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RSS FeedsCity vs. province: Who can build transit faster?
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16 february 2019 23:54:26

 
City vs. province: Who can build transit faster?
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As the Ontario Progressive Conservatives pursue their plan to take ownership of Toronto’s subways, they’re deploying a potentially powerful argument as part of their pitch: the claim that the provincial government can get new transit built faster. The province has greater financial resources than city hall to ensure new lines get completed, the reasoning from Premier Doug Ford’s government goes, and infighting at city council will only continue to delay projects.But while the argument could sound persuasive to the thousands of Toronto commuters who spend their mornings packed into overcrowded trains, whether the controversial subway upload would actually result in the rapid delivery of transit projects is far from clear.Although there’s no question the province can exert greater financial muscle than the municipal government to pay for big infrastructure projects, experts say uploading the subway to the Ontario government is no guarantee projects will be delivered sooner. And while city council debates can appear messy at times, critics of the Conservatives’ proposal say the provincial government has shown it’s just as adept at delaying or even cancelling vital Toronto transit projects. Read more:Ontario, Toronto release framework for deal to upload city’s subway Opinion | Cohn: Ford could yet lead the way to the TTC’s ‘better way’Ford’s government only agreed with the city to the terms of talks about the upload last week, and nothing is decided. But the province’s stated goal is to take ownership of the subway network and assume responsibility for maintaining the infrastructure and building new lines. Day-to-day operations would remain with the TTC. In a letter to Mayor John Tory last November outlining the government’s plans, Transportation Minister Jeff Yurek described transit planning in Toronto as being in a state of “perpetual paralysis” thanks to “conflicting c ...


 
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