Comment 80780

By jason (registered) | Posted September 08, 2012 at 09:46:14

I've been thinking of the best way to approach council with my next letter to them on the topic. After reading two pieces in today's Spec about school inequality and the closure of the Normanhurst rec centre, I'm going to appeal to council's mandate to do something about Code Red and Best Place to Raise a Child. Almost half the people in my neighbourhood don't own a car. Which means they, and their kids, rely on walking biking and transit to get everywhere including school, rec centres, parks etc.... SURELY, improving quality of life for our most disadvantaged residents is more important than a potential 3 or 4 minute slowdown for an Ancaster commuter headed to Eastgate Square who chooses to bypass the $200 million freeway we built that takes them right there without needing to use our one-way streets. I say 'potential 3 or 4 minute slowdown' because as we've seen with York Blvd, there's a good chance there will be no slowdown since Hamilton has a massive excess of un-needed lanes.
Do we care about Code Red, or does council really like hearing that lifespan inequality stat between Ancaster and central Hamilton?? I believe they really care, and will appeal to that sense of 'fellow human being' in my next dialogue with them. Terry Cooke's one-way quote in today's school article is bang on. We either care about improving quality of life in our poorest hoods, or we care more about suburban car shortcutting.

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