{"id":393,"date":"2005-12-13T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2005-12-13T16:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=393"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:45:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:45:53","slug":"is-toronto-ready-to-grow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/12\/13\/is-toronto-ready-to-grow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Toronto ready to grow up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is Toronto ready to grow up? Christopher Hume ponders this qestion in his column today<\/a> regarding the potential overhaul of the OMB. Mayor Miller weighs in<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

The St. Clair Right-Of-Way is back in the news, this time with the rising costs of the the dedicated streetcar line<\/a>. What should be of note to SpacingWire readers is the legal costs towards fighting the Save Our St. Clair<\/a> 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<\/a> with your thoughts.<\/p>\n

Also, dedicated carpool lanes<\/a> 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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