Residents call out PortsToronto for continuing to ignore escalating health and safety issues surrounding the island airport By Rosemary Frei Put your hand up if you went to the February 7 open house and public meeting about the new Master Plan for the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport due to be released early next year. Okay, I see ...
The New Island Airport Master Plan: What to Look – and Ask – For
We’re not quite sure what Ports Toronto will put forward at the community meeting to be held next Wednesday. We do know what they put into the last Master Plan, and have a pretty good idea of the issues that won’t be dealt with – ones Ports Toronto would very much prefer to avoid. So we ...
PILTs and the Island Airport
This is the text of a letter sent to Toronto Mayor John Tory by CommunityAIR. Mayor John Tory, City of Toronto Dear Mayor Tory Re: PILTs and the Island Airport We read with interest the report this week of the City of Mississauga’s efforts to obtain redress for a number of outstanding grievances with the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, which operates ...
Rail Deck Park: Vastly Cheaper Alternative ‑ Island Airport Lands ‑ Available in 2033
(Editor's Note: This is a press release from CommunityAIR) For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 22, 2017 Contact: Brian Iler, Chair 416‑598‑0544 (work direct) We were struck by the preliminary cost estimate in yesterday’s report to the City of Toronto’s Executive Committee for the proposed Rail Deck Park project (8.3 hectares; 20 acres) is $1.665 billion (2017 constant dollars) or ...
Max Moore: Airport Subsidies or Toronto Parks
For: Toronto Star, Letter to the Editor Re: Airport Subsidies or Toronto Parks On one hand, Councillor Cressy is asking for $1.6 Billion dollars, to create a 20 acre Raildeck Park in downtown Toronto. With the other hand, the city is currently subsidizing Toronto Island Airport by renting 40 acres of prime island parkland to the Port Authority ...