On the Gardiner report:
$758M to raze Gardiner [National Post]: “The Mayor said it would be “nice” to implement the TWRC’s plan, but it is not a priority for him.”
Call to rip up Gardiner reroutes mayoral race [Globe and Mail]: “Budget chief David Soknacki (Scarborough East) said the release of the two-inch-thick report doesn’t move the city any closer to a decision on the Gardiner. “It leaves [us with] two inches worth of paper without a funding source,” he said.”
Level Gardiner at Spadina [Toronto Star]: “Councillor Jane Pitfield, a candidate for mayor, also argued that there are “more important priorities” than talking about taking down the Gardiner. She is in favour of making the issue a referendum question on the 2010 municipal election ballot.”
Be brave and tear it down [Toronto Star]: Royson James writes, “Take down the Gardiner, please!”
Keep expressway as a necessity [Toronto Star]: Kevin McGran writes, “Easing congestion by widening roads is like treating obesity by loosening your belt.”
Drivers either love it or hate it [Toronto Star]: “What to do with the Gardiner Expressway has perplexed both politicians and citizens for decades.”
And in other news:
$20M payout to airline `wrong’: Mayor [Toronto Star]: “A multi-million-dollar federal government payout to Porter Airlines is “totally improper,” an example of the “backroom dealings” Toronto voters shouldn’t have to put up with, Mayor David Miller charged yesterday.”
Photo from Toronto Star
