Ontario issues orders to fast-track developments in Richmond Hill, Markham amid rising criticism. The proposals will bring 67 towers — up to 80 storeys tall — to a 45.5-hectare area at Hwy. 407.
On the eve of Good Friday, Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives issued two special zoning orders that Richmond Hill and Markham council members say will fast-track residential developments proposed for two transit-oriented communities along the Yonge North Subway Extension in both municipalities.
The tool has been used at least once, to fast-track the construction of a new hospital in Mississauga. The large-scale development plan would double the population density and halve the jobs that had been previously planned for these two areas by the two municipalities and turn what was intended to be mixed-use hubs into mostly residential areas.
Li said the government's plan for the TOCs failed to provide sufficient employment opportunities, infrastructure and facilities such as parks, schools and community centres, which are necessary to make it a livable community.
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