"From parklands decimated due to the Metrolinx decision to run the Eglinton Crosstown LRT above ground through the Eglinton Flats instead of tunnelling, to mature trees already felled in the handsome Small’s Creek ravine to facilitate expansion of the Lakeshore East Corridor, to the 56 healthy trees at the south end of Moss Park, slated for the gallows — again, because of the Ontario Line. Metrolinx, a fiefdom unto itself, is obdurate to the rack and ruin, certainly turning a deaf ear to community coalitions, environmentalists and Indigenous groups, despite some leaders’ vows to physically defend the trees should it come to that: stop the chop."
Click here to read the full piece by Rosie DiManno: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/12/05/can-anyone-stop-metrolinx-from-toppling-precious-trees-again.html?utm_source=share-bar&utm_medium=user&utm_campaign=user-share
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