[CityTech]

Yet another Westboro station proposal! Not including the U/C tower next to Farm Boy, I think we're now up to 5 proposals. By the time Phase 2 opens Westboro could have its own skyline.

I live in the immediate area and I welcome it. Some people think that putting rapid transit next to Scott Street instead of Richmond/Wellington was a mistake, but in this area its working well. The two streets aren't very far apart, it's an easy walk between Westboro or Dominion stations and the Richmond Road "village" area, and by having that distance, it means the Richmond Road strip is protected from development and can retain its village feel while all the high rises go a few minutes walk to the north. It's a near-perfect TOD situation.

The Phase 2 Westboro LRT station fixes a lot of the existing problems with the station; it gets rid of the huge parking lot in the front and replaces the awkward crosswalks at Athlone and Tweedsmuir with real intersections, enhacing the pedestrian integration of the station into the community.