Key Vote: Island Airport Bridge
At a special meeting of City Council called immediately after they were sworn in, councillors voted for cancelling the fixed link bridge to the Island Airport. The bridge had been a key issue in the municipal election campaign throughout Fall 2003, and was seen by many as a key barrier to the redevelopment of Toronto's waterfrontVote Essentials:
That Council request the Federal Government and the Toronto Port
Authority amend their Tripartite Agreement to disallow a fixed link to
the Island Airport
Voting AGAINST the Island Airport bridge: 26
Altobello, Ashton, Bussin, Carroll, Cho, Chow, Cowbourne, Davis, De
Baeremaeker, Filion, Fletcher, Giambrone, Grimes, Jenkins, McConnell,
Mihevc, Moscoe, Palacio, Pantalone, Pitfield, Rae, Saundercook,
Thompson, Walker, Watson
Voting FOR the Island Airport bridge: 18
Augimeri, Balkissoon, Del Grande, Di Giorgio, Feldman, Hall, Holyday,
Kelly, Li Preti, Lindsay Luby, Mammoliti, Milczyn, Minnan-Wong,
Nunziata, Ootes, Shiner, Soknacki, Stintz
Vote Date: December 3, 2003
Vote Specifics: Part (1) of motion (a) by Mayor Miller, on "Construction of a Fixed Link to the Toronto City Centre Airport"
For more information, see the City Council Minutes. (PDF file opens in a new window.)
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