The city is out with a new plan to make Toronto's streets safer.
It comes in the form of a pilot program that aims to reduce the confusion and clutter in neighbourhoods with several construction projects unfolding at the same time.
Starting next month, and for the year that follows, the city of Toronto will appoint a staffer to oversee and co-ordinate public and private construction sites.
This 'construction hub co-ordinator' will manage contractors and other stakeholders to determine how best to optimize these sites in terms of parking, deliveries, and loading so that street and sidewalk disruption is kept to a minimum.
The co-ordinator will also work with businesses to keep on top of delays and disturbances related to construction.
A release from the city says the person in this role will also be expected to, 'connect travellers with real-time information, collaborate with enforcement officers and communicate impacts and changes.'
Mayor John Tory says the aim of these efforts to reduce the number of crashes where the project is in effect, especially those involving pedestrians.
It was in September that Tory made a pledge to improve road safety.
He promised to get construction companies on board after a string of deadly crashes involving commercial vehicles.
The pilot program is confined to the Yonge and Eglinton area, which not only has more than 100 construction cranes deployed in the neighbourhood, but as the city notes also has 'a history of pedestrian fatalities.'
A similar program started in Seattle in 2016.
Officials there say it has saved 200 days of construction and $15.5 million.