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STO-U9Y9L9 · Ward 11 · Pothole

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Our ref

STO-U9Y9L9

City ref

09271692

Track on 311 ↗

Pothole with radial cracking

This is the kind of hole that bends rims and throws cyclists off line, near Toronto Metropolitan University - Entr To Business School Lobby.

We heard you

Case built & sent · May 4, 8:24 PM

City & councillor received it

City of Toronto

The city responded

Ref #09271692 ↗ Transportation Services

✓

Fixed

Confirmed Jun 8

Fixed, confirmed by Toronto 311.

35 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 Jun 8, 12:00 AM

Closed, on the record

Fixed in 35 days.

Chestnut Street in University-Rosedale is a little better today because somebody said something and the city finished the work. That is how this is supposed to work.

May 4 · reported

✓ Resolved Jun 8 · confirmed

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

35 days

report → fix

Toronto 311

confirmed by

Reported May 4 · resolved on June 8, 2026 · Confirmed complete by Toronto 311 · July 17, 2026 · checked against the city's records, not taken on faith

Chestnut Street, Toronto Toronto

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What's nearby

Toronto Metropolitan University - Entr To Business School Lobby

School · anchors this report's story

319m

Contact Alternative School

School

403m

Dundas St West at Chestnut St

Bus Stop

65m

Dundas St West at Chestnut St

Bus Stop

79m

Larry Sefton Park

Park

266m

This street's story: 15 city catch basins and 13 manholes serve this block. Water that does not drain works into a seam in the road, and that is how a crack becomes a pothole.

The case we sent

Report details · AI-written, reviewed by the reporter

One pothole approximately 30–40 cm wide with missing asphalt and deteriorated edges is present on Chestnut Street, creating a tripping and cycling hazard. Radial crack lines extend across the road surface around the damage, indicating structural failure beneath the asphalt layer.

What we did for you

✓ We heard you, and saw what you saw 8:24:19
✓ Made sure no faces or licence plates travel with your photo 8:24:19
✓ Wrote the formal report in the city's own language, for you 8:24:19
✓ Matched your report to Ward 11, for you 8:24:19
✓ Delivered it to Toronto 311, the same minute 8:24:29
✓ Caught the city's reference number so you never have to chase it May 5
✓ And when the city marked it fixed, we brought the answer back to you. That's the loop, closed. Jun 8