200 Victoria St S | 45 fl | Proposed

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At the risk of being that person that complains about added density, that stretch of Victoria is going to get pretty crowded for all manner of traffic (pedestrian, bikes, scooters, cars etc). What options does the City (or Region) have to pre-emptively expand the road allowance to make room for things like wider sidewalks or bike lanes or, heaven forbid, street trees? For instance, I know that many suburban neighbourhoods include a hefty City allowance between the road and the street, usually to allow for sidewalks at some point the future. If the existing buildings fell into that that new allowance, could the City set something up where any new construction would automatically forfeit the road allowance?

If the the section from King St to Strange Street is expected to become a parade of towers, a 1.5 meter wide sidewalk next to an onstreet bike lane plus 1 or two lanes of traffic is just not going to cut it in the pretty near future.