regarding the elevated Ontario Line

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116
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On behalf of my family and neighbours I respectfully want to file my objection to the elevated portion of the Ontario line that will dissect our neighbourhood and lay waste to a close, friendly and family-oriented community that prides itself on community. We as a community know the need for public transit as well as any in the city. We are transit users. My children ages 22 and 19 years old have decided that they don't have a need to learn to drive. They have grown up using transit as have many of their friends. This is also a community that maximises its public spaces and community centres. But the true wealth of our corner of the city is the green spaces that makes one feel that they are not even living in a large city. The Ontario Line going above ground in this area will destroy all that has been built for many generations. And all of this ostensibly to service a new downtown core being built directly south of us with no consideration for the existing communities that surround it. That isn't progress and it is definitely not sound urban planning. The arguments against this portion of the line going above ground far outweigh the propaganda that Metrolinx spews out. There is no logical reason there is a very sound plan for the subway to go underground. The community knows this and we are determined to see it through.

Submitted by
Alan Jones
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Date Submitted
2021-03-01 - 9:40 PM
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