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RSS FeedsFord government eyes dropping takeover of TTC in exchange for Ontario Line support: Sources
(The Star Canada)

 
 

9 october 2019 03:51:55

 
Ford government eyes dropping takeover of TTC in exchange for Ontario Line support: Sources
(The Star Canada)
 


City and provincial officials are negotiating a deal on the future of Toronto transit that would include the Ontario government abandoning its push to take ownership of the existing TTC subway, the Star has learned.According to two sources with knowledge of the talks, Premier Doug Fordīs Progressive Conservative government is willing to drop the proposed subway upload as part of a compromise that would see Mayor John Tory throw his support behind council endorsing the Ontario Line - the contentious $11-billion project that is the centrepiece of the provinceīs transit plans.Ford announced the Ontario Line project in April as a replacement for the city council-approved relief line subway. Under the potential deal, which hasnīt been finalized, the project would mostly proceed as the province has proposed, but with some adjustments requested by the city, according to the sources.While the deal would involve the province taking the upload of existing TTC subway assets off the table, the Ford government has already passed legislation enabling it to take over new Toronto rapid transit projects.In an email Tuesday, Fordīs press secretary Ivana Yelich would neither confirm nor deny the two sides were nearing the deal as described by the Starīs sources.`The premier remains steadfast in his commitment to accelerate the building of better public transit options for the people of Ontario,` Yelich said in response to questions about the negotiations.`Our government has been working with the City of Toronto over the past year - under the Terms of Reference agreed between both parties - to deliver on this commitment.`Mayor Tory is Europe this week, and was headed from London to Copenhagen Tuesday to lead a green business mission.His spokesperson Don Peat also didnīt answer specific questions about the terms of a potential agreement. He said in an email `discussions at the provincial/city table are ongoing but there is no deal at this point.`Scrapping the upload would represent ...


 
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