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How Loud Will It Get?? Your Guess Is As Good As Ours....

Metrolinx is hosting their meeting regarding noise and vibration tomorrow evening, Tuesday November 15th. Topics will include where the impacts will be felt the most, who will be affected, what kind of mitigation will be put in place and hopefully a tree replacement schedule (since they have already taken out some mature trees on the north side of the corridor at St. Phillips and will be taking out more along the corridor). This meeting will be important to attend as this will most likely be one of the only ones to discuss how their construction will impact our daily lives both through the construction phase and once the trains are running. A strong community presence is helpful so they will know how we feel . Our MP, Mike Sullivan, has already had discussions with Metrolinx regarding community complaints about construction noise because of the loss of trees in the north end. He is pushing to get more information regarding their plans.

Please remember the community in the Junction who was unaware of this project and it was only through the methodology that was used to drive the piles into the ground, that they found out. It was very loud, disruptive and damaging to the structures around the area. We want to ensure that Metrolinx uses the best possible practices so that Weston does not suffer a repeat performance. And we need to know where the walls will be put up and how large they will be. They will be a blight on our streetscape but may be our only option to alleviate some of the noise. However, they will not be helpful to anyone in an apartment living above the 3rd or 4th floor -- please let your neighbours know this.

Meeting to be held at York West Active Living Centre at 1901 Weston Road from 6:30pm.

With best regards,

Suri Weinberg-Linsky & Carlo Ammendolia
Co-Chairs
Weston Community Coalition