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EPISODE · Jun 25, 2026 · 15 MIN

Why does it cost $500,000 to close two blocks of Church Street?

from This is Toronto

Originally budgeted at $150,000, cost have ballooned for a pilot to pedestrianize part of Church Street this summer. What do those costs reveal about the challenges of changing the city's streetscape in the 21st century?

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