There is a proposal that has been made to study the idea widening of the Don Valley Parkway. The proponents of this want to add two toll lanes in each direction. This proposal will come to the next city council meeting on November 6th. This motion was defeated at a Planning and Transportation Committee meeting last June but it could be passed at council.

The Don Trail is an important transportation corridor for cyclists and widening the DVP will have a direct and indirect impact on cyclists.

There is a group organizing to oppose this expansion. They are finding inspiration in the group of citizens that successfully opposed the Spadina Expressway. The committee to stop the DVP expansion will have an event this Thursday evening. Below are the details.

In the late fifties, the city began planning the Spadina Expressway. The highway would have connected the 401 to the Gardiner Expressway cutting a slice right through the Annex.

What followed was the Stop Spadina campaign.

It has been called "one of the most effective citizens' protest movements Toronto has ever seen".

Join us for an evening of speakers and short films including "The Burning Would", a film made by Jane Jacobs and Marshall McLuhan.

STOP SPADINA!

Thirty years later.

A celebration.

Thursday November 1st

7PM, Bloor Cinema

Fiona Nelson Allan Sparrow Bobbi Speck Clive Doucet

$5 suggested donation.

organised by the campaign to stop the dvp expansion

Apparently the council is split on the issue and it could go either way. You can let your Councillor know of your opinions on this issue.

Martin Koob
tcc-rep@tbn.ca