Recent content by Sauga89

I'm not sure if there's a better place to put this, but in today's Mississauga city council meeting, Mayor Carolyn Parrish claimed someone (presumably from the province) had called her to offer to remove Mississauga from Peel region, and have Brampton and Caledon form their own municipality. The...

In today's city council meeting, the city approved the purchase of a 4.6 acre piece of vacant land for parks purposes. The details of the land acquisition were not made public, but the piece of land is identified as being in ward 7, part of Lot 15 Concession 1 North of Dundas. I think this site...

This rendering is almost identical to the renderings for 4670 Dundas (project thread), which is another Kirkor site nearby. I wonder if Kirkor has adopted a standard design for these as-of-right 6 storey buildings on major streets.

I came across this project on Mississauga's procurement portal. The city is planning a new city works and maintenance facility. It seems there will also be a public park of some kind included. The procurement appears to refer to this plot of land between the CPKC tracks and Etobicoke Creek...

Won't that create unnecessary capacity constraints? You'd think they'd want EXO to be able to use a tunnel like this, and get the most usage out of such a tunnel. I wouldn't mind going through Laval, and by-passing Dorval if it meant Alto crossing over to the south shore, perhaps with a stop in...

Metrolinx has released an updated schedule for construction work at Long Branch GO.

I probably would approve this project as is. I like the height and density. The retail concerns are real though. The city yesterday released a big retail report, which I summarized in the LRT zoning thread. Basically, the city's population is set to grow by 31% over the next 25 years. Some high...

Mississauga has released its final retail report on preserving and expanding retail in the city. I think a lot of it is very applicable to the rest of the GTA.

I did a deep dive on the final Mississauga retail development report. Here are some of the key recommendations: (Note: this means that when replacement retail is required as part of a development, not all retail would have to be built on-site, but could be nearby) Here is what I would...

Mississauga released today its 5-year economic development strategy, as well as its final retail development report, and a plan to expand incentives for office development. I'm still digging into the details. At first glance, the economic development strategy talks a fair bit about streamlining...

City staff are recommending this application be referred back to staff for further consultations with the developer. The objections seem mostly technical.

City staff are recommending this application be refused. Staff say it is too tall and lacks replacement retail.

For clarity, here is the full quote: "We know that transitway ridership on the transitway at large, remains down to precovid levels, and we also know that that is likely tied to fact that we have not yet re-introduced the airport express. So we do know that when we are in the position to return...

I took a moment to listen to the transit portion of the Mississauga city budget deliberations from last week. Mayor Carolyn Parrish noted that the transitway parking lots are always empty every time she drives by. She wanted to know what staff's plans were to boost transitway usage were. City...

Also, if you did make the expensive decision to move the Ottawa station, Bayview would be a more logical place by far.