Viva Towns (19-41 Mill St) | 4 + 3fl | U/C

[danbrotherston]

As someone who was "on the ground" so to speak for some of the neighbourhood cycling grid objections among the major concerns was that traffic was going to increase on those streets that were not going to be converted to one-way streets. Personally, one of the challenges of the final outcome for me is that when approaching my Victoria Park property on my normal route of travel from my typical departure point while driving, my final approach that was normally two right hand turns and one stop-light will now include three right-hand turns, a left hand turn and five stop-lights and crossing the LRT tracks twice.  It's not a deal-breaker for me, but it will take some getting used to.

The Victoria Park Heritage District has been around for a long time.  Many of the properties have changed hands since its inception.  I would wonder if there would be similar aspersions cast at condominium owners who have been living in a tower for 25 years who are suddenly told that some aspect of their building was being changed and that they shouldn't complain but just deal with it?

Thank you for making this comment.

Given that I live in a condo building that is 33 years old, and has some owners who have owned for 25 years, and will be surrounded on all 3 sides by cycle lanes. Not a single person from my building spoke out in opposition, and a number submitted supportive responses and I spoke in support.

In terms of whether people would object to parts of our building changing, yes, some people have explicitly complained about changes to our building approved by our board, and yes, the same aspersions were cast about them.

And yes, the neighbourhood complained about traffic...and in response to complaints about traffic they demanded that the traffic diversions be removed.  If they were concerned about traffic, they would have supported the traffic diversions, and asked for more, not fewer.

And finally, these folks who are objecting to Mill St. were not objecting to changes to their neighbourhood...they live nowhere near the tower being planned. It's obscene.