Curran Hall Community
Area: the residential area south of Ellesmere, east of Scarborough Golf Club Road, west of Highland Creek, north of Lawrence
Dear Residents of Curran Hall,
Safety Audits: My office has been organizing community safety audits throughout Ward 43. The audits are designed to
recognize any issues within the neighbourhood which need improvement. If you would like a community street or park safety audit please contact me as several walks are being scheduled for this year. Audits have taken place May 28th on Galloway Rd, September 28th in the Lakeview community, October 22nd on Orton Park Rd and November 2nd for the Mornelle
community.
Local Road Resurfacing: A portion of Par Avenue will be resurfaced in the next few weeks. Letters are currently being
circulated to the affected homes with detailed information. If you have any questions regarding this work please call my office at 416-396-7222.
Safety First: Residents have had the summer to become accustomed to the newly installed signalized intersection lights at Scarborough Golf Club and Slan Avenue and Scarborough Golf Club Road and Par Avenue. Signalized lights were also
installed on Orton Park at Brimorton Road. City Staff had scheduled the work for the Fall, but with the new traffic light
installation on Scarborough Golf Club Road, I did not want any cars diverting to Orton Park Rd to avoid the traffic lights.
I have been working to bring new business to Scarborough East. In 2009 a number of businesses settled into the
community specifically Giant Tiger located at Scarborough Golf Club and Lawrence. I worked with Giant Tiger to ensure that they found a new location in Ward 43. Giant Tiger, a Canadian owned company, opened it's doors last April. The new store has brought employment to our neighbourhood as well as an opportunity to shop close by. I am continuing to work closely with the business community to bring further employment to the area.
Toronto Transit Commission Proposed Light Rail Transit: On June 25th, I held a Town Hall meeting at West Hill Collegiate on the proposed Light Rail Transit for the Scarborough Malvern line. TTC Staff attended in the Question and Answer session where many residents commented on the proposal. The TTC and the City of Toronto are undertaking preliminary planning for a new Light Rail Transit (LRT). It would begin at Kennedy Subway Station and travel east along Eglinton Avenue to Kingston Road, east on Kingston Road to Morningside Avenue, north on Morningside Avenue to Sheppard Avenue East where it would terminate at the Sheppard East LRT. I have a number of concerns with this proposal as it now stands. Chief and foremost is the amount of traffic the TTC feels the line will reduce in volume along Kingston Rd. The TTC has not done any accurate studies to determine the origin or destination of the vehicles using Kingston Rd.
In my opinion, many motorists during peak times are traveling to and from the 905 area outside of Toronto. An LRT along Kingston Rd will force much of this traffic through our neighbourhoods to avoid an increasingly congested Kingston Rd. I also have concerns with the stand taken by TTC staff and their consultants as they are focusing on a "plan about public transit, not motor vehicle use". This is completely inappropriate and does nothing to recognize the need for automobile use in
Scarborough. I will not be able to support the proposal as it now stands. Compromises are needed in order to serve the
community better.
The TTC has detailed information and maps and a section of
Frequently Asked Questions derived from citizens across the
City on line at www.toronto.ca/transitcity. A link is also available on my website at www.paulainslie.com. Another discussion on the proposed LRT is took place on Tuesday October 20 @ 6 p.m.
at the request of the community as a round table discussion at
Progress Church: 4242 Kingston Road.
