All is not quiet on bus rapid transit’s eastern front.

While much of the resistance to London’s $560-million BRT plan is focused on the downtown routes, new concerns are flaring up in ­Argyle, a bustling neighbourhood in the city’s east end.

With city council about a week from deciding where to put the L- and 7-shaped corridors, the ­Argyle Community Association is urging them to move the east line, now planned to end at Fanshawe College, into their area.

“The Argyle Community Association asks council to reconsider the eastern route,” the group writes in a letter sent to council and signed by board chairperson Shawn Lewis.

“It is our position that the eastern transit village should be located at Argyle Mall.”

The group surveyed its members and 80 per cent of respondents want BRT running to Argyle Mall.

The mall is at the southeast corner of the busy intersection of Dundas Street and Clarke Road. The transit village, or hub, to which the letter refers is now proposed northwest of there, at Fanshawe College on Oxford Street.

The community group wants that eastern corridor ending in Argyle, with a “dedicated line” running between the mall and the college so post-secondary students — heavy transit users — have quick access to BRT.

“We believe a dedicated express run . . . will best ensure access for Argyle residents and Fanshawe students,” Lewis writes.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s been proposed, and the community group’s requested change:

•The eastern leg is to run on King Street downtown to Ontario Street; it then heads east on Dundas Street to Highbury Avenue; then goes up Highbury and onto Oxford Street to its eastern endpoint, Fanshawe College.

• The community group wants the line to stay on Dundas Street from Ontario Street past Highbury to Clarke Road; a dedicated bus could then carry Fanshawe students between Argyle Mall and Fanshawe College.

The proposed bus rapid transit system would be the biggest project in London history. City hall’s stake is capped at $130 ­million, with the rest required from Ottawa and Queen’s Park. So far, only about $8 million in federal cash has been secured.

The 24-kilometre system is proposed to run on L- and 7-shaped corridors bisecting London with the downtown intersection of King and Clarence streets as the hub. It would run north (to Masonville Place mall), south (to White Oaks Mall), west (to Oxford Street and Wonderland Road) and east (to Fanshawe College)

City politicians are scheduled to vote on the exact routes on May 15.

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