Ontario’s Peel Region pulled its support for the Ford government’s plan to build a highway through the Greenbelt on Thursday, joining a flurry of councils turning their backs on the project.
The Ford government is proposing to fast-track an environmental assessment for the proposed GTA West corridor also known as Highway 413 which would connect suburbs north and west of Toronto. But with public opposition to the project heating up, nearly every municipality along its route has either yanked support or joined calls for the federal government to step in.
“It just seems like now there s a little bit of pressure, dominoes are falling one by one,” said Sarah Buchanan, the clean economy program manager at the non-profit Environmental Defence, which sent an official request for Ottawa to intervene.
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A rendering of the proposed vision for Parliament Slip animation, looking southeast from Queens Quay. (Rendering provided courtesy of West 8 + DTAH)
Waterfront Toronto announced new plans on Monday to turn the eastern harbourfront into a world-class tourist destination.
Their project called Parliament Slip includes kayak launches, swimming pools and a floating restaurant. Toronto was born on the waterfront, but industry forced it to turn its back from the lake, said the head of Waterfront Toronto George Zegarac, With [Monday s] announcement, we are fulfilling our promise to reorient the city back to the water.
Robertson said he doesn t think Metrolinx s latest plan offers any concessions, but the group is interested in presenting its ideas with the aim of preserving as much nature as possible. He noted that the group is not opposed to a fourth track or additional train service.
Mitch Robertson, a resident and a member of Save Small s Creek group, says: I think Metrolinx has not done a good job of communicating with any community groups so far. However, we do hope that this is a turning point. We want to be there from the beginning to discuss how this can actually be done so that everybody wins. (Keith Burgess/CBC)
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