Priority to Improve Public Services

Challenges

Maintaining

Fact: In Toronto there are:

2009 traffic control signals

158,899 streetlights

453 bridges in the City

10,033 different streets running 5,365 km

The longest street is Steeles Ave. at 39.61 km; the shortest street is Sea Grassway at 9.72m.

existing services in a time of constraint is difficult when programs and services are competing for scarce resources. The public should be assured that they can have the utmost confidence in Toronto’s public services regardless of the fiscal challenges facing the City. Justice Denise Bellamy, on the release of her report on both the Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry and the Toronto External Contracts Inquiry stated that “By their actions, people in leadership positions—whether they be councillors or senior staff— send a powerful signal to all staff and to the public. They need to be careful that the signal they are sending does not end up corroding public trust. They need to create a positive culture for the City and to reinforce the messages implicit in these inquiries.”