GenerationW
Senior Member
Most people in the late 90s/early 00s assumed a Sheppard extension would be the next thing to be funded. I don't remember Spadina being mentioned as a realistic contender until around 2003. And Spadina didn't have a completed EA like Yonge now has.If that is so logical then the Liberals would have mentioned that in the last transit speech. You need to take this this to Wynne, not me. Sobara's influence was evident, and what an example to use given that is a vanity extension and worse then yonge. And of course sheppard does not have priority, it's current not a project, the SELRT is.
Vanity or not, for all his influence Sorbara was only one cabinet minister. He didn't have enough power to push through Spadina all on his own. York Region and York University were also key in the process. A member of Toronto Council even had a quiet yet important role in moving the needle from Sheppard to Spadina.
I'm not sure what your point is. It has already been determined that the city, via property tax increases, will be on the hook for the extra cost and any cost overruns of a B-D extension to Sheppard (aka the preferred alignment of the city).As for Scarborough, are you really going to do this? Was Glen Murray not trying to build a subway for 1.8 billion? You think then province won't pay of the city alignment goes overcost?
Murray was talking about a subway using the SRT route. The general opinion seems to be this is not feasible, though we'll have to see what the EA says.
Where the hell did Eglinton West come from? I thought you were talking about Sheppard.Eglinton West is an LRT extension which will cost less then 1 billion. GenerationW has be pushing this tired narrative for over 3 years while pretending not to support it when he does.
What I support over and above anything else by a country mile is the DRL. My point about Yonge is that it's a shovel-ready project that can get funded at any time. That makes Yonge, like it or not, a big chip in the game. My fear is that if Toronto continues to drag its feet on a DRL, then the city will suffer when Yonge gets the green light.