It is time that Porter recognized the negative effects of the airport
Joe,
Why do you label people that oppose the tunnel as "tunnel haters." This is as shallow as calling someone a NIMBY.You should be well aware by now that the issues involve far more than just a knee-jerk reaction. It's about where the City of Toronto should spend scarce resources. If you were mayor and asked whether you should put $40 million into public transit benefiting all Torontonians by making transit more accessible, reducing car use, traffic jams and emissions and availing low-cost travel to lower income earners, versus spending $40m on a limited use tunnel benefiting a private airline that caters to a few (an airline that has already been given multi-millions tax-payer $ ), I think the answer would be obvious.
You say "would there be a benefit by reducing the approximately 120 ferry daily trips in terms of ferry exhaust + fuel consumption, cars idling waiting to cross at both ends." Wouldn't it be better just to move Porter to Pearson where the infrastructure is already in place, where people can make transfer flights, an airport that is way more accessible to the people of Barrie, Brampton, North York, Markham, Scarborough, etc. If the airport stays, wouldn't it be cheaper to put up signs that say "please do not idle your vehicle while waiting for the ferry." The cars will be there, will idle and will need parking whether there is a tunnel or not. How much energy will be used running escalators continually all day, is it worth getting rid of a ferry that cost how many millions of dollars?
Does building more aprons really mean that another airline will get the spots, or is just more parking for Porter? And anyway who cares. More planes = more pollution = more noise. If another airline comes in, they should pay for the tunnel. Why should the City pay for this?
Regarding the closing of Buttonville, doesn't the fact that they are a small non-self-sustaining airport mean that small airports like this are too expensive to maintain and is best to consolidate into a larger airport that already has the infrastructure. Then again, perhaps if Medevac moved to Buttonville it would benefit Buttonville and be closer to where Medevac is needed. Does Buttonville's closing really mean it is more urgent to keep TCCA open? It's been said many times before that many large cities are closing their downtown airports and many have survived just fine without. There is really no justification for keeping the Island Airport open other than lining the pockets of the TPA.
Re: the play, we have been told that these planes are quiet. If this were the case, then it would stand to reason that it would be possible to have a play that is not damaged by airplane noise, like having a concert at the Music Garden or Harbourfront. This is clearly not the case. It is time that you and Porter acknowledge the negative effects of the planes on the community, that these planes are not quiet and do violate the sound limitations set out by the Tripartite agreement.
Joanna
Why do you label people that oppose the tunnel as "tunnel haters." This is as shallow as calling someone a NIMBY.You should be well aware by now that the issues involve far more than just a knee-jerk reaction. It's about where the City of Toronto should spend scarce resources. If you were mayor and asked whether you should put $40 million into public transit benefiting all Torontonians by making transit more accessible, reducing car use, traffic jams and emissions and availing low-cost travel to lower income earners, versus spending $40m on a limited use tunnel benefiting a private airline that caters to a few (an airline that has already been given multi-millions tax-payer $ ), I think the answer would be obvious.
You say "would there be a benefit by reducing the approximately 120 ferry daily trips in terms of ferry exhaust + fuel consumption, cars idling waiting to cross at both ends." Wouldn't it be better just to move Porter to Pearson where the infrastructure is already in place, where people can make transfer flights, an airport that is way more accessible to the people of Barrie, Brampton, North York, Markham, Scarborough, etc. If the airport stays, wouldn't it be cheaper to put up signs that say "please do not idle your vehicle while waiting for the ferry." The cars will be there, will idle and will need parking whether there is a tunnel or not. How much energy will be used running escalators continually all day, is it worth getting rid of a ferry that cost how many millions of dollars?
Does building more aprons really mean that another airline will get the spots, or is just more parking for Porter? And anyway who cares. More planes = more pollution = more noise. If another airline comes in, they should pay for the tunnel. Why should the City pay for this?
Regarding the closing of Buttonville, doesn't the fact that they are a small non-self-sustaining airport mean that small airports like this are too expensive to maintain and is best to consolidate into a larger airport that already has the infrastructure. Then again, perhaps if Medevac moved to Buttonville it would benefit Buttonville and be closer to where Medevac is needed. Does Buttonville's closing really mean it is more urgent to keep TCCA open? It's been said many times before that many large cities are closing their downtown airports and many have survived just fine without. There is really no justification for keeping the Island Airport open other than lining the pockets of the TPA.
Re: the play, we have been told that these planes are quiet. If this were the case, then it would stand to reason that it would be possible to have a play that is not damaged by airplane noise, like having a concert at the Music Garden or Harbourfront. This is clearly not the case. It is time that you and Porter acknowledge the negative effects of the planes on the community, that these planes are not quiet and do violate the sound limitations set out by the Tripartite agreement.
Joanna
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