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NOS2Go4Me,Jun 22 2006, 05:28 PM Wrote:The sad part is... the elitist crap of new "luxury" subdivisions in areas never meant to handle the loads make the residents cry out for new/upgraded roads. The existing highways that were never meant to have the extra traffic subsequently have to be upgraded then as well. The spread carries further out (Barrie is a "bedroom community" now... that's pure bunk) and the lemmings expect to get to their jobs almost as quick as they can from Milton/Mississauga/Oshawa/Whitby.

There has to be a line drawn. s*** can't keep expanding forever.
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I hear ya - but the way you describe the problem is way too simplistic. There are few places on the planet where development is more tightly controlled than the GTA.

But companies want to locate where there's decent transportation, decent support infrastructure, a decent local market and a workforce ... and municipalities faced with ever increasing costs and a reduction in transfers from the province, are continually approving new development (residential and commercial) because they need the increased tax revenue.

The partner that isn't playing their part in this inevitable dynamic is the province -- and they've let things get to a state where even catch-up is bloody expensive and time consuming. And don't forget -- unless you're talking about subways (terribly expensive) a good transit systems needs a good working road system too.

Maybe what we need is for the province to force a half million folks to move to North Bay -- that would sure ease some pressure on the roads here.