EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
has that been confirmed anywhere?
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has that been confirmed anywhere?
W. K. Lis
Superstar
someMidTowner
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Fence going up around the former Mac's at Avenue and Eglinton. Shoring rig on site
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Similar situation at Bathurst and Keele. They're really getting the ball rolling for station construction.
Palma
Senior Member
that's because its down to 1 lane for cars and 1 lane for parking
WislaHD
Superstar
"Fan of Crosstown West extension to the airport? Neither minister nor MPP would openly support it last night. Afraid of the Fords still. Sad."
https://twitter.com/c_9/status/695223093002952704
I think this was probably known beforehand. The city will be the ones paying for this extension to the airport, the province is broke and doesn't need to commit itself to funding this particular extension.
https://twitter.com/c_9/status/695223093002952704
I think this was probably known beforehand. The city will be the ones paying for this extension to the airport, the province is broke and doesn't need to commit itself to funding this particular extension.
Palma
Senior Member
I find it really hard to believe they are afraid of the Fords who have become so irrelevant
Tuscani01
Senior Member
The feds have extra infrastructure cash to hand out, and they've made it known they don't necessarily need provincial/municipal contributions to get it out the door. The Crosstown extension is pretty much shovel ready, so if the city made a request, I have no doubt it would qualify for immediate funding.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Cobra
Senior Member
And the EA is already done too. This is shovel ready and the city just needs to pass it at council. Politicians never commits to hypothetical scenarios, only facts so his reaction wasn't surprising
robmausser
Senior Member
Unfortunately that EA has expired. They have time limits.
So it will need to be updated. Still won't take as long as a brand new EA but it will take some time.
nfitz
Superstar
What's your basis for this statement? It's only about 6 years old. The period is 10 years.
And when it does expire, all the proponent has to do is a review and publish the results; if they believe that it is still appropriate to proceed, they can do so without any new approvals. See https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/080231#BK20
WislaHD
Superstar
Did they not re-study the Crosstown West as part of the SmartTrack western corridor study?
They used Crosstown West as the base case against the various SmartTrack options.
They used Crosstown West as the base case against the various SmartTrack options.
crs1026
Superstar
I took a far more positive spin away from their comments. In particular, when the Renforth hub was raised, Leslie Woo described it by saying that the Mississauga Busway would come that far "and you will have rapid transit going east from there" (best I can recall her words). None of the panel phrased it in terms of "IF". They did emphasise that the City had the lead on planning it, and for holding consultations about it. I took that as simply minding their P's and Q's (especially since they haven't been asked to fund it - yet).
Del Duca praised Mayor Tory for abandoning the idea of a subway and moving to LRT as a much more viable option. He also stressed that "LRT is not a streetcar and when you see the plans, they will look nothing like a streetcar". He did not distance himself from the proposal.
The pols did skate around the criticisms of the City for selling the lands along Eglinton. I think that was a matter of not picking a fight, rather than being noncommittal towards LRT.
- Paul
Palma
Senior Member
Since the Crosstown west would be going into Mississauga should that not mean Mississauga should be paying for the costs as soon as it hits its border? Why would Toronto need to pay for the whole thing? Same thing as SmartTrack going into Marham. What I find amazing is that the province, and federal gov't will chip in their share for SmartTrack as will Toronto but what about Markham? Why does the province pay on behalf of the other towns the GO goes through but once it gets to Toronto they expect Toronto to put up their share?