It’s official – there is no more sand in the playground except in the sandboxes of course 🙂  We are thrilled to report that at the satellite site, the resurfacing has been completed, inspected and the children have finally been able to get out and enjoy it!

YAY!  No more sand!!!

Hurray – no more sand!

We are all happy to announce that the resurfacing of our playground under the play structures has begun this week!

• construction should be completed by the end of the week
• inspection to follow

We hope to be back on the playground (weather permitting) enjoying our new rubberized surface by next week.

until then, staff will plan large muscle activities in our gross motor room

In an effort to keep you all informed, we have received the following information regarding road closures in the vicinity of our daycare.

Tuesday, July 6 2010

There are 2 major events scheduled for the Queen’s Park area on this day.

• the Shriners International, who are holding their annual Imperial Council Session in Toronto, will be staging a parade on University Avenue, beginning in the College Street/Queen’s Park area.
• Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II along with the Prime Minister, Governor General and other dignitaries, will be visiting the provincial legislature for the farewell event of her 2010 Canadian Visit.

restrictions in effect July 6, 2010:

• no access to University Avenue 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
• “Local Traffic Only”: Orde, Gerrard, Elm, Edward and Armoury Streets (during the closure times NO access to University Avenue)
• TTC Subways will continue to run with no disruption to service

Reasonable to expect that other north/south routes will experience considerable increases in traffic, particularly during rush hour.

list of full restrictions:

• Queens Park Crescents East and West will be closed from the Southside of Bloor St. to the North side of College St from 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM
• University Ave., the North and South bound lanes from the Southside of College St. to the North side of Front St. W will be closed from 9:30 AM until 7:00 PM
• Wellesley St. W will be closed from Bay St. to the Wellesley Street Bridge as of 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM
• College Street from Elizabeth to St. George will have one lane open each way but likely restricted to “local traffic” only along with emergency services and TTC. Some allowance is being made to allow essential access to King’s College Road for deliveries to the University.
• Hoskins Ave. will be closed between St. George St. and Queens Parks Cres. W and Devonshire Place will be closed from Bloor St. south to Hoskins Avenue to all vehicular traffic as of 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM
• St. Joseph St. will be closed from Bay St. to Queens Park Crescent E. along with Grosvenor St. from Surrey Place to Queens Park Crescent E. to all vehicular traffic as of 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM
• All major east-west bound streets will remain open prior to the Parade start at 1 PM at which point vehicles will no longer be permitted to use any of these road ways from Bay St. to Beverley St. The exception will be TTC Street cars which will be marshalled and allowed passage through at College, Dundas and Queen Streets. during breaks in the parade. South of Queen St to Front St., on University Ave., east-west bound streets will remain open but be advised that there may be periodic disruptions to traffic flow.

Metered Parking on University Avenue will not be permitted on Tuesday July 6th, 2010 and vehicles located in the closure area will be relocated.

We will continue to update if and when additional information becomes available