Island Airport
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1. As often as humanly possible. I use it a few times a month, and would use it all the time if I could get Vancouver or Calgary flights. I love saving an hour of time traveling to Pearson.
2. The Toronto Islands should be for ALL Torontonians, not just a few squatters.
3. Yes, it will happen...we just need to wait until Comrade Miller moves on from City Hall. But it will for sure happen.
2. The Toronto Islands should be for ALL Torontonians, not just a few squatters.
3. Yes, it will happen...we just need to wait until Comrade Miller moves on from City Hall. But it will for sure happen.
Is it true that those "squatters" pay rent to the City and keep the island safeLochlan651 said:
and maintain the grounds?
Weren't they supposed to announce a renovation/addition today. Miller wasn't invited because he's against it...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090427.wporter0427/BNStory/National/home
The people on the island shouldn't complain, they live there for next-to-nothing.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090427.wporter0427/BNStory/National/home
The people on the island shouldn't complain, they live there for next-to-nothing.
1. Not yet. Plan to some day.
2. If islanders don't like it... they can always move. I'm sure there are many willing to take their place... airport or not.
3. Yes, that link/bridge should have been built yrs ago.
2. If islanders don't like it... they can always move. I'm sure there are many willing to take their place... airport or not.
3. Yes, that link/bridge should have been built yrs ago.
LOL Keep it safe. What a load of shit. They keep it safe by every year complaining about actual Torontonians using the Islands, be it WakeFest, Centre Island Theme Park, or the Beach areas.Rockslinger said:
And the residents of the island do nothing to maintain the grounds. They cost the city 4 times more per capita than the rest of the Toronto residents because it costs so much to haul their garbage out, and maintain the ferry, and school their kids, and provide all the other services the city provides to all of its citizens.
They do not pay rent. They have land leases, because the last time the city decided to not renew their land leases, they protested and refused to leave their houses. So they are by the very definition of the word, squatters.
So the answer is no. It is not true.
Because it seemed to be politically expedient in 2003.Rockslinger said:Why does Miller hate the Island Airport and fix link so much?
That being said, over 60% of the voters in Toronto in 2003 voted for candidates that supported the fixed link, so he is actually not on the side of the popular vote on the matter. If there was a referendum, the bridge would be built.
There is no need for a fixed link.
There's far more urgent things to spend municipal money on in Toronto than building a bridge to a man made island. That's right, way back when, they (the Toronto Harbour Commissioners) dredged out the channels to build an island. The Island used to be "attached" to the mainland.
Now you want to attach it again?
My personal opinion is that the Island Airport should be demolished for good. There simply is no need for it. You have Pearson Airport with tons of capacity sitting there in Malton. Good place for it. Use it.
The Island Airport could be razed and the entire Island turned into a park / beach, wildlife preserve for all to enjoy.
As far as the people who live on the Island, they could kick them out too for all I care.
There's far more urgent things to spend municipal money on in Toronto than building a bridge to a man made island. That's right, way back when, they (the Toronto Harbour Commissioners) dredged out the channels to build an island. The Island used to be "attached" to the mainland.
Now you want to attach it again?
My personal opinion is that the Island Airport should be demolished for good. There simply is no need for it. You have Pearson Airport with tons of capacity sitting there in Malton. Good place for it. Use it.
The Island Airport could be razed and the entire Island turned into a park / beach, wildlife preserve for all to enjoy.
As far as the people who live on the Island, they could kick them out too for all I care.
Yeah, especially considering that municipal money was never involved in the original plans to build a fixed link.james t kirk said:
Sure, except for the fact that it takes over a hour to get there during peak times, which makes it very hard for people to get to quickly. Having an airport that takes travellers straight into the city core is a fantastic resourcejames t kirk said:
You mean like it is right now? You make it sound like 80% of the island isn't already a huge recreational area. Obviously you haven't been over there in a while.james t kirk said:
As for razing the airport, well I hope that you never need the services of a Medivac chopper since having to have it fly out of Pearson and waiting for clearance to take off with all the air traffic would add a hell of a lot of time to its repsonse time.
The harbour, has traditionally been used for thr transportation of goods and people.
The island airport just continues a long history of moving people around.
Porter offers a superb service, that sometimes makes a good deal of sense to use.
The thing that I can't understand is why Miller and is ilk, Get the biggest erection when talking about the new streetcars they want, but they Hate the fact that mass transport by air is working at the island.
I'll never understand it.
The island airport just continues a long history of moving people around.
Porter offers a superb service, that sometimes makes a good deal of sense to use.
The thing that I can't understand is why Miller and is ilk, Get the biggest erection when talking about the new streetcars they want, but they Hate the fact that mass transport by air is working at the island.
I'll never understand it.
It's the same logic as thier vendetta against the Docks Nightclub (now Polson Pier) which is the only sucessfuly business venture in the portlands....which used no public funds.Diode said:
It's as if they feel the need to punish private initiative.
Nah. You're forgetting The Toronto Island Coast Watch and Militia!Lochlan651 said:
Actually the full-time fire (5 man) fire station, goes a long way to keeping the 600 odd homes safe, and by itself, pretty much wipes out any tax advantages to having the islanders around.
Imagine how much more popular Toronto would be as a convention/business meeting location, if the airport was expanded a bit, the bridge built, and business travelers could get into the heart of the city via a fixed link in less than ten minutes? It would make TO unique in North America in this regard. Now talk about your tax revenue!
Add a couple of hotels, and (dare we imagine it) a casino, and in months the place would generate enough tax to pay them all off, and we could be done with them for good.
In my dreamiest dreams, I might even imagine a section with some legal red-light action, after dark, when the kiddies have all been shooed off to the mainland.
Not to mention the ambulance station and city workers who have to clean-up after them, as well as dedicated Ferry's to take the Islanders to and from work.Robinto said:
The worst is that many of them have this sense of entitlement and refer to is as "thier island".
