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Widen Sunningdale
Regarding the article Sunningdale golf course set to lose links to housing (Aug. 23).
I find it hard to believe this city thinks that area can support four- to six-storey apartment buildings plus 1,360 homes without widening Sunningdale Road to at least four lanes.
The traffic is so heavy now that it’s backed up at every stoplight. This could be the north side of a ring road. It should be four lanes from Clarke Road to Hyde Park Road.
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Of course, the city screwed up when they redid Airport and Clarke Road by not making it four lanes right up to Sunningdale.
I have lived in this city for 36 years and they were talking about a ring road then.
It’s time to realize we need Sunningdale widened to four lanes.
Barb Van Larkin, London
Name-change shell game
By constantly changing the name of the office that determines how and when seniors, and others in need, get home care services, I think the Ontario Ministry of Health is hoping seniors and caregivers will be unable to access this vital information.
Presently called Ontario health at home (OH@H) it was called home and community care support services (HCCSS) in 2021, the local health integration network (LHIN) in 2017 and initially community care access centres (CCAC).
To have four name changes in seven years is an incredible waste of money.
If you need to get on a waiting list for care, good luck finding them; the name should be changing again soon.
Nancy Richter, London
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Take responsibility
Jane Sims’ column Why oh why does Petronella McNorgan still want to drive? (Aug. 22).
Three years of pain for the parents of the children would have been avoided if McNorgan would have admitted she made a mistake, said she was sorry and promise to never drive again.
Len Lesser, Dorchester
Smile and wave
Why is there so much hostility from drivers toward cyclists and bicycle paths? The more people bike, the fewer cars on the road.
People who go cycling for a day will stop for lunch or dinner or a cold beverage. It only benefits the local economy. It has a great health benefit with less pollution.
Maybe London drivers give a friendly wave instead of giving the finger.
Marja Vermeer, London
Drivers the cause
It should not be a surprise the city’s carbon output has risen. Road closures, construction, traffic calming and lane removals have helped ensure emission levels rise.
Has anybody driven on the slow-moving parking lot that is Wonderland Road, between Southdale and Fanshawe Park roads?
The unheard majority, who prefer to drive, may feel disenfranchised as they drive alongside empty bike lanes and bus lanes.
Terry Rennie, London
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