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Transit System is already in used. The Motorola is already is use as well. Townhouses near the road is also building. The road is already built and painted with four lanes, both directions. Signages of Enterprise Road is already erected. All it needs is the development east of Birchmount Road, and the extension east of Kennedy Road. Downtown Markham is not a proposed development, but a development under construction. There's a sharp difference between the two. Downtown Markham (western section, west of Birchmount Road), was scheduled to be finished by Summer 2008. Proposed and Under Construction. Proposed means
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AfD, your goal is to convice people that know nothing about the subject that it is verifiable and "notable". I'll concede the first point, but you're failing at the second. Also, I'm well aware that the town has simply granted licences to the developers to build, but that doesn't imply the website is "official" - it is simply a marketing vehicle for the developer, nothing more (that is, it is the official development site - the three most prominent links are all to advertise condos and homes). Further, this discussion has strayed way off course, since we should be talking about issues pertinent to
Enterprise Drive, not Downtown Markham.
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Markham's first high density developments. Along the road, in Downtown Markham, there will be high rises. There has been no high rises before in the Town of Markham, and this will be Markham's first time. Now cultural aspect wise. Enterprise Road, along with other local streets within Downtown Markham (i.e. Montgomery High Street) will consists of pubs and cafes, resembling to a typical European City Centre. These are cultural values. In addition, there will be a Central Park (mimicking New York City), and "luxury shopping" (from
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been approved and official. And not only TVO has the news, the Globe and Mail, 24 hours, 100k Club, and the
Canadian Building and Architech had been publishing articles about Downtown Markham within the past year. Prior to 2007, there are more sources that had made references to Downtown Markham, about its cultural aspect, and how it adopted the smart growth technology.
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This is indeed the official site. The Town of
Markham government has voted and decided to let Remington Group to do the planning and the building. However, the plan and the construction must be approved by the Town of Markham. All the plans and constructions listed on the Downtown Markham website has
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Never? Are you sure? This road could be the first in
Ontario to have bus rapid transit and the first road to be public transit-dependent! The road extends throughout Markham, and therefore transcend within Markham. Provincial or state level? Many streets in Toronto that has a Knowledge (XXG) article
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Markham typically go through a "planning period" of 2, maximum 5 years. Downtown Markham? It was planned since 1992, and started to build in 2006. That's a 14 year period. Enterprise Road is the heart of
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Toronto does not have a provincial level of importance. So what? Concession roads? There are millions
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Remington Group is already approved by the Town of Markham. The plan was to use European style buildings. It is almost definite it will use these types of buildings. And no, I didn't mean they roam the continent to look for style tips. I just meant that the
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and the road is not short as it is currently under construction for its extension. Then what IS the point of having a template called "future roads" if future notability claims are not accepted. Why would future notable skyscrapers, communities, cities, highways, deserve an article? I KNOW there is
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Honeywell Office Building on Enterprise Road is long completed. Apartments on the side of Enterprise Road is close to being completed. Rouge Valley Park that passes through Enterprise
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deserve an article?) The road is also home to 3 Viva transit routes. For 3 Viva routes to travel on one road, this is extremely rare (if not, it is unique to Enterprise Road). Even Yonge Street only merits for 2 routes. Therefore, we can see how much traffic the road is anticipating. As well, the
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