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What is the Natural Heritage Network?
The City of Vaughan is embarking on one of the most ambitious and ground-breaking projects in its history, and you probably know very little or next to nothing about it. This project will increase the quality of life of the … Continue reading
Vaughan’s Natural Heritage Network
Show your support for Vaughan’s Natural Heritage Network. Join The Friends of Vaughan’s Natural Heritage Network Facebook Page and stay posted for more information and upcoming events. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Vaughans-Natural-Heritage-Network/264222283747713?skip_nax_wizard=true
Don’t hold breath for real debate on casino in Vaughan
Vaughan is ramping up a one-way conversation about bringing a casino to the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, our future downtown area. Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua, with help from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), say they will have “an open debate … Continue reading
A Casino Next to a Subway?
The future Spadina Subway line expansion into Vaughan was a gift from taxpayers across the country, paid for by federal, provincial and municipal funding. This incredibly expensive infrastructure project provides Vaughan with the key stimulus for its aspirations of creating … Continue reading
3rd Annual Sprawl Speaker Series
Please join Sustainable Vaughan on Thursday November 22nd for our third annual, Sprawl Speaker Series; Debt Financing and Development Charges, Unsustainable Subsidy or Necessary Tool for Growth? Thursday November 22, 2012 7:00pm – 9:00pmVellore Village Community Centre, 1 Villa Royale … Continue reading
Help Support a Real Cycling Infrastructure
The Region of York is currently proposing a painted bike lane along Highway 7 adjacent to the future Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. Sustainable Vaughan has always maintained that a painted lane is not acceptable and that all new bike lanes on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bike Lanes, cycling infrastructure, Highway 7, segregated bicycle lanes, Vaughan, York Region
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Secondary Suites Make Cities Sustainable
It was recently announced that Mississauga decided to grow up. As a means of increasing its stock of affordable housing, the city has put into plan the legalization of secondary suites (basement apartments) by this coming fall. Currently basement apartments … Continue reading
Sustainable Vaughan Hosts GTA West Corridor Information Night
The Province of Ontario has cancelled the southern portion of the mega Highway which was to connect to the proposed GTA West Corridor, beginning at Highway 400 and cutting through the Niagara Escarpment down to the Niagara Peninsula. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1031007–province-puts-brakes-on-controversial-highway?bn=1 The … Continue reading
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Tagged Greenbelt Expressway, GTA West Corridor, Kleinberg, Vaughan
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New highway through Vaughan an outdated idea
The Ontario Transportation Ministry is planning a new super highway in the 905, the GTA West Corridor. It will extend across Vaughan to Miton, beginning at Hwy. 400 and cut through Peel and Halton regions. The province believes this highway … Continue reading
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Tagged car dependent, congestion pricing, fundamental law of highway congestion, Gilles Duranton, Greenbelt, GTA West Corridor, Guelph, Halton, Matthew Turner, Peel, Public Transit Infrastructure, Toronto as a Global City: Scorecard on Prosperity 2010, Traffic Congestion, Vaughan
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