Global News: Toronto City Council votes in favour of plan to transform Yonge Street in downtown core

Thursday February 4, 2021
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Toronto City Council has voted in favour of a plan to transform Yonge Street in the downtown core, which could see reduced lanes of vehicle traffic and more space for pedestrians, seating and greenery.

Council voted 21 to 5 in favour of the YongeTOmorrow plan, which Toronto Centre Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam said is “a project 10 years in the making.”

“Thank you to the residents, (business) owners, thought leaders, cultural mavens who spoke in support of this big urban transformation,” Wong-Tam said in a tweet shortly after the vote.

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