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Get My Free Estimate →The Queensway Complete Street is a City of Toronto project that will add raised and protected bicycle lanes on both sides of the street, from the Humber River to Burma Drive near Mimico Creek. City Council approved it on 7 April 2022.
It has not been built. The project is in detailed design, and construction is anticipated in 2027, deferred because of the Gardiner bridge repairs and the traffic impacts they create. If a listing claims a property is on a protected bike route, it is describing something that does not exist yet.
What was approved
| Field | What the City says |
|---|---|
| Extent | The Queensway from the Humber River to Burma Drive, near Mimico Creek |
| Infrastructure | “Raised and protected bicycle lanes on both sides of the street” |
| Design | Cycle tracks raised to be level with the sidewalk, separated from the roadway by a curb |
| Approval | City Council, 7 April 2022, item IE28.7. Endorsed by the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on 29 March 2022 |
| Current stage | Detailed design |
| Construction | Anticipated 2027, deferred because of the Gardiner bridge repairs |
How I know it is not built yet
Not because I looked out of the window, though I did. Because The Queensway does not appear anywhere in the City’s Cycling Network Plan: 2025 Cycling Infrastructure — Fourth Quarter Update, published 20 November 2025. Infrastructure that has been installed shows up in those quarterly reports. This has not.
The City’s own project page also still describes construction as anticipated rather than underway or complete.
Why raised cycle tracks matter more than paint
There is a meaningful difference between a painted bike lane and what is approved here. A raised cycle track sits at sidewalk level and is separated from traffic by a curb. On a road with the traffic volumes and truck movements The Queensway carries — it runs past the Ontario Food Terminal and through the second-largest employment concentration in Toronto — that difference is not cosmetic.
It also changes the street. Curbs, level changes and a rebuilt boulevard mean the corridor gets reconstructed rather than repainted, which is part of why it is a 2027 project rather than a 2023 one.
Construction was deferred because of the Gardiner Section 3 rehabilitation, which runs from Highway 427 to the Humber River with early works through December 2026 and full rehabilitation starting as soon as 2027.
Note that those two 2027 dates sit on top of each other. The City has not published a Section 3 completion date. I would treat the Complete Street’s 2027 construction date as an anticipated date rather than a commitment, and I would not be surprised to see it move again.
What exists for cycling today
Below the corridor, the waterfront trail network along Humber Bay is genuinely good and well used, and it connects east toward downtown. The Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan also proposes new traffic signals on Lake Shore Boulevard West between Park Lawn Road and Brookers Lane to improve pedestrian and cycling crossings to the waterfront, and uni-directional cycle tracks on a proposed new north–south street.
What does not exist today is safe, separated, east–west cycling on The Queensway itself. That is exactly the gap this project is meant to close.
My read
This is a good project and I would like it built. But approved is not built, and 2022 to 2027 is five years to get from a Council decision to a shovel. Buy the street as it is. If the cycle tracks arrive, treat it as a genuine improvement you did not pay for in advance.
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If the ride to work is part of why you are choosing a neighbourhood, I can walk you through what actually exists on the ground today versus what is approved on paper, for any address on this side of the city. It is a short conversation and it saves a lot of disappointment.
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Frequently asked questions
Are there bike lanes on The Queensway in Etobicoke?
Not yet. City Council approved The Queensway Complete Street on 7 April 2022, which will add raised and protected bicycle lanes on both sides of the street from the Humber River to Burma Drive. The project is in detailed design and construction is anticipated in 2027.
When will The Queensway bike lanes be built?
The City anticipates construction in 2027. That date was deferred because of the Gardiner bridge repairs and their traffic impacts. Since the Gardiner Section 3 full rehabilitation is itself scheduled to start as soon as 2027 with no published completion date, the 2027 cycling date should be treated as anticipated rather than fixed.
What kind of bike lanes are planned for The Queensway?
Raised and protected cycle tracks on both sides of the street, level with the sidewalk and separated from the roadway by a curb — not painted lanes.
How far will The Queensway Complete Street extend?
From the Humber River in the east to Burma Drive, near Mimico Creek, in the west.
Related reading
- Getting around from The Queensway
- Every condo building on The Queensway, one list
- The Queensway development pipeline in 2026
- What Queensway condos actually sold for
- Is Stonegate-Queensway safe?
Sources
Every figure on this page traces to one of these. Checked 30 August 2026.
- City of Toronto — The Queensway Complete Street. The City’s project page for the approved protected bike lanes, their extent and their construction timing. Accessed 30 August 2026.
- City of Toronto — Cycling Network Plan: 2025 Cycling Infrastructure, Fourth Quarter Update (20 November 2025). The quarterly report of installed cycling infrastructure. The Queensway does not appear in it, confirming the project is not yet built. Accessed 30 August 2026.
- City of Toronto — Cycling Network Map. The City’s map of existing cycling infrastructure. Accessed 30 August 2026.
- City of Toronto — Gardiner Expressway Section 3: Highway 427 to Humber River. The City’s project page for the rehabilitation work running through this corridor. Accessed 30 August 2026.
- City of Toronto — Gardiner Section 3 Community Update, 31 July 2026. The current closure schedule, including the Park Lawn westbound on-ramp closure and the Kipling and Islington lane reductions. Accessed 30 August 2026.
- City of Toronto — Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan, final report (8 April 2022). Proposed pedestrian and cycling crossing improvements to the waterfront. Accessed 30 August 2026.
About the author — Jatin Dua, Etobicoke real estate agent
I’m a licensed Realtor with RE/MAX Quantum Realty at 799 The Queensway in Etobicoke. My office is on this street, which is the only reason I can write pages like this one: I walk past these sites, I read the City files, and I check the numbers against the source rather than repeating what a marketing page says. I work with buyers, sellers and investors across Stonegate–Queensway, Mimico, Humber Bay Shores, New Toronto, Long Branch and Alderwood.
Questions about a specific suite or a specific site? connect@jatindua.com or 437-987-1925.