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As part of city plans to deal with basement flooding in North York, an Environmental Assessment (EA) has been completed for the chronic basement study area, bounded by Steeles Avenue, Birchmount Road, south of Lawrence Avenue and west of Leslie Street.

The area of North York undertaken in the study is bounded by Steeles Avenue between Don Mills Road and Victoria Park Avenue, Victoria Park Avenue to Hwy. 401, across Hwy. 401 and up Hwy. 404, where it zigzags below Finch Avenue west of Leslie Street, up the Canadian National Rail line where it zigzags back east up to Steeles Avenue.

The study area has been hit with recurring basement flooding during heavy rainfall.

Recommended solutions to help solve the problem of chronic basement flooding in the study area are:

- Continued promotion of source control measures such as downspout disconnection and the city's basement program.

- Modifications to the storm water and sanitary sewer systems to reduce sewer surcharging and control the depth of surface water, including;

- storm sewer inlet controls at select locations

- increasing storm sewer inlet capacity at select locations

- sealing of sanitary sewer maintenance covers in low-lying areas

- flow diversion at select locations

- increasing the size of sanitary and storm sewers at select locations

- underground storage

- Construction of additional storm sewers at select locations to help convey storm water to an existing sewer outlet.

- Construction of a dry pond facility in Muirhead Park and within the hydro corridor location adjacent to Lupin Drive, north to Ellesmere Avenue.

- Expansion of the existing dry pond facility at Wishing Well Park to temporarily store excess surface runoff.

- Construction of underground storm water storage facilities in Pinto Park and Old Sheppard Park.

The project file is available on the City of Toronto's website at www.toronto.ca/involved/projects and at Pleasant View Library, 575 Van Horne Ave.

The project file will be on public record for a 30 day review period which started Aug. 27.

The city intends to implement the recommended solutions pending received comments and necessary approvals.