Thursday, March 31st at 9:00am, hidden away from public scrutiny in the Wilson Subway Carhouse, Mayor Ford and Premier McGuinty will announce they have reached an agreement on a new transit expansion plan. This new plan ignores the needs of transit riders in the suburbs.
In this new plan Finch West is forgotten and Scarborough is snubbed.
Mayor Ford's new plan, includes extensions to the Sheppard subway, will cost at least $4.2 Billion more than the original LRT plan, and will serve 25% fewer Torontonians than the LRT original plan.
The $4.2 Billion subway extension has no committed funding plan. The Mayor's preference is to fund the subway through public-private partnerships. This is a very risky proposition. The only way to have the private sector pay for a subway like this is to let them build 40 storey condo towers. In other words, 40 storey towers will replace single family homes and small businesses in Scarborough and North York.
Read more about this new plan here:
Losers in the new transit plan: Finch bus riders - The Toronto Star
Queen's Park and City have a $12.4 B TTC Deal - The Toronto Star
Ontario agrees to Rob Ford's transit plan - Globe and Mail
New deal for Toronto's transit - Toronto Sun
Subway City? - SteveMunro.ca
Please take a minute to call or email your elected officials to express your thoughts on this new plan.
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