The current plans to build a transit station on the grounds of Toronto’s Osgoode Hall will cause “permanent damage to one of the most historic sites in Canada,” according to a new report by a heritage expert filed in court.
The Law Society of Ontario, one of the site’s owners, has been trying to stop Metrolinx’s plans for a piece of expropriated land, which would include the removal of mature trees in order to commence work on the station as part of the new Ontario Line.
The injunction is in place until midnight Friday unless extended by a judge. The parties are expected to return to court this week. Metrolinx has previously said that it has been engaging with communities for over two years and “can’t afford to delay getting this much-needed project built.” “It is clear in the heritage discussion of the report that the analysis of heritage issues by Metrolinx is deficient and requires considerably more attention,” he wrote.
He said the removal of the trees and the placement of the transit station will “degrade the symbolic presence of the site within the city,” and interfere with views to and from the site that have been in place for almost 200 years. He said that “a considerable amount of additional design work must be completed that, although a compromise, will better meet the objectives of all parties to this issue.”
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