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yinyang41
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oh Mississauga...first they amalgamate, then try and pass themselves off as a city and not a suburb.
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Mike in TO
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The petty put downs against Mississauga are getting rather annoying.... it is what it is and the development of the city/suburb or whatever you want to call it is of some interest to a number of forumers. I don't see the point in having regular postings filling up any discussion regarding various projects reminding people that it's a suburb of Toronto.
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doady
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But Mississauga is just another Phoenix or Orlando.
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scarberiankhatru
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Mississauga wishes it was Phoenix...right now it's more like Mesa (and Oakville = Scottsdale?).
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simply Dan
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Excellent comparison!
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doady
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Mississauga trying to become a city is like plastic surgery: people try to look or become something they are not. It is unnatural and the results are often disgusting. I think both suburban city centres and plastic surgery should be outlawed.
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FutureMayor
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With that defeatist attitude, sure.
However, I’m optimistic about the future of Mississauga and its City Centre. Good things are already happening today and more is to come:
The City Centre has come a long way since being a farm field less than 25 years ago and simply just a shopping mall and parking lots a few years ago.
There is a focus on good urban high density development. Look at many of the new condo projects going up in the City Centre: the Capital, 1 City Centre and Citygate are excellent examples. There are also great infill development projects across the city in places like Port Credit, Clarkson and Streetsville.
There is a focus on the pedestrians. Look at the new zebra crosswalks across the city, countdown clocks, the narrowing of streets beginning with Burnhamthorpe Road and the new Confederation Parkway Bridge.
There is a focus on creating vibrant public spaces. Look at Port Credit Village, Riverwood Park, our new and renovated community centre, the newly programmed Civic Square, the new Office of the Arts, and the commitment to do more in the City Centre with planned new parks and spaces.
There is a focus on Public Transit. The overwhelming success of the Hurontario Corridor, along with planning for a future LRT line, the new GO Transit Terminal at Square One, the expanded City Centre Transit Terminal, new bike lanes, and funding for the BRT line with construction to begin soon. There is also a commitment to reintroduce the free City Centre shuttle service.
Take everything above and more into consideration and Mississauga is undergoing more than just cosmetic surgery, but a complete and natural transformation from simple suburb to mature city.
Louroz
However, I’m optimistic about the future of Mississauga and its City Centre. Good things are already happening today and more is to come:
The City Centre has come a long way since being a farm field less than 25 years ago and simply just a shopping mall and parking lots a few years ago.
There is a focus on good urban high density development. Look at many of the new condo projects going up in the City Centre: the Capital, 1 City Centre and Citygate are excellent examples. There are also great infill development projects across the city in places like Port Credit, Clarkson and Streetsville.
There is a focus on the pedestrians. Look at the new zebra crosswalks across the city, countdown clocks, the narrowing of streets beginning with Burnhamthorpe Road and the new Confederation Parkway Bridge.
There is a focus on creating vibrant public spaces. Look at Port Credit Village, Riverwood Park, our new and renovated community centre, the newly programmed Civic Square, the new Office of the Arts, and the commitment to do more in the City Centre with planned new parks and spaces.
There is a focus on Public Transit. The overwhelming success of the Hurontario Corridor, along with planning for a future LRT line, the new GO Transit Terminal at Square One, the expanded City Centre Transit Terminal, new bike lanes, and funding for the BRT line with construction to begin soon. There is also a commitment to reintroduce the free City Centre shuttle service.
Take everything above and more into consideration and Mississauga is undergoing more than just cosmetic surgery, but a complete and natural transformation from simple suburb to mature city.
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Mike in TO
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Hey FM,
Any idea when the new Amacon development will be launched? or a next phase in the Daniels project (which seems to have stalled - One Park Tower went into sales two years ago).
Since you have connections in the planning dept... any chance of getting actual height info in meters or feet for the Absolute World Towers?
Any idea when the new Amacon development will be launched? or a next phase in the Daniels project (which seems to have stalled - One Park Tower went into sales two years ago).
Since you have connections in the planning dept... any chance of getting actual height info in meters or feet for the Absolute World Towers?
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yyzer
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found these over at SSC, posted by jeicow...renderings of the Confederation Pkway bridge, with the blue lighting...
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roch5220
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The only critique on the 'public transit' focus is that in the past, they've focused on road widenings on hurontario instead of mass transit. But that aside, I hope to see LRT along Hurontario within 10 years. Hopefully the QEW/hwy10 interchange will start next year? and based upon the time it took to complete the QEW/Erin Mills, a couple of years for funding wrangling and a year or two for construction and vehicle selection/delieveries, I'd say that if LRT isn't there by 2017 I would be dissapointed.
I agree with Mike in TO aswell, Missy has grown away from being just a suburb, however, the focus on primarily a residential core (giving up on their original plans), and in my opinion, lack of aggresssiveness on transit (a new bus terminal to show for as the biggest acheivement) is very dissappointing and takes away from Missy. I know Missy isn't a Vancouver (which anchors a region hence gets more attention), however, York region really one ups them, and if they had been as agressive as York in some respects, then I think they would have more to show for, and probably some debt.
