{"id":4175,"date":"2015-06-19T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T20:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=4175"},"modified":"2015-06-19T15:35:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T20:35:51","slug":"realizing-the-vision-of-leafy-tree-lined-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2015\/06\/19\/realizing-the-vision-of-leafy-tree-lined-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"realizing the vision of leafy, tree-lined streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Planter boxes and trees are coming to Highway 7 in Vaughan! Along with the paving<\/a> [have you heard about all the paving<\/a>?] activity that\u2019s been happening along the rapidway construction, you\u2019ll soon be seeing crews building planter boxes between Jane Street and the CN Bridge.<\/p>\n

The arrival of the planters is a big deal \u2013 to us and to the neighbourhood \u2013 because these structures will be housing trees<\/a> and plants.<\/p>\n

One of the most desirable qualities of a livable neighbourhood is the presence of trees<\/a>. And at vivaNext, we have very deliberately designed the rapidways with this vision of a tree-lined, livable neighbourhood in mind. Part of our goal with the new boulevards is to bring to life the \u201ccomplete street\u201d concept \u2013 the guiding philosophy for our streetscape design.<\/p>\n

As development continues and the population in York Region grows<\/a>, it means that there will be more people walking and riding along the rapidway routes. So we\u2019ve made sure that\u00a0our boulevard design<\/a> is going to be visually appealing as well as functional. And the trees and plants we\u2019ve planted will grow to shade the area for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n

If you want to see how green the Vaughan area of the rapidway will eventually become, take a look at Highway 7 East. The Markham section of the vivaNext rapidway is bursting with growing, thriving trees and greenery, thanks in part to all the sunshine and large amount of rain <\/a>we\u2019ve had.<\/p>\n

However, most of you will probably notice that Mother Nature is getting quite a bit of help along the way. Landscaping crews are currently out there every day, installing planter boxes,\u00a0planting flowers, bushes, and grasses<\/a>, topping up topsoil and distributing mulch, planting new trees and replacing the few that didn\u2019t survive the winter.<\/p>\n

As you go for a stroll, ride your bike, drive, or take a bus ride along the rapidway[!], be sure to look around you and take in the newly tree-lined greenery-filled boulevard on Highway 7 East.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to subscribe to email updates about the progress of the vivaNext project, click on this subscriber link<\/a>, or go to our homepage at vivaNext.com<\/a> and scroll down to \u201csubscribe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Planter boxes and trees are coming to Highway 7 in Vaughan! Along with the paving [have you heard about all the paving?] activity that\u2019s been happening along the rapidway construction, you\u2019ll soon be seeing crews building planter boxes between Jane Street and the CN Bridge. The arrival of the planters is a big deal \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[27,526,435,527,939,7],"class_list":["post-4175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-going-green","tag-environmentally-friendly","tag-leafy","tag-streetscape","tag-tree-lined","tag-urban-planning","tag-vivanext"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4178,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175\/revisions\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}