On July 14th, Councillor Grimes requested that the TTC extend the trial of the 145 Downtown/ Humber Bay Express bus route should the request to advance the construction of the Park Lawn streetcar loop be denied.

I am happy to announce that TTC has agreed to extend the Downtown/ Humber Bay Express Route until early 2011.

Attached is the letter from TTC Chair Adam Giambrone.

Park Lawn streetcar loop is being considered in the 2011-2015 Capital Budget review process.

On June 1st, Councillor Grimes wrote to the Minister of Enviroment in response to the concern of a federal PCB Dump in Alderwood. This letter expressed the concerns of the area and request to have it removed as of December 2010 as stated in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999. We have recieved a response from the Minister.

Click here to view the letter in a .jpg document.

The removal of the contaminated soil is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government – your member of parliament is the Honourable Michael Ignatieff -   email ignatm1@parl.gc.ca

The Ministry of the Environment for the provincial government monitors this site regularly your member of provincial parliament is the Honourable Laurel Broten email broten.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

You can also express your concerns to the Minister. Tel.: 819-997-1441 Fax: 819-953-0279  Email: Minister@ec.gc.ca Address: Les Terrasses de la Chaudière, 10 Wellington Street, 28^th Floor, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3.

The company managing the site is Schneider Electric their contact info is:19 Waterman Avenue  Toronto, ON M4B 1Y2 Tele: (416) 752-8020 Fax: (859)334-9948

Click here to view a .pdf of the above letter.