Received from Friends of Halifax Common
Dear Friends,
Join us for FHC’s Thursday Action – Homes Not Highways!
Date: Thursday, November 20
Rain date Friday Nov 21 – check halifaxcommon.ca or Facebook.com/halifaxcommon/ for changes
Times: noon – 1 pm & 4 – 5 pm
Place: Corner of Robie & Charles Streets
Action Update: People are slowly hearing about government plans to cut 80 Robie St trees but most don’t know about the plan to demolish 12-14 historic buildings. Maybe government silos don’t even know we’re using $200m in public money to demolish 50-70 homes in the middle of a housing crisis, including a newly renovated 7-unit First Nations building. So, we’ve planned a new action to help get the word out…
A Sign of the Times on Robie Street (Pic by Admin, inserted)
Wider Roads Won’t Fix Traffic or Buses. Halifax / K’jupuk must not squander $200m to cut trees, destroy housing in exchange for more traffic. As fiscal, environmental & socio-economic stewards, our Mayor and Council have an obligation to implement and assess cheaper, faster options to improve transit that does not destroy our historic Robie St neighbourhood. Transit Priority Signals or Signalized Lane Changes like the MacDonald Bridge are what HRM should test out for Robie St for the short distance between North & Cunard. Then the $200m road widening budget can go to real transit priorities: buses, drivers, shelters, lower fare, micro-transit, public safety. And empty Robie St buildings can be repopulated and trees protected…
Can’t join us?
Sign our Petition: https://tinyurl.com/mryjv56w
Send our letter to Councillors: https://tinyurl.com/5b9c66zj
More info at https://halifaxcommon.ca/