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Front Street face-off<\/h3>\n

Here’s a question: what does building the Front Street Extension have to do with improving the waterfront? Ask Adam Vaughan and he’ll say: nothing at all. Ask Joe Pantalone and he’ll say: absolutely everything.<\/p>\n

That both councillors are so steadfast in their opposing views illustrates the controversy surrounding the proposed extension from Bathurst west to Dufferin. Pantalone insists that without it, we’ll never be able to get rid of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153offending\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Gardiner Expressway. Vaughan vehemently argues that the extension will wipe out the neighbourhoods around it overnight.<\/p>\n

March 7’s council meeting saw the two go head-to-head, with the former news reporter working himself into a well-articulated fit over the $150 million set aside for the project. His argument: the longer these funds are not used, the more they will depreciate in value. And since final approval of the extension has yet to happen (it depends on the outcome of environmental assessments), it makes sense to spend the money now on real waterfront revitalization projects, such as green space and public transit. He put forward a motion to scrap the $1 million allocated for the project in 2010 in the capital budget. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It’s basically money stuffed under a mattress,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he argues. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let’s put it to work now.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Pantalone says Vaughan’s motion reeked of political opportunism. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I personally found it really frustrating,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he tells me over the phone. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He does not seem to care whether it would kill off the Gardiner. That, to me, is not good city-building.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The two-kilometre extension of Front Street has been on the city’s books since 1983. It was first planned as a local road to provide east-west access. In 2000, plans ballooned into a six-lane thoroughfare to draw traffic off the Gardiner Expressway. Now the extension is to be a city street complete with bike lanes, sidewalks, public transit and landscaping. One of its objectives, however, remains off-loading traffic from the Gardiner Expressway — and therein lies the problem.<\/p>\n

In the end, Pantalone won council’s support to delay voting on Vaughan’s motion until debate on whether to take down the Gardiner Expressway happens later this year. But the deputy mayor only won by a measly two votes — among his supporters were Rob Ford, Doug Holyday and Giorgio Mammoliti. When the mayor’s right-hand man is relying on his biggest enemies to keep his pet project alive, he must start wondering. If there’s one thing Pantalone can depend on, it’s that Vaughan will strike again.<\/p>\n

Rob Ford’s bleeding heart<\/h3>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I compare riding a bike to swimming with sharks. You can do it for a while, but pretty soon you’re going to be bitten… Roads are built for buses and cars and trucks. My heart bleeds when someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ford’s motion to scrap funding for bike lanes from the capital budget lost 39-3. Councillor Doug Holyday and Case Ootes were his only supporters.<\/p>\n

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Spacing’s managing editor Dale Duncan writes a weekly column on City Hall<\/a> for Eye Weekly. You can also read Eye’s daily City Hall blog<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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