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Dear "The Fixer,"

Apologies if you've had this complaint/item before. I read you column often but not very day thus it's possible I may have missed an earlier concern about same.

I live near Jane & Bloor and travel to work daily along Bloor St. W. toward the city centre. In recent months due to the summer construction (again) on Bloor St. W. between Dundas St. W. and Christie St. my daughter and I have rerouted, travelling south on Parkside from Bloor St. W. and then along Howard Park/College St. Coming home we travel a similar route in reverse. Almost each day since May (and also occasionally in previous years), whether coming or going to work, we have encountered a horrible smell when approaching the corner of Parkdate/Keele St. and Bloor St. W. from any direction. It absolutely stinks!! We've been remarking each way, every day that we might/maybe should/definitely contact the Fixer. The citizens of Toronto who live near that corner and those who must travel through it regularly whether on foot, bicycle or via automobile, and including the unfortunate seniors who reside in the two senior' residences virtually at that corner, must be suffering terribly. Is this not something that should and can be fixed by the City of Toronto?

I understand that this corner, a prominent subway-served, walk-in access to the City of Toronto's glorious High Park, has in its bowels a cistern or large water-catchment facility and wonder if it is causing the horrendous smell that visitors to High Park and one of our city's major tourist attractions as well as the citizens of the City, must regularly endure.

Could you please investigate, report if anything is being done and, hopefully, get fixed? It would be greatly appreciated if you could do so.

Many, many thanks for anything you do and may be able to do.

Sincerely,

Sandra Langlands
339 Durie St.
Toronto, Ontario M6S 3G2 ( Please do not publish my address or association. Thank you.)

Recently RETIRED Director, Science Libraries & Director, Gerstein Science Information Centre
University of Toronto Libraries