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roch5220
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What is Missy doing though to create employment concentrations as well to make transport more effective? These people are working somewhere, I'm sure you'll tell me that they have a plan for this as well, as shouldn't high density residential have the same type of employment densities? It doesn't matter if your building a subdivision or a core of residential towers, isn't that similar in function? Coupled with typical industrial or office park employment, it is typically suburban type employment. Thankfully Missy had some past success with the executive centre and a couple of offices spotted in the lots of sq1.
I just wished they had thought this back in the late 80s early 90s, back when the population was less than half, but exploding. Its harder to focus on this after the fact, as an afterthought.
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drum118
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What Happen to the BRT bridge that was supposed to be part of the new bridge? That 2 more lanes for buses only.
There is???????????????????
Take a look at Elm Dr now to see Ice on the sidewalk forcing pedestrians to walk on the road and we had no real cold snap nor snow yet. The sidewalk on both sides of the road become skating rinks in the winter.
This applies to other sidewalks city wide. There are no sidewalks around Sq One in various places and how long has Sq been there?
There is???????????????????
Take a look at Elm Dr now to see Ice on the sidewalk forcing pedestrians to walk on the road and we had no real cold snap nor snow yet. The sidewalk on both sides of the road become skating rinks in the winter.
This applies to other sidewalks city wide. There are no sidewalks around Sq One in various places and how long has Sq been there?
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roch5220
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Well, Hurontatio could be beautified. I think the plaza immediately after the QEW/hwy10 interchange is a good start, where they built it with the parking lot hidden behind, and the building meets the sidewalk very nicely - the one with the starbucks and the rabba. The future for the plaza at hwy10/dundas could look rosey when they choose to demolish it develop it. However, the biggest problem that can't be developed away are the appartments along Hurontario, especially the ones more north towards sq1, the ones that resemble public type housing, with the chain link fences on the east side. The best for Hurontario are small areas of pedestrian friendly little nodes that could cater to local residents. It won't be possible for a more continous urban feel along hwy10. I feel Dundas has more promise with a lot of the strip malls getting on in years, being prime areas for proper development.
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ahrvojic
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Article
THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS
Bridge will be gateway to city
Council approves $2M project
Joseph Chin
Dec 24, 2006
City of Mississauga councillors have voted to spend an extra $2 million to make a new city bridge the prettiest in the GTA.
When opened to traffic by the end of next year, the Confederation Pkwy. bridge over Hwy. 403 will boast features befitting a main entrance to Mississauga's City Centre, said Ward 4 Councillor Frank Dale.
"There will not be another bridge like it on the 400 series highways anywhere in the GTA," Dale said.
The $2 million will be spent on additional lighting ($500,000), landscaping ($500,000), railings, abutment enhancements, streetscaping and consulting fees ($1 million).
"The extension of Confederation Pkwy. provides an opportunity to create a gateway entrance from the city's northern communities and will have a significant profile from Hwy. 403," said Commissioner of Transportation and Works Martin Powell, in a report to Council.
Concept drawings show an open type railing, replacing the typical concrete railing, which will reduce the massing of the structure. The south side of the bridge features extensive terraced landscaping.
"The design," Powell said, "will encourage and attract pedestrians and cyclists."
The bridge has also been changed from a three-span to a four-span structure to accommodate the future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) facility. Since this section of the BRT is the responsibility of GO Transit, the agency has agreed to fund the $1.5 million cost of construction.
THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS
Bridge will be gateway to city
Council approves $2M project
Joseph Chin
Dec 24, 2006
City of Mississauga councillors have voted to spend an extra $2 million to make a new city bridge the prettiest in the GTA.
When opened to traffic by the end of next year, the Confederation Pkwy. bridge over Hwy. 403 will boast features befitting a main entrance to Mississauga's City Centre, said Ward 4 Councillor Frank Dale.
"There will not be another bridge like it on the 400 series highways anywhere in the GTA," Dale said.
The $2 million will be spent on additional lighting ($500,000), landscaping ($500,000), railings, abutment enhancements, streetscaping and consulting fees ($1 million).
"The extension of Confederation Pkwy. provides an opportunity to create a gateway entrance from the city's northern communities and will have a significant profile from Hwy. 403," said Commissioner of Transportation and Works Martin Powell, in a report to Council.
Concept drawings show an open type railing, replacing the typical concrete railing, which will reduce the massing of the structure. The south side of the bridge features extensive terraced landscaping.
"The design," Powell said, "will encourage and attract pedestrians and cyclists."
The bridge has also been changed from a three-span to a four-span structure to accommodate the future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) facility. Since this section of the BRT is the responsibility of GO Transit, the agency has agreed to fund the $1.5 million cost of construction.
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Degnaw
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Really? :eek