narduch
Senior Member
I was in the 400 & Finch area last week and there are lawn signs with slogans like "Subways not LRT".
I'm guessing these are from Mammollitti?
I'm guessing these are from Mammollitti?
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This is John Tory’s pitch for re-election. Anybody notice a missing project in his transit plan? Context: this was issued after Tory’s meeting with Ford. Oh oh...
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No mention of Sheppard
They are, and they are all too late. I expect construction to start in the next month or two on the LRT.
This is John Tory’s pitch for re-election. Anybody notice a missing project in his transit plan? Context: this was issued after Tory’s meeting with Ford. Oh oh...
Meh. I wouldn't read too much into it, for reasons discussed already.
Also, canceling this project at this stage would damn close to infeasible. At least $300 Million has already been spent, the $2.5 Billion design, build, finance and maintenance contract would have to be canceled (presumably costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars), and the $400 Million Alstom vehicle order would also have to be canceled. To put that in perspective, construction costs for this were estimated to be $1 Billion, so canceling it at this point could very well cost as much as just building it. Further, if the contractor is continuing work to this day, it's unlikely that the government has signalled their intention to end the project.
Finch West LRT is an entirely government of Ontario/Metrolinx project.
The projects mentioned by Tory are involving the City of Toronto in some way.
I don't believe that's correct.Mike Harris cancelled an entire subway line that was already under construction and ordered the tunnel filled up.
I don't believe that's correct.
He yanked the funding.
It was a Metro Toronto/TTC project. And then Metro had to then decide what course of action to take, when the funds disappeared. And they decided to fill in the hole.
Net result is the same, but after Harris yanked the Eglinton West and Sheppard subway funding, Metro was free to continue the project, if they could find the funding. And they did for the latter. The tunnelling was initially 100% funded by Metro, with the province only coming on board well in the late 1990s, as Metro had only funded the tunnelling and stations - but not the track and electrical systems.
I have said before that outside of this echo chamber not many are speaking of Sheppard. Unless Queens Park has discovered the secret to alchemy, they have plenty of bills.No mention of Sheppard
The politics around transit have changed a great deal in the intervening years. Queen's Park may choose to do venal things. Queen's Park will also have to manage the political fallout. Gas plant cancellations were an expensive fail. This would be no different.So dougie could do the same thing.....
The politics around transit have changed a great deal in the intervening years. Queen's Park may choose to do venal things. Queen's Park will also have to manage the political fallout. Gas plant cancellations were an expensive fail. This would be no different.