Coronation and West Hill Community www.coronationca.com/ - www.west-hill.com/
Area: the residential area north of Kingston Road, west of Morningside Rd. south of Morningside Park, east of Galloway Road
Dear Residents of Coronation West Hill:
For some time now I have been participating in the Kingston Road Improvement Initiative. The purpose of the committee, formed of City Staff and local Councillors is to restore, beautify, service and improve Kingston Road. One of the results will be entrance features to our communities, the first to be installed on Kingston Road and Celeste;
inviting people into our community of Coronation West Hill. Several more improvements along Kingston Road will be forthcoming which will include greening the boulevards with addtional landscaping to beautify Kingston Road.
A rezoning application for 4111 - 4113 Lawrence Ave has been approved by Scarborough Communty Council for a 10-storey condo with 70 units accomodating 1-2 bedroom units with 2 levels of underground parking. The building is to be designed as a green building "Go Thermal". The proposal suggests the first floor be for business offices made up of 3 commercial units. One of the units will contain the property owners engineering firm which he is currently
operating on site at this time. A community meeting for this project was held on November 26, 2008 with City Staff. The concern voiced at the meeting spoke on illegal parking on Andover Cres. Two letters were sent to residents on Andover asking if they would support a no overnight parking regulation and if they were supportive of installing
sidewalks. Residents did respond and the City of Toronto Transportation Division is currently investigating the requests. If you have further inquiries on this file please call my office.
Community Association Annual General Meeting: was held on October 6, 2009. Congratulations to the newly elected executive board members. The Association meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m.at 43 Division Community Room. All are welcome to attend.
Toronto Transit Commission Proposed Light Rail Transit: On June 25th, 2009, 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 taking 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.
