{"id":15900,"date":"2023-04-26T06:36:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-26-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T06:36:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:36:35","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-26-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-26-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 26, 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>Facing heavy criticism over the planned relocation of the Science Centre and demolition of the building, Doug Ford says the site will be redeveloped with a school or community centre; Victor Doyle, the architect of the Greenbelt, comments on the value of the protected land, and the harm that development could cause; with development fees reduced, Toronto City Staff warn that the housing plan could stall out if Ontario doesn&#8217;t provide make-up funding; and other news.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/04\/25\/doug-ford-defends-secrecy-around-therme-lease-says-province-will-build-a-new-community-centre-or-school-at-science-centre-site.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford says Science Centre site will get school or community centre<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/04\/25\/original-architect-ontario-greenbelt-impact-development\/\" target=\"_blank\">Original architect of the Ontario Greenbelt shares the impact of development<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-housing-bill-23-developer-fees-1.6822103\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto&#8217;s affordable housing plan could stall if Ontario doesn&#8217;t fill gap created by Bill 23: report<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2023\/04\/26\/mark-saunders-says-he-cares-about-public-safety-so-why-is-he-gunning-for-bike-lanes.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Saunders says he cares about \u2018public safety.\u2019 So why is he gunning for bike lanes?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-premier-doug-ford-defends-spectacular-ontario-place-plans-open-to\/\" target=\"_blank\">Premier Doug Ford defends \u2018spectacular\u2019 Ontario Place plans, open to releasing business case<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/04\/25\/union-station-platforms-construction-go-transit-trains\/\" target=\"_blank\">Union Station platform construction project to facilitate better GO Transit service progressing<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/04\/26\/charging-your-ev-just-got-faster-quebec-firm-flo-wins-220m-loan-to-install-2000-high-speed-public-chargers-across-canada.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canada to get 2,000 high-speed public electric vehicle chargers \u2014 with Toronto a potential key point of expansion<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/ford-says-there-s-no-public-money-in-ontario-place-spa-deal-won-t-speak-on-taxpayer-costs-at-site-1.6370302\" target=\"_blank\">Ford says there&#8217;s &#8216;no public money&#8217; in Ontario Place spa deal, won&#8217;t speak on taxpayer costs at site<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/04\/26\/lake-shore-construction-downtown-toronto-rogers-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown construction work on Lake Shore to impact drivers for two weeks<\/a>\u00a0(City News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-declare-homelessness-emergency-committee-1.6822460\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto should declare a homelessness emergency, city council committee says<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/personal-finance\/household-finances\/article-renting-roommates-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\">Soaring rental rates mean a place to call home with roommates can cost $1,000 or more per person<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9650568\/ontario-place-spa-criticism-toronto-therme-response\/\" target=\"_blank\">Company behind Ontario Place spa \u2018working furiously\u2019 to address criticism<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/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-26-2023.52230\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing heavy criticism over the planned relocation of the Science Centre and demolition of the building, Doug Ford says the &#8230; 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