Updated Janurary 31, 2007

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Info on Alternatives: Properties Spared

In January 2003, the Queensway widening proposals included ramp extensions as pictured in the animation above. Beginning in April of 2004, those ramp extension have been removed from consideration. In addition, as of June 2004 the list of preferred alternatives has been further refined and more potential property loss has been averted. That means that the things in the photographs below have been spared in part due to public input. Let's have a round of applause for those who provided feedback in the public meetings and for the MTO (Ministry of Transport of Ontario) and their consultants for recognizing the cost versus the benefit was not worth loosing these things!

On the down side, for many of these homes and parks there remains the risk of more noise, vibrations and pollution because the Queensway will move one lane closer to the homes on portions of all the following residential streets : Burgess, Dumaurier, Queensgrove, Kilarney, Riddell, Harvey, Hawthorne, Concord, Hurdman and Lees.

Old Town Hall Community Centre and Park	Trees at Nicholas	Businesses on Hawthorne	Businesses on Main
Homes on north side of Hawthorne			Homes on Harvey at Echo
Homes on south side of Queensgrove near Fairlawn			Homes at Clarendon and Edina
Homes on Island Park Crescent	Two homes on Melrose	Home on Hinton	Hampton Park at Island Park