Put a stop to 3 Towers in Vaughan Weston and 7

[wheelz]

Frank Palladini is proposing 3 condo's at Hwy 7 and Weston right where Al Palladini's car dealership is located. The tallest tower being 32 stories with two others at 28 and 24 storeys. It's over 1000 units. This will cause even more traffic headaches. We can't let this happen.

There is a meeting on June 3rd at the Civic Center.

Details:
June 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Civic Centre Council Chambers
2141 Major Mackenzie Drive, Vaughan, Ontario L6A 1T1

It's on Major Mack just East of Keele St.

Here are the scans of the letter I received:





Please show up.

[UrbanPoet]

Whats wrong with this type of development?
The improved population density might actually help promote local business and employment in the area!

[ullyeus]

I'm always fascinated by things like this, if I was adamantly against something you can make sure that I would back it up with lots of information and insight into why I thought it was a bad idea. Making sure to note the positive and negatives and explain why those negatives outweigh the positives.

yet time and time again I see people on blogs or forums calling people to protest with nearly no explanation given.

bizarre.

[Madchester]

With the TTC building a station at Jane and 7 for the Spadina extension, I'd prefer to have people in the area to actually use the subway.

[SirAlain]

I hope this project wont trash Woodbridge ... I used to live there and there are really nice neighborhoods.

[random1]

I agree that the traffic at Weston and 7 can get kind of nuts...I think of the Sheppard/Yonge area where the community council wanted all potential condo buyers to be warned about traffic gridlock. To be honest unless buses ran every 15 minutes (or less) to the subway at Jane and 7, and all of those condo buyers want to use public transportation, it is going to be a PAIN to drive through that area. Not to mention the accidents..."In Woodbridge a pedestrian is a speed bump" is something my friend said the other day when we were walking to Colossus (the movie theater at Weston and 7).

The article that talks about the problems at Yonge/Sheppard is here.

[gilboman]

I agree that the traffic at Weston and 7 can get kind of nuts...I think of the Sheppard/Yonge area where the community council wanted all potential condo buyers to be warned about traffic gridlock. To be honest unless buses ran every 15 minutes (or less) to the subway at Jane and 7, and all of those condo buyers want to use public transportation, it is going to be a PAIN to drive through that area. Not to mention the accidents..."In Woodbridge a pedestrian is a speed bump" is something my friend said the other day when we were walking to Colossus (the movie theater at Weston and 7).

The article that talks about the problems at Yonge/Sheppard is here.

yonge/sheppard has a whole lot more traffic than weston/7 not to mention residental high density units.

[hoopsandyoyo]

I hope this project actually goes through with great success

[Tijuana]

I'm always fascinated by things like this, if I was adamantly against something you can make sure that I would back it up with lots of information and insight into why I thought it was a bad idea. Making sure to note the positive and negatives and explain why those negatives outweigh the positives.

yet time and time again I see people on blogs or forums calling people to protest with nearly no explanation given.

bizarre.

traffic, the most simple and best argument for not building condos on every square foot we can find. Its all about money, why build roads when you can builds condo and get soo much more money? Economically yes, building condos wherever they fit is good, but practically and ethically, it is not.

[random1]

yonge/sheppard has a whole lot more traffic than weston/7 not to mention residental high density units.

I agree that Yonge/Sheppard has more traffic but I'd like to direct you to an article that names Weston and 7 as the worst intersection in York Region, with the most collisions recorded in a 6 month period. The article estimates half a million vehicles go through that intersection everyday. I am looking for more solid statistics on that though.

[random1]

I hope this project actually goes through with great success

I can see it improving the economy and increasing population density to justify building the subway station at Jane and 7. I actually take the bus to get around so it'd be beneficial for me too because the bus service hypothetically will improve. I just think its not the best location for it.

[Ojam]

Nimby.

[UrbanPoet]

I always thought that perhaps... It'd be better to make many low rise towers across the city with a combination of businesses, and residential housing.
Kind of like the downtown model of urbanization...
Example. danforth/bloor. Very VIBRANT neighbourhoods. Commercial businesses run rampant along the main streets with dense residential housing off into the back streets north/south of these main streets.

[IronMan4Life]

The Bridge is probably the best place outside of the 416 in the GTA (better overall than Richmond Hill) Would hate to see it get all trafficked up

[gilboman]

I agree that Yonge/Sheppard has more traffic but I'd like to direct you to an article that names Weston and 7 as the worst intersection in York Region, with the most collisions recorded in a 6 month period. The article estimates half a million vehicles go through that intersection everyday. I am looking for more solid statistics on that though.

but the collison is the result of driver carelessness not traffic. so the volume of traffic is not to blame.