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I stumbled across something today on Wikipedia that struck me as Interesting...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_revolt

Does anyone here have any memories or recommended reading on the subject on or off-line?

Date: 2007-03-11 01:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madlycool.livejournal.com
Your link is incorrect. It's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_revolt (and Wiki's search engine is too stupid to figure that out).

The most notable one i know is the Spadina Expressway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spadina_Expressway

"The debate over the Spadina Expressway, and its eventual cancellation, are regarded as a turning point in local history."

Here's an expressway in Hamilton that spawned opposition, but is going through anyway (no wealthy voters lived in its path):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hill_Valley_Parkway

Date: 2007-03-11 01:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com
The correction's been made.

As to the Red Hill Valley Parkway, I'd heard about that on either Sounds Like Canada or The Current a year or three ago. The battle's been lost there?

Date: 2007-03-11 04:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madlycool.livejournal.com
It is being built now.

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