City & councillor received it

City of Toronto + Cllr. Malik

The city responded

Ref #09860611 ↗ Transportation Services

✓

Fixed

Confirmed Aug 8

Fixed, confirmed by Toronto 311.

11 days after you reported it. We take the city at its word, and you get the final one: is it actually fixed?

The city marked this resolved Aug 8, 12:00 AM

Closed, on the record

Fixed in 11 days.

Lower Sherbourne Street in Spadina-Fort York is a little better today because somebody said something and the city finished the work. That is how this is supposed to work.

Jul 28 · reported

✓ Resolved Aug 8 · confirmed

Reported this yourself? Add your after photo when you pass by. It completes the record.

11 days

report → fix

Toronto 311

confirmed by

Reported July 28 · resolved on August 8, 2026 · Confirmed complete by Toronto 311 · August 11, 2026 · checked against the city's records, not taken on faith

106 Lower Sherbourne Street, Toronto Toronto

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What's nearby

St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1

School · anchors this report's story

217m

Market Lane Jr & Sr Public School

School

233m

The Esplanade at Lower Sherbourne St

Bus Stop

29m

The Esplanade at Lower Sherbourne St

Bus Stop

30m

Princess Street Park

Park

130m

This street's story: 17 city catch basins and 13 manholes serve this block. A blocked catch basin is the usual reason a curb floods like this.

The case we sent

Report details · AI-written, reviewed by the reporter

Standing water is pooling at the curb of the roadway at this intersection, indicating a blocked or inadequate drainage system unable to clear the trapped water. The nearby catch basins, averaging over 110 years old, may require inspection or cleaning to restore proper drainage.

What we did for you

✓ We heard you, and saw what you saw 8:30:43
✓ Made sure no faces or licence plates travel with your photo 8:30:43
✓ Wrote the formal report in the city's own language, for you 8:30:43
✓ Found your ward and put your councillor on the record, for you 8:30:43
✓ Delivered it to Toronto 311, the same minute 8:30:57
✓ Caught the city's reference number so you never have to chase it Jul 29
✓ And when the city marked it fixed, we brought the answer back to you. That's the loop, closed. Aug 8