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Faye Jordan has been on Ward’s Island for four years after spending 26 years on the waiting list for potential homebuyers. Out for a walk on Sunday, she said she couldn’t picture a bridge in the channel, funneling thousands of people through the narrow streets of her neighbourhood. “Look at this, how tranquil it is,” she said. “It will create chaos.”
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Meanwhile in 1998….
Island residents are standing firm against what they see as the latest threat to their way of life. In the 1950s, they successfully fought a plan by the city to raze a neighborhood on the island and turn it into a park.
They should build a thousand bridges to the island….each bridge should end at the foot of every islanders house. Then use the ferries a potential commuter ferry service along the GTHA lakeshore. Probably won’t happen, but one can dream.
‘It will cause chaos’: Pedestrian bridge to the Toronto Islands? Here’s what residents really think of the idea
Maintenance issues with the city elderly ferry fleet and long lines at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal have led to renewed calls for a more permanent solution to access the area.
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Meanwhile in 1998….
Island residents are standing firm against what they see as the latest threat to their way of life. In the 1950s, they successfully fought a plan by the city to raze a neighborhood on the island and turn it into a park.
They should build a thousand bridges to the island….each bridge should end at the foot of every islanders house. Then use the ferries a potential commuter ferry service along the GTHA lakeshore. Probably won’t happen, but one can dream.