Standing water blocking bike lane and road

This is why the street floods when it rains hard, steps from Downtown Alternative School.

We heard you

Case built & sent · Mar 22, 2:54 PM

City & councillor received it

City of Toronto + Cllr. Moise

The city responded

Not yet

✓

Fixed

Marked resolved

Fixed.

Walked past and it's not? The page below has the record.

Closed, on the record

Fixed.

The Esplanade in Toronto Centre is a little better today because somebody said something and the city finished the work. That is how this is supposed to work.

Mar 22 · reported

✓ Resolved confirmed

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Reported March 22

56 The Esplanade, Toronto Toronto

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What's nearby

Berczy Park

Park

154m

Downtown Alternative School

School · anchors this report's story

294m

The Esplanade at Church St West Side

Bus Stop

25m

This street's story: 10 city catch basins and 19 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 in the road and bike lane due to blocked or inadequate storm drainage, creating slippery conditions and obscuring potholes that force cyclists into traffic. The pavement shows significant deterioration with debris accumulation, making the area hazardous for pedestrians and cyclists. Immediate drainage clearance and pavement repair needed to restore safe conditions.

Description · in the reporter's words

Hazardous pavement failures and general poor maintenance of road and bike lane posing hazard to cyclists.

What we did for you

✓ We heard you, and saw what you saw 2:54:17
✓ Made sure no faces or licence plates travel with your photo 2:54:17
✓ Wrote the formal report in the city's own language, for you 2:54:17
✓ Found your ward and put your councillor on the record, for you 2:54:17
✓ Delivered it to Toronto 311 4:25:13
✓ And when the city marked it fixed, we brought the answer back to you. That's the loop, closed. ongoing