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This goes nowhere fast in the near term.
Ford's promises are such that they can't all be met, the deficit will likely grow, and taxes too.
This was the case before Ford (we needed a higher tax of some description to get back to balance) .
His wish list merely adds to the problem.
The political value in this project vs the 11B cost on the books just to get to London means it will be formally shelved or slow-walked.
Regardless, there are a whole series of improvements needed on the Toronto-KW portion for RER service, hell even for conventional all-day GO.
Those will be pushed ahead, and done properly some of the 11B in costs will be spent as part of that project, reducing the relative cost of HSR at a later date.
The By-Pass, in some form is a pre-requisite to everything. That's the big money.
Additional trackage all the way from Toronto to beyond Georgetown needs delivery as does a by-pass of Rockwood/Acton; and a fair few improvements in Guelph.
We won't see all of those over 4 years, but we should see progress on all of those and a few of the smaller items delivered.
Or at least one can hope.
Ford's promises are such that they can't all be met, the deficit will likely grow, and taxes too.
This was the case before Ford (we needed a higher tax of some description to get back to balance) .
His wish list merely adds to the problem.
The political value in this project vs the 11B cost on the books just to get to London means it will be formally shelved or slow-walked.
Regardless, there are a whole series of improvements needed on the Toronto-KW portion for RER service, hell even for conventional all-day GO.
Those will be pushed ahead, and done properly some of the 11B in costs will be spent as part of that project, reducing the relative cost of HSR at a later date.
The By-Pass, in some form is a pre-requisite to everything. That's the big money.
Additional trackage all the way from Toronto to beyond Georgetown needs delivery as does a by-pass of Rockwood/Acton; and a fair few improvements in Guelph.
We won't see all of those over 4 years, but we should see progress on all of those and a few of the smaller items delivered.
Or at least one can hope.