{"id":15488,"date":"2023-04-16T06:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T13:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-14-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T06:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T13:08:42","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-14-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-14-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 14, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>As demand continues for a steady supply of new housing in Toronto, should the City once again revisit the idea of developing affordable homes on City-owned land?; Doug Ford expresses support for the relocation of the Science Centre to Ontario Place, a move that could spell redevelopment for the current Science Centre site; City announces plans to open priority travel routes to alleviate traffic in the Downtown Core created by Ontario Line construction; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2023\/04\/14\/if-we-want-affordable-housing-why-dont-we-build-it-ourselves.html\" target=\"_blank\">If we want affordable housing, why don\u2019t we build it ourselves?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-doug-ford-hints-at-relocating-ontario-science-centre-to-ontario-place\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford hints at relocating Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/04\/13\/ontario-line-toronto-traffic-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\">City announces priority travel routes to alleviate Ontario Line traffic woes<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/04\/10\/queen-streetcar-is-about-to-be-rerouted-for-more-than-four-years-heres-where-it-will-run.html\" target=\"_blank\">Queen streetcar is about to be rerouted for more than four years. Here\u2019s where it will run<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/therme-ontario-place-metro-morning-1.6810362\" target=\"_blank\">With Ontario Place lease details still secret, spa company says it&#8217;s open to public input on plans<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-public-construction-projects-restrict-bidding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Too often, public construction projects are open only to select unions \u2013 this is wrong<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/04\/14\/loblaw-to-open-38-new-shoppers-and-grocery-locations-renovate-hundreds-more.html\" target=\"_blank\">Loblaw to open 38 new Shoppers Drug Mart and grocery store locations \u2014 will convert or renovate almost 600 more<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/woodgreen-senior-affordable-housing-1.6809296\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto non-profit to build affordable housing for seniors with help of $4M donation<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/04\/14\/toronto-cranes-construction-north-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto has more cranes in use than most U.S. cities combined<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2023\/04\/14\/new-weekend-go-transit-schedule-is-a-game-changer-for-out-of-towners.html\" target=\"_blank\">New weekend GO transit schedule is a game changer for out-of-towners<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/71-housing-units-damaged-or-destroyed-by-vaughan-ont-fire-1.6354109\" target=\"_blank\">71 housing units damaged or destroyed by Vaughan, Ont., fire<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/adv\/article-plentiful-parks-make-urban-living-a-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Plentiful parks make urban living a dream<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2023\/04\/news-roundup-april-14-2023.52085\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As demand continues for a steady supply of new housing in Toronto, should the City once again revisit the idea &#8230; 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