Let's Give Credit To Left Wing Media

At least they, and most of their readers, readily admit their sole purpose in life is to make the life of motorists as miserable as possible.....something Comrade Miller and his supporters are unwilling to do.

Bring on the traffic, baby
Let’s hope Gardiner teardown jams up streets – it’s our only chance to drive cars from the core
Mike Smith

You might think that someone like Councillor Adam Vaughan, working to corner the 21st-century urbanist niche, would welcome the $300 mil plan to dismantle the Gardiner from the Don to Jarvis.

But when the executive committee approved an $11 million Environmental Assessment on July 7 – later approved by two-thirds of council on July 15 – he left the room grumbling. I caught his eye. “We’re building a road,” he quipped. “We’ll get to the city later.”

A competing pithy offering from Mayor David Miller lauded council for “not managing the past, but trying to build the future.” “We know the results of taking down the ramps to the Gardiner,” he said, referring to the uncovered portion of Lakeshore Boulevard south of Leslieville. “You build spectacular public spaces. You transform an area. And the impact on traffic is very minimal.”

And there’s the pitch: tell the downtown lefties you’re “removing a barrier to the waterfront,” reassure the suburbs that you’re protecting (car) traffic. But here’s the problem: only one statement can be true.

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