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Kids who follow the bouncing ball too closely at a Queen St. E. basketball court can find themselves dodging cars.A long section of missing fence along one side of the court,[url=http://www.toms-shoes-sale.com]Cheap Toms[/url], on the north side of Queen, west of Berkeley St., allows loose balls to roll into downtown traffic, often with a child in hot pursuit.The court itself is part of Toronto Community Housing’s Moss Park development, but what’s left of the fence runs right next to the sidewalk on what appears to be the city right-of-way.Moss Park residents say they’ve begged for the fence to be replaced, fearing a child will eventually be hit by a car, but the city and TCHC point at each other,[url=http://www.toms-shoes-sale.com]Toms Shoes Sale[/url], with no one willing to take responsibility.“I have tried for years to get this fence fixed,” said Conrad Leinemann on SeeClickFix. “The city and Toronto Housing keep saying it is the other’s land.“The balls from the basketball court keep rolling onto Queen. A kid is going to die! I have almost seen it myself,[url=http://www.toms-shoes-sale.com]Toms Shoes Outlet[/url], (but) still nothing is done.”Nearly half of the waist-high black metal fence bordering the court next to the sidewalk is still in place, but a missing section of about 15 metres leaves a huge gap for balls to roll into traffic.While we were shooting photos, a guy who introduced himself as Gerald Graf came up and said, “Finally! Somebody wants to help us get this fixed.”Graf, a Moss Park resident, said they’ve raised it at TCHC tenant meetings and complained to the city for upwards of two years, but the fence has not been replaced.The section was removed after a vehicle plowed into it more than two years ago during a traffic accident, he said, adding that residents have been told it’s on city property, rather than TCHC’s.“We’ve had a few basketballs squashed, but so far no kids,” he said, adding that even temporary fencing such as metal crowd barriers would at least keep balls from bouncing into the street.STATUS: We bounced around between the city and TCHC, trying to figure out who’s responsible. Sara Goldvine, who deals with media for TCHC, emailed Monday to say, “we are currently in the procurement process to replace the missing section of fence. We expect the missing section of fence to be replaced within the next two weeks.”What's broken in your neighbourhood? Wherever you are in Greater Toronto, we want to know. To contact us, go to thestar.com/thefixer or call us at 416-869-4823. To read our blog, go to thestar.blogs.com/thefixer . Follow us on Twitter @TOStarFixer.
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