[Hopkins123]

Possibly because the initial cost spitball was always a politically-driven fantasy.

Somehow I doubt that. We don't just magically jump from less than $360 million per kilometre in 2010 dollars for TYSSE with six stations to over half a billion dollars per kilometre today for SSE with only one added station.

Something's fishy here. It's getting to start to seem conspiratorial with these ballooning numbers. Almost like "someone's" trying to kill the project in the court of public opinion before it even starts.

 

[salsa]

Scarborough councillors just can't help it. They almost never say anything that's not wildly incorrect.

 

[OneCity]

Scarborough councillors just can't help it. They almost never say anything that's not wildly incorrect.


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Actually they do say a lot of good, but when they do spew nonsense it gets hung on pitchforks by the Political opposition media as if that's all they have said.

And only Scarborough Politicians stretch the truth, the rest are very honest

 

[Rainforest]

Scarborough Subway: 6.5 km, 1 station, the only geo challenge is Highland Creek that is not a particularly large stream. Cost: $3.5 billion.

Yonge North: 7 km, 5 stations.

Relief Line East Long: 16 km, 15 to 20 stations, challenging downtown section, has to cross Don River three times.

Does it mean that we will need $6 billion for Yonge North, and $20 billion for DRL East Long?

 

[nfitz]

Scarborough Subway: 6.5 km, 1 station, the only geo challenge is Highland Creek that is not a particularly large stream. Cost: $3.5 billion.

Yonge North: 7 km, 5 stations.

Relief Line East Long: 16 km, 15 to 20 stations, challenging downtown section, has to cross Don River three times.

Does it mean that we will need $6 billion for Yonge North, and $20 billion for DRL East Long?

I wouldn't be surprised ...

 

[44 North]

Somehow I doubt that. We don't just magically jump from less than $360 million per kilometre in 2010 dollars for TYSSE with six stations to over half a billion dollars per kilometre today for SSE with only one added station.

Something's fishy here. It's getting to start to seem conspiratorial with these ballooning numbers. Almost like "someone's" trying to kill the project in the court of public opinion before it even starts.

Something definitely seems awry or fishy re: the high costs. Since he ran I've always been of the opinion that Tory doesn't actually support SSE, ditto for the RL. I don't see it being a tin foil hat theory either, considering the evidence (which is mostly smarttrack-related stuff).

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Somehow I doubt that. We don't just magically jump from less than $360 million per kilometre in 2010 dollars for TYSSE with six stations to over half a billion dollars per kilometre today for SSE with only one added station.

Something's fishy here. It's getting to start to seem conspiratorial with these ballooning numbers. Almost like "someone's" trying to kill the project in the court of public opinion before it even starts.

Remember to adjust TYSSE cost for inflation. How much would that cost in $2015?

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Scarborough Subway: 6.5 km, 1 station, the only geo challenge is Highland Creek that is not a particularly large stream. Cost: $3.5 billion.

Yonge North: 7 km, 5 stations.

Relief Line East Long: 16 km, 15 to 20 stations, challenging downtown section, has to cross Don River three times.

Does it mean that we will need $6 billion for Yonge North, and $20 billion for DRL East Long?

I'm praying by some miracle the Relief Line price remains in tact (it won't)

When will we get a cost update on the Relief line anyways?

 

[Tuck]

Scarborough Subway: 6.5 km, 1 station, the only geo challenge is Highland Creek that is not a particularly large stream. Cost: $3.5 billion.

Yonge North: 7 km, 5 stations.

Relief Line East Long: 16 km, 15 to 20 stations, challenging downtown section, has to cross Don River three times.

Does it mean that we will need $6 billion for Yonge North, and $20 billion for DRL East Long?

Hopefully less if they have the sense to elevate it on Don Mills...

 

[OneCity]

When will we get a cost update on the Relief line anyways?

You mean a real cost update like the SSE? Never.

 

[Juan_Lennon416]

Scarborough councillors just can't help it. They almost never say anything that's not wildly incorrect.


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Neethan Shan ran on building the Scarborough Subway so what he said is absolutely no surprise.

 

[dowlingm]

There Glenn goes again
https://twitter.com/jpags/status/839134783636647936

 

[robmausser]

I'm praying by some miracle the Relief Line price remains in tact (it won't)

When will we get a cost update on the Relief line anyways?

The latest cost update was mid 2016 and it pegged the DRL short (Osgoode to Pape) at $6 billion

 

[TheTigerMaster]

The latest cost update was mid 2016 and it pegged the DRL short (Osgoode to Pape) at $6 billion

Which report was that? I don't recall that

 

[nfitz]

Which report was that? I don't recall that

June 2016 Initial Business Case isn't it? - http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-94624.pdf

Released for the June 28th 2016 Executive Committee meeting - http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2016.EX16.1