As the city prepares for Indy cars to race through the streets, portions of Lake Shore Boulevard will be closed at night for barrier installation. The Taste of Lawrence and the Lions Club International Convention will shut down other major roadways in the city.

Event closures

Lawrence Avenue will be closed from Warden Avenue to Birchmount Road from Friday at 10 a.m. until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. for Taste of Lawrence.

A series of road closures will take place on Saturday, July 5 to accommodate a parade that is part of the Lions Club International Convention:

Queen's Park/Queen's Park Crescent will be closed in both directions from Bloor Street to College Street from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. (marshalling area).

The northbound lanes of University Avenue from College Street to Queen Street will be closed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

University Avenue will be closed in both directions from Queen Street to Adelaide Street from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to serve as the parade's dispersal area.

The installation of race barriers and debris fences means that two lanes each westbound and eastbound on Lake Shore Boulevard will be closed from Strachan Avenue to Ontario Drive. The closures are in effect from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, but construction will halt over the weekend and resume at 9 p.m. on Monday.

Lake Shore Boulevard closures

In addition to the Honda Indy closures, one westbound lane will be occupied due to the replacement of power lines from Dowling Avenue to Parkside Drive, every day from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. until July 18.

From Cherry Street to the Don Roadway, the eastbound and westbound centre and right lanes are occupied due to Gardiner Expressway repairs, every day from 11 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.

The westbound passing lane will be occupied from Rees Street to Van De Water Crescent by tunnel construction from 9 a.m. to midnight every day until the end of February 2015.

Westbound and eastbound, Lake Shore will be down to one lane at a time between Yonge St. and Windermere Ave. 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily until Tuesday, July 15.

Until Sunday, Aug. 31, one lane eastbound and one lane westbound will be occupied due to TTC Leslie Street Connection Track Project, 24 hours a day.

Westbound lanes from Park Lawn Road to Humber River will be occupied by construction 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. until Wednesday, July 30.

Gardiner Expressway closures

The eastbound and westbound left lanes will be occupied by construction daily from midnight to noon between Ellis Avenue and Dufferin Street.

The eastbound and westbound left shoulder and right shoulder lanes will be occupied by long-term construction from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, between Park Lawn Road and Humber River.

TTC closures and diversions

Union Station will be closed on Sunday, July 6. Trains are running between St. Andrew and King Stations, but won't stop at Union.

Train service on the Yonge-University-Spadina line will end early between Eglinton and Finch Stations, but shuttle buses will run until the usual end of service.

On the Bloor-Danforth line, subway service will start at noon on Sunday, but shuttle buses will run at street level until the trains are running again.