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Pasted from Steve Munro's website - Mlinx's Top 15 priority projects:
(bold=today's announcement)
* VIVA Highway 7 and Yonge Street through York Region
* Brampton’s Queen Street Acceleride
* Spadina subway extension to Vaughan Corporate Centre
* Yonge subway extension to Richmond Hill and capacity improvements
* Eglinton rapid transit from Pearson Airport to Scarborough Centre
* Upgrade and extension of the Scarborough Rapid Transit line
* Finch/Sheppard rapid transit from Pearson Airport to Scarborough Centre and Meadowvale
* Express Rail on the Lakeshore Line from Hamilton to Oshawa
* Rapid transit in downtown Hamilton from McMaster University to Centennial Parkway
* Hurontario rapid transit from Port Credit to downtown Brampton
* 403 Transitway from Mississauga City Centre to the Renforth Gateway
* Rail link between Union Station and Pearson Airport
* Rapid transit service along Highway 2 in Durham
* Improvements to existing GO Rail services and extension of GO Rail service to Bowmanville
* Early phases of BRT service on Dundas Street in Halton and Peel
I don't think they were prioritized within that list.
So, that leads me to my next question....has Mr. McGuinty just prioritized these for Metrolinx and, will the other projects on the list ever get the sort of funding that these 4 just got? (ie. wasn't M'linx's plan a few billion short of funding already?). Be a shame if Mr. McGuinty just bought Mr. Miller's public love by usurping the planning and priortizing authority of the very agency he created.
Seems we may be moving back to the days of "ad hoc" "squeeky wheel" transit planning....shame really.