Road Closures
Road closures are sometimes needed because of emergency repairs or planned road improvement projects. York Region is committed to re-opening roads as quickly as possible so that traffic can return to normal.
Current and Upcoming Planned Road Closures
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Municipality |
Road |
Date and Time |
Project |
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Aurora |
Yonge Street between Henderson Drive and Orchard Heights Boulevard |
Friday, July 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 11: 30 a.m. |
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Georgina |
Ravenshoe Road west of 2nd Concession |
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 and Thursday, May 5, 2022 from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. |
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King |
Highway 27 between Sheardown Drive and Hill Farm Road; King Road between Wellar Avenue and Old King Road |
Monday May 23, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. |
Victoria Day Parade |
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King |
Lloydtown-Aurora Road, west of Keele Street |
Friday, July 15, 2022, 7 p.m. to Saturday, July 16, 5:30 a.m. |
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Markham |
16th Avenue and Kennedy Road |
Single lane closures at 16th Ave and Kennedy Road and left lane closures on 16th Ave at Yorkton Blvd from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through January |
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Markham |
Hwy 7 between Sciberras Road and Main Street, Unionville |
Friday June 10, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. to Monday June 13, 2022 at 9:00 p.m. |
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Markham |
Kennedy Road closed between Steeles Avenue and Denison Street |
Friday June 24, 2022 at 11 a.m. to Sunday June 26, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. |
Annual street festival |
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Markham |
Warden Avenue closed between Highway 7 and 16th Avenue; Eastbound lane on 16th Avenue closed from Warden Avenue to Kennedy Road. |
Sunday, May 29, 2022 from 4:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
Special event |
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Markham |
16th Avenue from Mingay Avenue to west of Williamson Road |
Friday, May 20 to Saturday, December 31, 2022 |
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Markham and Richmond Hill |
16th Avenue, between Vogell Road and Cachet Woods Court |
Saturday June 25, 2022 from 10 p.m. until Sunday June 26, 2022 at 9 a.m. |
MTO Temporary Road Closure for Demolition of Hwy. 404 Overpass |
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Richmond Hill |
Red Maple Road at 16th Avenue |
Friday, May 6, 2022 to Monday, May 9, 2022, AND Friday, May 13, 2022 to Monday, May 16, 2022, 9:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. |
Install connections to municipal services for new development |
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Richmond Hill |
Elgin Mills Road East from Melbourne Drive to Redstone Road |
Friday, July 8, 2022, at 9 p.m. to Monday, July 11, 2022, at 5 a.m. |
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Vaughan |
Rutherford Road from Keele Street to Westburne Drive |
7 a.m. on June 2 to 8 p.m. on June 3, 2022; Rutherford Road reduced to one lane in each direction for culvert works |
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Vaughan |
Hillsdale Avenue closed at Highway 7, Eastbound lane reductions on Highway 7 |
Monday, June 20 at 6 a.m. to Saturday, June 25 at 6 a.m. |
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Vaughan |
Hillsdale Avenue closed at Highway 7, Eastbound lane reductions on Highway 7 |
Thursday, June 23 at 6 a.m. to Thursday, June 30 at 7 p.m. |
During the temporary road closures listed above, road sections will be closed to through traffic, however roads will be open to local traffic on either ends of the closure area.
Unplanned Road Closures
Unplanned road closures will be posted on our:
- Media Releases page
- Twitter feed using #onYRroads
