Citizens Speak Up! Is Anyone Listening?

Only time will tell but my money is says no. It seems unless you are part of the city hall cliche, city unions, enivironuts, island squatters, waterfront condo owners, artistes, etc. you might as well be pissing in the wind.

Protesters rally against city plan to narrow road

toronto.ctv.ca

A group of protesters gathered on Dundas Street Sunday morning to rally against the city's plan to narrow Landsdowne Avenue.

About 100 people waved signs protesting the road's reconstruction. The city plans to reduce the street's peak hour capacity from two lanes in either direction to one each way.

The plan calls for the roadway, used by about 17,000 cars a day, to be narrowed and the sidewalks to be widened from College Street to Bloor Street. It also includes relocating parking spaces and restoring the area's grass boulevards with street trees.

The city hopes that the changes will deter people from using Landsdowne as the artery becomes more congested.

The Toronto Lansdowne Residents' Association says that the revamp, slated to begin next week, has the potential to cause traffic headaches across a large portion of the west-end Toronto's downtown core.