scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
Nevertheless, the TTC's vice-chair objected to the subway plan at yesterday's commission meeting. "If you had $2.4 billion, is this the best way to spend public money at this point in our history?" asked Councillor Joe Mihevc. "We are over-romanticizing the subway," he said. "We need to be more complex in our thinking. That's why we're heading down the road to light-rail transit."
No, Mr. Mihevc, we are *overbuilding* the subway. Almost $300M will be spent on Steeles station alone, and there's hundreds of millions of dollars in contingency that by virtue of being earmarked as much will guarantee it gets spent (they're hoping 'Madrid magic' will lower the cost). What's romantic about extending the Yonge line north of Finch? It needs to be done, and it doesn't need to be complex.
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She was countering the idea that the money should go elsewhere, not countering the DRL. She does not want to rob Peter to pay Paul, and she's not wrong.