There's a peculiar article in the Sun by Don Peat, claiming that there's a 23-page 'pro-subway' appendix to his report that the rest of the panel doesn't want released.
It looks like something added later, rather than being part of the original Ford-commissioned Chong Report. Does anyone know who this Dr. Joanne Kennelly is, and what her relevant experience might be?
"Chong — one of the few subway advocates on the panel and the man tasked to find a way for Ford to build the Sheppard subway — said the panel is threatening to not include a 23-page appendix on the subway extension in the report.
“I told them, ‘if you don’t include it in the report, you should remove my name’,” Chong told the Toronto Sun Wednesday. “If they do decide to cut it, I’m going to issue it anyway ...The panel generally does not want this in its form.”
Chong said the section of the report poised to be rejected was authored by Dr. Joanne Kennelly — the project manager he tapped to write his Sheppard subway report. Most of the appendix, entitled “Option B: Subway Extension”, trumpets the benefits of going with subway over LRT.
“The Sheppard Subway plan outperforms the LRT Plan in terms of economic and fiscal management,” the section states. “The Subway Plan incorporates proven project management, capital financing and technological advancements that will attract international attention and investors to Toronto. It will result in robust capital and risk pricing, detailed consideration of life-cycle costs, consistent on-time delivery schedules, contractual discipline and potential for partners to subsidize construction costs.”
It notes in the case of the Calgary LRT, five “multi-million dollar vehicles” were destroyed in collisions between 2002 and 2009, although two were later repaired.
A source close to the panel said the group at its last meeting decided against appending any materials to the report.
“They decided against doing that because they wanted the report to stand on its own,” the source said."
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/14/pro-subway-portion-may-be-cut-from-lrt-report-chong