Friom brianlilley: Olivia Chow promises gridlock at City Hall over tearing down Gardiner OliviaChow topoli
First off, if the city decided to change to Chow’s preferred vision, there would need to be a new environmental assessment since the one currently in place is for a raised highway, not a grand urban boulevard. Under an expedited process, that would delay any work by at least two years, but under the normal process, it could take five years.
Chow argues that it’s less than a kilometre of raised roadway coming down which means less than a kilometre of her urban boulevard. But the boulevard would need to connect to two other highways, which means ramping down and then ramping back up again. Some who have studied this proposal have said there would also likely need to be a stop light in the middle of the boulevard as well.Article contentThe DVP is already known as the Don Valley Parking lot for a reason, and this would just make things worse. Sure, the Gardiner is big and ugly, it does create a divide in the city, but so would a boulevard needed to handle the traffic of Lakeshore and the Gardiner all rolled into one.
So, too, has Progress Toronto — the activist group that helped get Chow elected and whose executive director acted as Chow’s campaign manager. This is a group pushing for a dramatic increase in bike lanes across the city, believes in transit over cars in every instance, and which now has the mayor’s ear.
When she arrived at City Hall Tuesday, she spoke of listening, learning and co-operation. She also made clear she will push her agenda even when it’s been rejected by the city time and again.
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