http://www.torontosun.com/2015/04/01/spadina-overruns-under-rob-fords-watch-colle
TTC chair Josh Colle isn't letting Rob Ford wash his hands of the Spadina subway extension cost overruns.
A day after Ford claimed he knew nothing about the project going over budget and over time, Colle said some of the blame does fall on the former mayor.
"This all happened under Rob Ford's watch - the same way the Union Station overruns did, the same way that Nathan Phillips Square did, the same way the Leslie Barns did," Colle said Wednesday.
For several days, Ford has been calling for a housecleaning at the TTC in the wake of the Spadina project including TTC CEO Andy Byford - the same transit boss hired during Ford's term when TTC general manager Gary Webster was ousted.
"For him to come and cast those aspersions I find a bit rich," Colle said. "This has all happened while he was mayor.
"My job as the chair of this commission is to get this back on track."
Byford confirmed he has kept the TTC board informed about the extension "including specific briefings relating to contractor issues within the past year.
"My publicly available monthly CEO report includes a standing item relating to TYSSE and has included a warning that the schedule and budget are at risk and that I had instructed a series of reviews to quantify impact," Byford told the Sun.
"A copy of my CEO report is sent to all Councillors, including the Mayor, and this has happened throughout my tenure as CEO."
On Tuesday, Ford claimed no one informed him about problems with the extension when he was mayor.
"Trust me, if I would have known about this, I would have been all over it," he said.
