Getting Rid of the Gardiner: It's About Time

May 30, 2008 - At a time when city building gets more attention than ever before, it should be of no surprise that the City now plans to remove the eye-sore that is the Gardiner Expressway from the DVP to Jarvis Street. This area east of downtown has long been considered one of the few areas of the city that's ripe for redevelopment and with the West Don Lands and East Bayfront neighbourhoods being built over the next decade, removing the Gardiner makes a lot of sense. The millions that are spent each year on maintaining the highway could go towards something that would be of better use, like fixing potholes or maybe, even transit operation costs. Removing the whole expressway will probably not happen for awhile, but is one of the essential steps in connecting our downtown to the waterfront again. Boston did it, so did San Francisco, and even Seattle will be doing the same in 2012. Isn't it time for TO to step up and become that "world class city" that we always strive to be?