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Over the 1990-91 period, improvements to our south side of Lakeshore were completed. It involved new street lamps, banners, large planter boxes with seats and big garbage cans. In 1994-95, our north side was completed to match the south side. Then, in 1998, the sidewalks on the south side were widened and bicycle lanes were added. This brought both sides of the street closer together and narrowed the road. This also helped to calm the leap-frogging vehicular traffic racing through the area. |
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The special blue lampposts were installed with the lights facing down
on the sidewalk to provide better visibility and safety for pedestrians.
Banner arms were attached to each pole. Long Branch BIA also pays
$500 every month for the hydro to light these street lamps.
A maintenance person does repairs to any damaged poles that have
been hit or defaced by people gluing or taping notices to them.
In 2005, the BIA spent $14,000 to redo the poles and benches on the
south side only. They were sanded and re-painted.
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The BIA purchased four sets of banners over the years, and these are
rotated to reflect the changing seasons and offer a visual pick-me-up
for residents, business people and visitors. A local maintenance crew
is hired by the BIA to change the banners, also clean and store them.
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Not just to improve the look of the areas bordering the sidewalk, the interlocking bricks can be easily removed and then replaced when underground work is needed. Long Branch BIA pays extra for sidewalk sweeping and power-washing above and beyond the work done by the city’s street sweepers. |
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Long Branch BIA hires a landscaper to fill the large planter boxes
every spring with annual flowers, then water and fertilize them during
the summer and do a Fall cleanup. These boxes were part of the
1990-91 streetscaping project.
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The same crew that changes the seasonal banners is also paid to put up the Christmas lights on the street lamps and remove and store them when the holiday season is over. Because of the unique shape of the lampposts, the lights have a “candy cane” effect. |
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In 2005, Long Branch BIA shared the cost of new street
signs with the City of Toronto.
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