The Toronto West Community Council takes the former City of Etobicoke and some wards from the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto. The wards that will be in this Community Council are wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14.

These wards have seen some progress over the last three years in implementing the Bike Plan. The extension of the Martin Goodman Trail West of the Humber to Humber Bay park was one big improvement. Last year's project to connect the Martin Goodman Trail to the Humber Trail by a link under the reconstructed Lake Shore Blvd. and QEW Bridges was a small project in terms of length but made a huge improvement in terms of the connectivity between these two parts of the Bike way Network and in terms of safety for people riding their bike from their homes in the west end of Toronto to Lake Ontario. These two projects really did alot to connect people to the waterfront. Progress has also been made in terms of adding new on street Bike lanes. One example is a project underway, (and possibly completed, I haven't been out that way for a while) to add bike lanes to Royal York Road from Lake Shore Blvd. to Cavell just south of the QEW.

There are many opportunities to improve the bike facillites in this district. There are bike lanes planned for the entire length of Royal York. This project is in Wards 4, 5 and 6. Getting this project implemented will require some leadership from local councillors who support it and promote it to community members as the proposal goes through the community consultation and City Council approval process. Another exciting project is the RailPath. A project linking the Junction Neighbourhood with the downtown via a off road path along an abandonned rail corridor(see www.railpath.ca This project is on the boundry of Wards 14 and 18 and its southern end is in Ward 19.

You can see the answers of the candidates at www.biketoronto.ca/vote2003. To see a list of all the wards go to Council Candidates by Ward