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Trading 413 for the battery plant while letting transit systems fall into a death spiral would signal that the federal govt has signed onto the Ford govt’s car dependent sprawl agenda & further blow up chances of meeting 2030 transport sector GHG targets.
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If this deal were to go through, Ontario taxpayers would get the double whammy of a $10 billion highway that increases emissions by 13 million tonnes (even with EVs on it), for the privilege of paying ransom money to a foreign corporation that made $25 billion in profit last year
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@ONgov recently erected #Highway413 billboards at Hwy 10 & Old School Rd. Timed well w/ writ dropping & #OntarioBudget2022.
Argo owns land on SW corner.
Why here @ONtransport @C_Mulroney? 1/4
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@ONgov recently erected #Highway413 billboards at Hwy 10 & Old School Rd. Timed well w/ writ dropping & #OntarioBudget2022.
Argo owns land on SW corner.
Why here @ONtransport @C_Mulroney? 1/4
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Developable land owned by Argo in #Vaughan preserved, #Stopthe413 preferred route moved N destroying Nashville Conservation Reserve.
How land got into urban boundary when it should’ve been frozen in #Highway413 study area is a mystery @ONtransport? 2/4
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How land got into urban boundary when it should’ve been frozen in #Highway413 study area is a mystery @ONtransport? 2/4
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Argo owns lands rezoned by @SteveClarkPC via #MZO 171/21
Justified b/c of the 👻 #Bolton Go Line & Humber Go Station 🚉 that aren’t a @Metrolinx priority.
By approving @ONmunicipal sided w/ @TownofCaledon dismissing @regionofpeel’s objections.
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Justified b/c of the 👻 #Bolton Go Line & Humber Go Station 🚉 that aren’t a @Metrolinx priority.
By approving @ONmunicipal sided w/ @TownofCaledon dismissing @regionofpeel’s objections.
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Here is another powerful lobbyist that we haven't heard about for #StopThe413. @LIUNA Joseph Mancinelli. Did you know that LIUNA invests their pension with Fengate Asset Management who specializes in investing in P3 infrastructure projects & real estate?
Fengate & LIUNA invested in the Walmart Distribution Facility in #Vaughan that needed an #MZO only to rezone 4 acres of #wetland to allow for 200 tractor trailer parking spots and is located just south of where the proposed #Highway413 will end. fengate.com/blog/2020/09/1…
Fengate invested in the controversial massive, ill suited #LakeSimcoe Friday Harbour Project. fengate.com/blog/2017/07/2…
Community Value Plan #StopThe413 meetings @ONtransport admits noise studies aren't complete. They can't even talk to us about how the community will be protected from noise; can't tell us anything about a "major physiological stressor"! 1/x
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Here is the description of what a Community Value Plan Meeting is, note noise attenuation is the first item listed.
Check out this massive disclaimer from AECOM for #Stopthe413 . I thought it strong considering it's in the Community Value Plan Meeting Report.
@robertbenzie @CBCQueensPark @njaved @EmmaMci @isaaccallan @DinaAlShibeeb @jeffreybgray
@robertbenzie @CBCQueensPark @njaved @EmmaMci @isaaccallan @DinaAlShibeeb @jeffreybgray
Ontario’s proposed Highway 413 is a $6-billion sprawl accelerator. Astonishingly, it has been billed as a way to make cars move faster, but it extends so far from any destination it is estimated to shave only 30 seconds off a GTA trip. Silly! #StopThe413 theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…
This plan is a form of subsidy for real estate developers to upend prime agricultural lands & wetlands. It will facilitate more distant & more car-dependent housing - this is the antithesis to planning for the 15-minute neighbourhood. It is a discredited 1950's development model.
The proliferation of sprawl at a regional scale is a threat to urban life. Why? Sprawl means more driving into the core of the city. Highways are funnels...when cars 'arrive' they ruin pedestrian life, pollute city air, make streets unsafe for kids and require loads of parking.
This new $10-billion 400-series freeway will upend 55 km of prime farmland & conservation land across the Toronto region. This superhighway is intended to unleash another generation of sprawl. Its proponents are land speculators. Our GreenBelt is at risk.
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‘According to real estate & construction experts, the plan is more than a highway proposal. It’s a bonanza for land speculators & builders.’ The table was recently set for this with the removal of protections on environmental wetlands, by stealth (in a Covid recovery bill.)
It is being pitched as an economic generator. But destroying long-term food production jobs for short-term construction jobs makes no sense. Farming and food processing employ almost a million people in the province and generate at least $35 billion in annual revenues.
