Voting in North Leaside on the plan to ultimately, after a pilot trial, permanently close off all roads into the neighborhood at Bayview Ave. is in its last four days. Voting continues for those eligible at this site The streets to be closed are Glenvale Ave., Broadway Ave. and Craig Crescent. In recent days, scattered signs opposing the so-called cul-de-sac scheme have popped up on streets like Glenvale, Tanager Ave. and Broadway. There is no available barometer of feeling except a poll taken a year ago that some 69 percent agreed with the idea. The current vote, which ends June 30, will require half of those eligible to vote, and of those, 60 percent will be required to vote in favour of closure in order for the pilot to proceed. At the end of the pilot, another vote will take place to either scrap the plan or make the barriers permanent. Further hurdles may await at Community Council with caveats about traffic obstruction which such closures might cause elsewhere. The pilot, if approved, would last nine to 12 months.
