(all links go to the Toronto Star)
Is Toronto ready to grow up? Christopher Hume ponders this qestion in his column today regarding the potential overhaul of the OMB. Mayor Miller weighs in on his hope for a reformed OMB. The new controls the City may receive could help Toronto raise the quality of design, architecture, and sustainability in development projects.
The St. Clair Right-Of-Way is back in the news, this time with the rising costs of the the dedicated streetcar line. What should be of note to SpacingWire readers is the legal costs towards fighting the Save Our St. Clair group’s legal challenges: $2.7 million. To date, SOS has screwed up traffic along St. Clair until the spring by delaying construction, stopped the project that was backed by a majority of the communities along St. Clair, and now they are helping waste taxpayers’ money. Maybe you want to email them with your thoughts.
Also, dedicated carpool lanes opened on highways 403 and 404 today. Already this morning drivers of single occupant cars in the HOV lanes (High Occupany Vehicle) are being ticketed.
