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Take action
Whoa! The price tag for the One-Stop Extension has skyrocketed. It’s gone
up $900 million to $3.16 billion.
But ridership predictions have dropped to 7,300 peak/hour - half the
original estimate (9,500-14,000) used to justify extending Line 2
(Bloor-Danforth line) by one stop (and 6 km) to Scarborough Town Centre.
Worse, it will only be within walking distance of 3,500 residents.
Mayor Tory and Scarborough councillors are so fixated with this subway,
they have thrown sensible transit planning principles out the window. They
might even try to cancel the Eglinton East LRT and use that money to pay for
this one-stop boondoggle. We need to show there is support for the Eglinton
East LRT.
Take action
We say no to paying $900 million more, for a One-Stop Extension within
walking distance of only 3,500 Scarborough residents.
We say yes to an LRT network within walking distance of 125,000
residents.
Mayor Tory and City Council should:
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Replace the One Stop Extension with the seven-stop Scarborough LRT
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Build the Eglinton East LRT now
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Push for the provincially funded Sheppard East LRT to be completed before
2025
TAKE ACTION:
Update on June 28th, 2016 executive committee meeting
Mayor Tory and his executive voted 13 -1 to replace the Scarborough RT, with a
$3.2B, 6 km, one stop subway extension to Scarborough Town Centre. But with no
money left to build the seventeen stop Eglinton East LRT to U of T Scarborough,
Tory positioning himself as the
champion of Scarborough’s immigrant population
rings hollow. This one stop subway will not reach any of the immigrants, who
rely on public transit in Scarborough’s outer neighbourhoods. Read about the
executive committee meeting
here
However, if we were to replace the RT with a seven stop LRT to Malvern Town
Centre, there would be enough money left to build a seventeen stop Eglinton
East LRT. The one stop subway vs. a twenty four stop LRT debate goes to
Council on July 12th. Take action
here.
