Metrolinx says it is delaying plans to chop down trees in downtown Toronto next week because it has developed an 'alternative method' to carry out work on a new transit project.
Metrolinx had said it wanted to cut down five trees on the grounds of Osgoode Hall, an historic public building, starting Dec. 5 to enable it to conduct an archeological assessment of the property. The agency is starting work on a new Ontario Line subway station at the site. It now says those plans are delayed.
Its initial plan, which involved digging a "test pit" in the Osgoode Hall garden, was met with fierce opposition. The trees have historical significance to Toronto, critics said. The city has said it has retained consultants to do a review of alternate locations to determine if there are possible locations for the station entrance. It expects to have the report back by the end of the year and to share it with Metrolinx.
The change in plans comes after the Haudenosaunee Chiefs Confederacy Council and the Haudenosaunee Development Institute said in a Nov. 24 news release that they would be "physically present to stop the removal" of the trees.Metrolinx met with representatives of Indigenous groups in Toronto on Tuesday to discuss its plans.
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