TJ O'Pootertoot
Senior Member
Yes. As part of the ridiculously overbuilt Steeles station, all those houses will be acquired and most of the other local properties near the intersection will have to be partially acquired so that both Yonge and Steeles can be widened to accommodate the three entry ramps. Steeles West, in particular, already has a ROW wide enough for 9 lanes of traffic, but they want even more land to play with. Steeles station will require at least $50M of expropriation because of it's [poor] design.
In fairness, the planning study Markham has been doing in response to the Hy & Zel's development already earmarked the block over to Dudley for massive redevelopment.
Those houses and Yonge Street business will be replaced by mid and high-rise buildings and they'll have to build a bypass street, similar to Doris and Beecroft.
I'm not saying that Steeles isn't overbuilt, just that the neighbourhood is getting massive overhaul anyway. It'll be a mess for a while, I suspect.