Tell Premier Ford & his ministers: STOP THE MIDTOWN TOC!

 

For months, our Town Council has been under an imposed gag order, unable to share information on a provincially-controlled Transit Oriented Communities project planned by Infrastructure Ontario for Midtown Oakville.

 

The project has now revealed itself to be a mega-density, monoculture of tall towers - all achieved through back room negotiations with a developer that has a large financial interest in the outcome.

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These actions mimic the tactics exposed in Ontario’s Greenbelt Scandal and continue to create an ever-mounting level of distrust of our provincial legislative body.

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These 11 monoliths with heights reaching as high as 59 storeys will contain over 6,900 housing units - over 65% of which will be less than the size of a double car garage.

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The end result? A possible 14,000 people living on just 5 hectares of land with a density of 2,800 people per hectare. That’s 14 times greater than the province’s original target of 200 people and job jobs per hectare for Midtown.

All this from the same government that told us “We’re not going to micromanage and dictate a one size-fits-all approach across the province. Municipalities know their communities best – they know where it makes sense to build homes”. 

 

Oakville deserves to plan its own future and this TOC isn’t it!

 

Send a Message to Premier Ford, Housing Minister Paul Calandra, Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma and local MPP Stephen Crawford to stop the imposed Midtown Oakville TOC and let Oakville use its expertise, knowledge and insight to plan Midtown’s future.  Even if you've already sent one, please complete below and send a letter again. Our message has changed and we are using a new platform!!

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