Fanshawe Park Road from the far west to the far east to be built up into a six-lane road. Virtually every large north-south street south of Sunningdale Road to become six lanes. Southdale Road and Bradley Avenue to become six lanes from far west to far east end. And if we don't start driving less, we're instead looking at nothing less than a full ring road and a whopping 66 more lanes of traffic, the report by city staff says. The long-term transportation corridor protection study has been dogged by controversy.
Some critics suggest London already has enough roads and merely needs to better manage traffic.
Others say London has needed a ring road, or at least some major freeways, for years. Bill Armstrong, chairperson of the environment and transportation committee, said yesterday. Two city committees will examine the report in detail tonight and public consultations will take place before any decisions are made. The study projects traffic needs 50 years into the future, so none of the plans are imminent. That sticks in the craw of Gloria McGinn-McTeer, head of the Urban League of London.