Worry about noise pollution... when one of the busiest rail corridors in Canada has been there for more than a century, and Fairview is a major 60km/hr arterial that routinely sees cars and trucks travelling far faster?
I don't think shadows will be much of an issue on the south side, given the commercial buffer along Fairview and actual distance between the homes and the towers. North of the tracks there's probably a case for that at certain times of day.
But this quote really stuck out to me. Apparently this person is a traffic network expert. There is very little incentive for drivers to funnel through mazes of residential streets. Drury may see an uptick of use between Fairview and New, but even then with the stop signs and the two lights it's not a fast route, and the city can implement more measures to make it less attractive as a shortcut.
Quote:
"People that are going to try to access Brant Street and Guelph Line aren’t going to want to use Fairview anymore,” said Ward. “They’re going to be using the little neighbourhoods and pockets to drive through. It’s going to change the dynamic of how our communities are living.”
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It will be interesting to see Ms. Little's commentary this week; she will surely write about it. After arguing for years that density and height belong in this part of town rather than downtown, what will she say?
I know there's much worry about the
Mississaugification of Btown, but if it's going to grow it's going to have to be upwards since it cannot grow outwards (not without a drastic change in planning). Lower-rise developments within neighbourhoods have not been palatable to those living there, so what other alternatives are there than these larger condo/apartment blocks along the main streets?