Tear Down the Gardiner Expressway?

The talk about tearing down the Gardiner Expressway has begun again. Tear it down, its an eye sore, it will remove the barrier between the lake and the rest of the city.
What?! Come on. Gimmie a break!
The Gardiner is a necessary evil. We need it to get to from point A to point B. Its already there. Why tear down something, just to built it again. And where does all that traffic go while you remove it and build something to replace it?
And what if you bury it? What will they put in its place? More condos?
And where will the money come to do all this? More taxes?!?
As far as I'm concerned, the Gardiner expressway it is the best way for someone to see the city of Toronto in it's finest. Where else in the world can you drive through a city on an elevated highway and seem like you are floating through it as you snake your way around the skyscrapers and condos, the city looming large as life all around you. At night, this drive has got to rank up there as one of the top 25 drives in the world. I love the Gardiner. I say keep it.!