MrsNesbitt
Active Member
Sheer idiocy. The corridor would make for such easy grade separation!
Any word on what the nature of those developments is?
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Sheer idiocy. The corridor would make for such easy grade separation!
Any word on what the nature of those developments is?
denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
so in media or underground are the only options.
wopchop
Building Toronto
There are a number of different townhome developments in the area of Kipling / Eglinton to Martin Grove / Eglinton. Not sure if anything taller has been proposed there lately.
salsa
Senior Member
Brilliant. Town homes next to rapid transit. How appropriate.
TOareaFan
Superstar
That is funny....i was just reading in another thread how it is not unusual to run rapid transit through neighbourhoods of single family dwellings.....get's confusing following all this stuff.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
MrsNesbitt
Active Member
Frankly when the time comes to build Eglinton West I would say just expropriate and bulldoze the damn townhouses, clear the Richview corridor, and build it there anyways. Who will really miss them?
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
If it were 1950 again, they probably would. However, its 2014, no can do.
sixrings
Senior Member
plus the townhouses are starting at 570k... figure out how many are on there and an average price of about 700k and it doesnt make sense.
Wrenkin
Active Member
Wasn't the point of that thread that the homes were already there? Here there was a chance to build something more dense. Very different.
MisterF
Senior Member
Their owners.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Well it could happen. Expropriations still happen. But I have a feeling they'd scream bloody murder if we destroyed their homes with a big bulldozer.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
If Mississauga can expropriate houses to widen a street (Britannia through Streetsville), there is no reason why Toronto cannot expropriate homes to build the LRT.
sixrings
Senior Member
the closer the houses are together and the more of them and the more expensive the value (570k+) the less expropriation makes sense.
MrsNesbitt
Active Member
If finances are the only question then I'm sure the benefits of a cheaper grade separated Eglinton West outweigh the costs of expropriation.
Sure their owners would miss them, but the option could at least be considered. It sounds callous, but when the good option was removed because of a stupid bureaucrat somewhere at City Hall, the option to restore it shouldn't be entirely discounted.
Sure their owners would miss them, but the option could at least be considered. It sounds callous, but when the good option was removed because of a stupid bureaucrat somewhere at City Hall, the option to restore it shouldn't be entirely discounted.