sixrings
Senior Member
What blows me away is that people think they are getting any subway.
History says otherwise,
What blows me away is that people think they are getting any subway.
Staff: $3.4B that appears in budget docs represents current cash flow of that $3.56B for 2017-2025 period. Say costs haven't gone up (yet)Let's just say $4 billion and call it a day...
Jennifer Pagliaro@jpags
3 mins ago
So, these new budget docs appear to have quietly announced the cost of one-stop Scarborough subway extension has now increased to $3.4B.
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The margin of error for Tory to beat Doug Ford is slim. With SmartTrack fading giving Ford some ammo Tory likely loses or gains massive support in Scarborough based on this line being funded. There are few who oppose the extension from any location of the City, which is why I expect Tory to be all-in as an advocate. Unless he decides to step aside this line is pushing forward full steam.
It truly blows me away that some here believe that Scarborough is only getting a one stop subway and that's it? Believe it or not the odds of that are extremely slim. The only way the Eglinton extension doesn't get built is if the Sheppard subway gets fully funded. Which could very well be in play as the next big election issue decided in Scarborough
Also the Feds and Province both paid for the current design. And although this may hold little weight in the funding of the actual line. They both are fully aware its coming up fast
How? There is no funding for it. We are nowhere near the point of no return.
This line was really only proposed again so Tory could save support for the Scarborough Subway.
more like promise everything is going to get built. Once elected delay delay delaya) it's popular.
b) it's cheap
c) it includes eastern scarborough, which has been forgotten about in this debate.
Proposing to cancel the Malvern LRT is a perfect way for Doug to lose the election, and will allow the eastern Scarborough (rouge, highland park) councillors to remove support for the subway (s?). Better to make sure it gets built.
If everything was going so smoothly then why is it taking forever to be reported back to council
If everything was going so smoothly then why is it taking forever to be reported back to council
We did hire a 3rd party consultant to find savings for the route for a reason.
Maybe heads are rolling due to runaway cost escalations? I'm not even joking
Remember, this thing has a budget of $3.56 Billion. In the summer, it costed $3.2 Billiom, with detailed engineering adding potentially $1 Billion. On top of that, every month of delay added $70 Million to coats. They may very well find it challenging to keep this within allocated funds. The last thing the mayors office would want it for this to go back to vote to approve even more money for the project.
When will this consultant report back?
Don't worry we will find efficiencies so we can build without adding taxes
I wont rule it out completely , but the report was to find "alternatives". I assume it went back to examine some aspects in greater detail to find the numbers they are looking for.
Unknown. Likely spring