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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    I agree. The only caveat is that I think you'll end up with all those high rises anyway. The secondary plan is done and two of the 4 corners already are fully planned (one partly built and the other starting soon). You could move the station north to Wedgewood (or you could have) but that...
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    GTHA Transit Fare Integration

    This is amazing to see. Never thought I'd see the day. One thing that will be interesting to see over the next year or two is how these changes affect operations for cross-border transit. I would think that (for example) several YRT routes will see increases in ridership (along with...
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    The logic is that High Tech and Bridge are already within the funding envelope (along with Steeles and one other, which ended up being Clark.) Royal Orchard is being funded by proceeds from the TOC deals at Bridge and High Tech. (and, for everyone who doesn't recall, part of the logic of...
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    Markham Langstaff Gateway | ?m | ?s | Condor Properties Ltd | IBI Group

    It seems clear to me they're just talking about the transit-oriented community. Basically just saying, "Since you really jacked up the density over there, we're sure you won't mind if we go big on height and density too, on our land."
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Yeah, I'm sure this has all been covered here, back in the day, but: -Unlike Centre, Clark continues East (and is envisioned to have Viva lanes, eventually). -Centre and John have development constraints from the heritage district. -And yes with spacing you were never going to get Clark and...
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Achievement unlocked... Full info https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/en/news-and-media/news/advance-tunnel-yonge-north-subway-extension/rfp-to-shortlisted-teams-for-the-yonge-north-subway-extension-tunnelling/
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    For a deal that size there is no way it flows all at once. So, yeah, probably some when they get the MZO and have their zoning locked in (seems weird to think no money would have changed hands at that point) and then more as various phases proceed, which could be approvals and/or construction...
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    That would be a nuclear option for the city and give the variably shifting municipal-provincial relations and electoral cycles, probably not as simple as you make it sound. I don't really care about Cummer wither way - it's fine but not necessary IMHO - but since it's been only 24 hours since...
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Because in this instance (fair or not) the Province started off with a funding envelope and said they are doing 3 stations (Bridge, Steeles, High Tech) and then one of the others (Clark).. Then, politics being what it is, they said they'll use TOC revenues from Bridge and High Tech for Royal...
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    Toronto Rogers Centre Renovations | ?m | ?s | Toronto Blue Jays | Populous

    That's extraordinary. There are some other pictures in that thread and virtually the entire 100-level structure is gone already. Would it be paranoid to think this is why they pulled Berrios?
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Feels like we're veering off into another thread here.... Any way you slice it, the City has not raised sufficient funds to operate as it should. They have also chosen to do special levies for things like the Gardiner and Scarborough subway and not others. These are all deliberate choices and...
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    Toronto Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    I've read the report(s). You are spinning the conclusions and then you say (which even I didn't) that Amato will likely by charged wth criminal corruption, but also that doesn't prove the process was corrupt. Nonsensical. You also don't seem to understand Mandate letters which very obviously do...
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    Toronto Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    My dude, this is just very naive. First of all, INCOMPETENCE is not remotely what the Greenbelt scandal was about; neither the AG nor Integrity Commissioner focused on "incompetence" but rather preferential treatment of specific people. Secondly, the Ford government is LITERALLY (and very...
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    Toronto Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    It may be that it's some silly thing like Tree Removal permits that works. Like the old getting Capone on tax evasion. Whatever works.
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    As Cummer has been up in the air and apparently no final decision made yet, it seems reasonable to speculate Metrolinx has so far been future-proofing for it. I'd give them benefit of the doubt they would continue to do so, as long as it's not a huge funding impact (which it seems it shouldn't...
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    Toronto Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    You're speaking for yourself here. It's a 'well-argued article but the individual pieces are not new to many of us. The larger point, which I think is clearly articulated, is that given the investigations of other deals the Province has made, there is ample reason to consider it unlikely this...
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    Toronto Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    This wont't budge Team It's Better Than Nothing but this John Lorinc article does a good job laying out the many concerns with the Ontario Place deal and how it came about (and why it should be investigated)...
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    Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    A few catch-up thoughts: -At this late date, it's a bit comic that the Province has clearly told Toronto that Cummer won't be built unless they pay for it and Toronto's response is a petition saying, "Yeah, but we think you should pay for it. " They won't. And the tunnel contracts are going out...
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    Toronto Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    EDITED cuz the mod is right. I'll just say that I made 5 paragraphs of substantive points about Ontario Place and if all you're going to do is cherry pick 2 sentences and claim I'm deflecting and don't actually have a point, you're not offering very much or being very persuasive. There's a...
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    Toronto Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    You guys are surprisingly bad at this. Far too bad to actually be paid by Therme, is the good news. Yes it it can. It wasn't a waterpark. It HAD a small waterpark in a small portion of a far larger park which, I suppose, one could call a "theme park" or an "amusement park," though it would be...

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