It was a street closure that frustrated thousands of commuters on Tuesday morning.

Those trying to get back into the groove, after a long weekend, ended up being stuck in traffic near Bathurst and Adelaide. That's because all lanes of Adelaide were shut down because of condo construction.

But when NEWSTALK 1010 dug a little deeper, asking the question "why were they allowed to close a major route at such a busy time?", it turns out, they weren't.

A City of Toronto spokesperson released a statement on the closure, saying the company performing work at the site, did have a permit for weekend work, to take advantage of the lower traffic volumes. But they never had authorization to close all lanes of the road.

The official went on to say, "It was brought to the attention of City staff that there was a full lane closure in effect on Tuesday morning (the first work day this week following Family Day Monday). A permit officer was dispatched Tuesday to inspect and immediately issued a 'stop work order'. The contractor complied and began re-opening the lanes and taking down equipment."

A curb lane was still closed as of Wednesday afternoon.

While you make think there will be a fine or some sort of punishment, you'd be wrong.

"The contractor immediately complied with the stop work order so no further penalty or action is expected to be taken by the City on this matter. Staff will continue to monitor the site."

And when asked about the two paid-duty officers on scene, helping to close the road, illegally, we were told they just do what they are told.

"Pay duty officers are hired by the contractor and it's up to the contractor to provide the officers with accurate details about road restrictions and timing contained within their permit."