M II A II R II K
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It’s great if you’re just travelling from Sheppard to Main Street station or backwards.
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Aplus23
Active Member
As a Scarborough resident, we need more east/west transit lines in Scarborough. Sheppard East and a EELRT
Yeah I understand serving the gap between STC and Kennedy, but at that price tag we could've gotten the EELRT & an LRT or the SRT corridor if I'm not mistaken
Yeah I understand serving the gap between STC and Kennedy, but at that price tag we could've gotten the EELRT & an LRT or the SRT corridor if I'm not mistaken
ARG1
Senior Member
I think its a matter of when. Costs have grown so much over the past decade that its hard to do a proper comparison. Had we started building EELRT, Sheppard East, and the SLRT today, it would've been FAR more expensive than SSE, and had we started building SSE a decade ago, it would've been far cheaper than it is today.
sixrings
Senior Member
What’s wrong with buses which do it for way less money. Or are you too good for a bus.
Aplus23
Active Member
Busses where?
That's all the majority of scarb has to rely on are busses. It's pretty hard to commute cross town and the majority of your commute is on bus, then add in snow/winter time.
Why would we need trains newhere if that's your logic then, I'm confused by your question or am I missing something.
denfromoakvillemilton
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That's interesting. I was going to say more north/south transit. Even with the Subway, that's only McCowan. Warden, Kennedy, Markham Rd still need support.
He'll be the next mayor.
Coolstar
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And just how do you know that? Has he announced he running? Hints?
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Speculation. He's not running for reelection and he's figured to be one of the front runners should he declare.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Although it's hilarious to think about. I actually don't think there's a chance that holes will be filled back up. Every party is in support of the Scarborough Subway. (except for Josh Matlow) and they have come to an agreement that Scarborough has been abandoned; their reparations will be a subway.
Although I wished for an LRT from the start for conversion, things are happening to better serve Scarborough, and it needs to be built now. So I don't know why some councillors want to stop these improvements. We can't just be arguing all the time. A subway will be miles better than what we have currently.
Josh Marlow is technically not a party.
Rainforest
Senior Member
I think that was a joke. Matlow faced opposition in his own riding. IMO, little chance for him to win enough support in the whole city. Scarborough certainly won't love him, and that's basically -20%. Etobicoke and North York, maybe not as negative as Scarborough, but another sensible/centrist candidate will probably beat him there as well.
syn
Senior Member
Yes, likely with a decent amount leftover.
The province missed a golden opportunity with it's current plans.
Northern Light
Superstar
This project is touch on in next week's report to Executive Ctte on major transit expansion projects.
Report here: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.EX25.5
From the report:
Report here: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.EX25.5
From the report:
ssiguy2
Senior Member
How does it take 8 years to build just 8 km of subway with only 3 stations?
Allandale25
Senior Member
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Where are you getting 8 years from and when does the timeline start? Last week's announcement?
Apologies if it's out there already and I'm missing it. I assume 8 years is for everything? If only looking at the TBM dig time I assume it's much less (but obviously the 'all in' timeline is what you're referring to).
Where are you getting 8 years from and when does the timeline start? Last week's announcement?
Apologies if it's out there already and I'm missing it. I assume 8 years is for everything? If only looking at the TBM dig time I assume it's much less (but obviously the 'all in' timeline is what you're referring to).
hw621
Senior Member
and they are bragging about it...