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RSS FeedsCouncil approves $1.46-billion SmartTrack plan
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26 april 2018 05:48:51

 
Council approves $1.46-billion SmartTrack plan
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City council has agreed to spend up to $1.46 billion for a diminished version of the transit plan that formed the cornerstone of Mayor John Tory’s 2014 election campaign. The decision to move ahead with SmartTrack had broad support, and was approved in a vote 37 to 6 on Wednesday despite some members’ concerns about the high cost of the proposed stations and uncertainties about the plan to finance the project. In a speech before the vote, Tory described the approval as a landmark for Toronto’s transit ambitions.Read more: City staff adjusted numbers to boost case for GO station promised by John Tory, documents showCost of Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack plan could rise, report showsScarborough residents criticize SmartTrack plan at public meeting“This is the stage at which we are moving forward to start to build transit stations within the city of Toronto,” he said. Citing the projected 33 million trips that will be taken using SmartTrack by 2041, he argued the investment represented the “cheapest transit we’re ever going to get inside the city.” SmartTrack piggy backs on a previously planned expansion of GO Transit service known as regional express rail (RER). As part of SmartTrack, the city will pay Metrolinx, the provincial agency in charge of GO, to include six new SmartTrack-branded stations within Toronto. The city is expected to raise $878 million of the $1.46-billion cost itself, and tap a federal transit fund to cover the remaining $585 million. The plan is less ambitious than the version the mayor made the basis for his campaign four years ago, which proposed 22 “new” stations. The original plan also included a new heavy rail spur to Pearson Airport that has since been replaced by a proposed extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.Like most critics of SmartTrack on council, Councillor Gord Perks (Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park) said he agreed it was a good idea to add stations on lines that pas ...


 
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