Some spaces are a lot better than others when it comes to encouraging the growth of leafy green grass.

And when the space amounts to a foot path for hundreds of people trudging back and forth from a bus stop to Seneca College, you can bet that the grass will never take root and flourish.

That’s the case at the northeast corner of Don Mills Rd. and Finch Ave. E., where a wide space between the road and sidewalk is a perpetual wasteland of barren ground that is always muddy in wet weather.

Margaret Carabine sent me a note that included a 2013 email to her local city councillor about how the boulevard area at Don Mills and Finch is often a mud hole, due to a high volume of foot traffic crossing it.

“I have tried to resolve this issue by contacting Toronto 311,” she said in her 2013 email. “I submitted my proposal more than a year ago (but) they are not going to fix this problem.

“The sidewalk area leading to the bus stop has a large grassy/muddy area which was never finished off properly. This should have cobble stones, be paved,” or filled with concrete, said Carabine.

“This is an extremely busy area. Seneca College is just down the road and there is also a shopping mall on that corner. It looks really bad and unfinished.

“It’s a very simple job, could probably be done in a day and would make such a wonderful difference.”

It isn’t any better now than it was in 2013. When I was there a couple weeks ago, the space between the curb and sidewalk was soupy in some parts, with the remnants of a snow bank keeping it moist.

Brick pavers ring the edge of the area, but most of it is bare ground, with only a small bit of grass in the middle. It looks like the intention was to fill in the rest of it with paving stones, but the job was aborted.

STATUS: We asked transportation services if it intends to do anything about the wasteland. Here’s the reply: “Staff will plan to repair the boulevard in the spring, which is consistent with the timing for other winter-related boulevard repairs around the city. It’s important to note that foot traffic patterns at this location will change shortly as the adjacent bus stop at this location is expected to be moved, including the transit shelter.”

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