The City Planning Department’s vision for Eglinton Ave. has been passed by City Council 26 to 7 with a very substantial 12 councillors absent. Whether they were really away or just hiding is yours to guess. The plan seems to suggest that Eglinton can be turned into a sort of walk-in-the-park with wide boulevards, benches, bike lanes and stands (of course) and less traffic. And maybe it can. It won’t happen before 2020 at the earliest so there is a lot time to change things. Toronto Sun Also there is this break down of the vote on this question from the City. Who voted how is at the bottom of the page. Proponents of the plan — and there are many including the Leaside Property Owners — feel there has been sufficient consultation and that the changes will be agreeable to the people who live here. A curiosity worth noting in yesterday’s voting however is that the thoughtful Jaye Robinson (Ward 25) and Toronto Centre’s Krystin Wong-Tam (Ward 27) were among merely seven councillors who opposed the plan. John Parker (Ward 26) and Josh Matlow (Ward 22) voted in favour. Mr. Matlow is very enthusiastic. Karen Stintz (Ward 16) was among the absent.
