CouncilWatch - Mayor Ford's transit plan snubs the suburbs
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New Transit Plan leaves out the Suburbs
On March 31st, 2011 Mayor Ford and Premier McGuinty announced their new transit plan. This new plan builds only half as much new transit as the original Metrolinx / Transit City plan, but it costs more! See TEA's press release about the plan.
Click here to send an email to the Mayor, the Premier, Metrolinx and your City Councillors about Mayor Ford's new transit plan.
The Mayor’s new plan does little to address road congestion and gridlock across the City, which means cars will continue to pollute our air with smog emissions and greenhouse gases. TEA held a press conference about the communities left out of the new transit plan with community representatives from across the City. See TEA's media coverage on the transit plan on our TEA In The News page. Scarborough Good Neighbours TEA has been working with community members in Scarborough Centre to turn Atlantic Packaging into a Good Neighbour as part of our Good Neighbour Initiative. Residents from three distinct communities have come together to voice their concerns, and in less than a year, Atlantic has responded to the complaints about odour, noise and chemicals coming from their Progress Ave. facilities near Scarborough Town Centre. Atlantic has invested over $1 million, consulted with community members and they are on track to resolve their odour problems in time for the warm weather so residents can enjoy their backyards this summer! Read more about this campaign history and updates on our Good Neighbour website.
The momentum to turn local polluters into good neighbours is building, and TEA has been busy providing advice and assistance to other concerned communities across Toronto. If you want to turn a local polluter in your community into a good, green neighbour please contact Heather at [email protected].
Have a great week!
The TEA team |
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