The rumblings of what Mayor Ford's new Transportation Plan to replace Transit City might look like is clearly leaving out people along Finch West, who were promised a Finch LRT. Mayor Ford's plan takes money allocated to Finch West and buries it underground along Eglinton, according to Bruce McCuaig of Metrolinx.
Finch West's Promise of Better Transit Broken
Finch West's Promise of Better Transit Broken
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Anthony Perruzza, Councillor for Ward 8, has Finch West running through his ward. He knows that Finch Avenue West is at gridlock. Cars, trucks, and buses are stuck behind one another in traffic. The 36 Finch West bus is the busiest route in Toronto, leaving passengers to wait as crowded buses continue to pass them by.
This weekend 25 volunteers including students from the York Federation of Students (YFS) and Ward 8 residents knocked on 2,000 doors with Councillor Perruzza and had hundreds of letters signed in favour of the Finch West LRT.
The Toronto Sun was present and wrote a great article covering the canvass, which you can see here.
This Tuesday February 22nd, Councillor Perruzza will be holding a Town Hall meeting at 7pm in the Yorkwoods Library Theatre (1785 Finch Avenue West). You can find out more here.
Desmond Cole wrote a great article for Torontoist on January 31st predicting that Finch would be left out to feed the battle over limited money and Ford's commitment to burying public transit. You can see the article here.