TTC Will Move Forward With Controversial Donlands Subway Exit Plan
Posted January 24, 2011 8:46 am.
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As the TTC awaits public opinion on its upcoming decision on whether or not to slash service on several bus routes, the commission is moving forward on another controversial ruling.
Two homes on Strathmore Boulevard will be ripped down to make way for a second exit at the Donlands subway station to improve safety in case of an emergency. Ten other homes will be partially expropriated.
The TTC deferred the decision from last June to allow for more discussion and the results of a consultant’s report — a study that offered up several alternatives the TTC said didn’t meet its standards.
After several months, the commission has decided to stick to its original plan.
“We’re shocked that the TTC has broken faith with the community in such a sudden and dramatic way”, local resident Lisa Dymond said in a statement Sunday.
“We have worked with the TTC under the assumption that they had changed their ways and would actually listen to the public on this issue, but now they are trying to railroad through a solution that will destroy our community”.
The second exit issue came to light when the Fire and Life Safety Assessment found 14 high priority stations require an alternative exit from the station platform to the street. One was Donlands.
The project will cost $8 million. Work will begin in 2013 and should take two years to complete.
