unimaginative2
Senior Member
it seems to me that the TTC is saying that a P3 cannot be used, because they cannot trust private contractors to build a complex project to their satisfaction, or to integrate it with existing TTC operations. Instead they want Metrolinx to cede control of the project largely to TTC, even though Metrolinx is to own the assets.
That's a laugh. Milton transit has as much experience with building underground LRT lines as the TTC does: none. Maybe we should look at Vancouver, where they built roughly the equivalent of the Eglinton line, fully-grade separated, for less than $2 billion.
This attempt to return to the old Eglinton LRT proposal is a tragic wrong turn. The slow on-street service won't divert anybody off the B-D line and its unreliability will contaminate the underground section. If we're going to build it, build it right: fully grade-separated. Now, that doesn't have to be entirely underground. Eglinton's a wide corridor out in the suburbs that could easily accommodate an elevated rapid transit line with reasonable visual impacts.
To me, Eglinton through the Golden Mile looks pretty similar to No. 3 Rd in Richmond. If an elevated line worked there, it can certainly work here.
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