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A Sustainable Action Plan for TORONTO
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A Sustainable Action Plan for TORONTO
Location & History Previous Planning Efforts Current Planning Efforts Growth Future Needs A New Plan for Toronto
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Location & History Toronto is located in the Great Lakes Region of Southern Ontario, Canada Founded as the Town of York in 1793 Surpassed Montreal as Canada’s largest city in the 1980s Regional Municipality amalgamated in 1997 to become 5th largest in N America
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Location & History
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Previous Planning For past 50 years, regional land use planning and transportation have been coordinated by the Province Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area – 1953 MTARTS – Choices for a Growing Region – 1967 Design for Development – 1968 Toronto-Centred Region Plan – 1970 Central Ontario Lakeshore Urban Corridor – 1975 Central Ontario Smart Growth – 2002 Places to Grow – 2004
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1960s Plan for Development
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Today’s Urban Areas v. 1960s Plan for the Future
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Current Planning Official Plans Oak Ridges Moraine Plan
Each Regional Government’s Plan for Development within their Municipality Oak Ridges Moraine Plan Niagara Escarpment Plan Greenbelt Plan “Places to Grow”
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Greater Toronto Area YORK PEEL DURHAM CITY of HALTON TORONTO
Lake Simcoe Niagara Escarpment Oak Ridges Moraine YORK PEEL DURHAM CITY of TORONTO HALTON Lake Ontario
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Greenbelt Plan A broad band of protected countryside that
Provides for a diverse range of rural communities, agriculture, tourism, recreation, and resource uses Gives permanent protection to the natural systems, and forms an environmental framework around which major urbanization in Ontario will be organized complements existing Niagara Escarpment Plan and Oak Ridges Moraine Plan is not a “park” – permits existing uses, promotes agricultural and rural uses, and limits urban uses to existing Settlement Areas
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Greenbelt Plan
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“Places to Grow” where & how we should grow
critical infrastructure needs what we need to protect includes reference to: “Smart Growth” work, the proposed Greenbelt Plan, the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, and the GO Transit Expansion Plan
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“Places to Grow” key themes
30 year planning and infrastructure strategy focus on strategic investment, growth in “Priority Urban Centres”, “Emerging Urban Centres”, and “Future Growth Areas” minimum 40% growth to be accommodated through intensification greater investment in transit and economic corridors for goods movement streamlining environmental assessment process
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“Places to Grow”
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Growth GTA growth rate is 2nd only to Dallas
Golden Horseshoe growing by 110,000 annually (equivalent to Guelph) attracts 55% of Canada’s immigration. Ontario has “exhausted” its infrastructure capacity put in place during the 1960s-1980s
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Growth The problems facing Ontario today are similar to the late 1960s
Strong economic growth and high immigration levels Planning/investment for infrastructure Environmental protection (Niagara Escarpment/Oak Ridges/Greenbelt) Solution was comprehensive super-regional planning.
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Future Needs Year Population Housing Units Employment 2001 5 600 000
2031
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Future Needs Population Growth Shares
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Future Needs Employment Growth Shares
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Future Needs To accommodate the population growth of ( ), new residential units will be required. units will be in new urban areas. (15% high density, 25% medium density, and 60% low density) Assuming 15 units to the gross hectare, this will require hectares of new residential lands
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Future Needs Over the next 30 years, growth forecasts indicate that new jobs will be created in areas that we have traditionally called business parks or industrial areas At 50 jobs per hectare, with a vacancy rate of 20%, hectares of new employment lands will be required
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Vacant Land in GTA
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Future Needs Given projected growth rates, hectares of new land is required hectares is available within 40 kilometres of Pearson Airport 9970 hectares is available beyond 40 kilometres of Pearson Airport Which leaves a shortfall of hectares
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A New Plan for Toronto Courses of Action Implementation Procedures
Costs Benefits
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Courses of Action EXAMPLE – need many!
Current plans only call for 40% of growth to built in existing urban areas (intensification) Vancouver 70% United Kingdom 60% Sydney 60-70% Increase in intensification required
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Implementation How to intensify? Transit improvements
Environmental assessment streamlining Financial tools Revisit Greenbelt Plan areas
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Costs Costs of intensifying $ for transit improvements
$ for environmental assessment streamlining $ for financial tools $ for revisiting Greenbelt Plan areas
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Benefits Benefits of intensifying Transit improvements
Environmental assessment streamlining Financial tools Revisit Greenbelt Plan areas
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