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Guys,
Transit City just dies right there.....
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ttc/article/805299--new-transit-city-slower-shorter?bn=1
A revised Metrolinx plan shows Toronto’s four provincially funded Transit City lines have been cut by 22.5 kilometers and about 25 stops since they were originally announced.
Metrolinx CEO Rob Prichard says the city and TTC agreed to reduce the scope of the projects when detailed estimates made it clear the original plan would cost about $700 million more than the $8.15 billion the province agreed to provide for Transit City — before the provincial budget announced in March deferred $4 billion from its first five years of funding for the project.
Construction has been delayed from two to five years on the Scarborough RT, Finch and Eglinton lines and they would not be completed until as late as 2022 — six years later.
“We worked on the phasing with the city and the TTC throughout the fall and reached a consensus by the end of February,” said Prichard. “These are difficult choices because we would all like to complete all the projects and all their phases as quickly as possible. However the original budget of $8.15 billion is a firm limit that we and the city must work within.”
But Mayor David Miller says the city doesn’t support the plan. In a letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty, copied to city councillors Wednesday, Miller says the city’s most vulnerable neighbourhoods will be affected by the delays and reductions.
“The first five years of cash flow proposed by Metrolinx is inadequate to ensure completion in the 10-year timeframe. This will result in partial lines, inadequate service, and will cost more overall due to significant additional cost to purchase buses and associated infrastructure to fill the gap created by the reduced plan,” wrote Miller.
The mayor’s spokesperson, Stuart Green, said Wednesday night that the city would never have agreed to the revised Metrolinx plan that was attached to Miller’s letter. “We would never support that,” he said.
Since the provincial budget cut funding, only the timelines on the projects have changed, Prichard said. Sheppard, for which the ground has already been broken, is scheduled to open in 2014, only months later than originally suggested, and will be cut back by only one kilometer and one stop under the new plan.
Other lines don’t fare as well, especially the Eglinton Crosstown route, the initial phase of which will be 13 km shorter and up to six years later.
Miller’s letter asks the premier to reconsider a proposal that Toronto take on the financing of the first five years of Transit City, with the agreement that the province will repay the money later. But Prichard has said that doesn’t help reduce the provincial debt-load.
Prichard said that as Metrolinx introduces its Investment Strategy in 2013, the lines can continue to be phased in.
He said he’s confident the city and the agency will have a plan to put before the Metrolinx board on May 19.
Anyone willing to defend that thing over subways???
Transit City just dies right there.....
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ttc/article/805299--new-transit-city-slower-shorter?bn=1
A revised Metrolinx plan shows Toronto’s four provincially funded Transit City lines have been cut by 22.5 kilometers and about 25 stops since they were originally announced.
Metrolinx CEO Rob Prichard says the city and TTC agreed to reduce the scope of the projects when detailed estimates made it clear the original plan would cost about $700 million more than the $8.15 billion the province agreed to provide for Transit City — before the provincial budget announced in March deferred $4 billion from its first five years of funding for the project.
Construction has been delayed from two to five years on the Scarborough RT, Finch and Eglinton lines and they would not be completed until as late as 2022 — six years later.
“We worked on the phasing with the city and the TTC throughout the fall and reached a consensus by the end of February,” said Prichard. “These are difficult choices because we would all like to complete all the projects and all their phases as quickly as possible. However the original budget of $8.15 billion is a firm limit that we and the city must work within.”
But Mayor David Miller says the city doesn’t support the plan. In a letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty, copied to city councillors Wednesday, Miller says the city’s most vulnerable neighbourhoods will be affected by the delays and reductions.
“The first five years of cash flow proposed by Metrolinx is inadequate to ensure completion in the 10-year timeframe. This will result in partial lines, inadequate service, and will cost more overall due to significant additional cost to purchase buses and associated infrastructure to fill the gap created by the reduced plan,” wrote Miller.
The mayor’s spokesperson, Stuart Green, said Wednesday night that the city would never have agreed to the revised Metrolinx plan that was attached to Miller’s letter. “We would never support that,” he said.
Since the provincial budget cut funding, only the timelines on the projects have changed, Prichard said. Sheppard, for which the ground has already been broken, is scheduled to open in 2014, only months later than originally suggested, and will be cut back by only one kilometer and one stop under the new plan.
Other lines don’t fare as well, especially the Eglinton Crosstown route, the initial phase of which will be 13 km shorter and up to six years later.
Miller’s letter asks the premier to reconsider a proposal that Toronto take on the financing of the first five years of Transit City, with the agreement that the province will repay the money later. But Prichard has said that doesn’t help reduce the provincial debt-load.
Prichard said that as Metrolinx introduces its Investment Strategy in 2013, the lines can continue to be phased in.
He said he’s confident the city and the agency will have a plan to put before the Metrolinx board on May 19.
Anyone willing to defend that thing over subways???
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