It's for 'construction staging' for the replacement of the tunnel bridge over Queen St.
PCL Construction is replacing the existing bridge linking Toronto Eaton Centre to thenorth and The Hudson's Bay Company building to the south over Queen Street West.Construction of the new pedestrian bridge will require street occupation on JamesStreet, from Queen Street West to Albert Avenue. In addition, parking amendments onAlbert Street will be required to facilitate safe and efficient outbound manoeuvres ofheavy vehicles at the site access.
To enable construction of the pedestrian bridge, Transportation Services is requestingapproval to close the west sidewalk and portion of the northbound lane on JamesStreet, as well as the removal of two taxicab stand spaces on the north side of AlbertStreet and on the west side of James Street, for a period of 4 months.