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RSS FeedsFord government eyes dropping TTC upload in exchange for Ontario Line support, sources say
(The Star Books)

 
 

9 october 2019 20:15:11

 
Ford government eyes dropping TTC upload in exchange for Ontario Line support, sources say
(The Star Books)
 


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 Ford’s 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 province’s 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 hasn’t 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, Ford’s press secretary Ivana Yelich would neither confirm nor deny the two sides were nearing the deal as described by the Star’s 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 in Europe this week, and was headed from London to Copenhagen Tuesday to lead a green business mission. His spokesperson Don Peat also didn’t answer specific questions about the terms of a potential agreement. He said in an email “discussions at the provincial/city ...


 
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