Metrolinx is in the process of appointing a consultant to prepare a 2051 Regional Transit Plan, which should provide more details on the next round of service expansions.
They're at the reviewing proposals stage.
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I do wish government agencies/depts of all stripes would cut down on the 'Consultant Enrichment Program'.
The reality, in this case, is that the 2041 plan is nowhere near delivered.
There is no imminent need to add to the shopping list.
ROWs can and should be protected for; but you don't need a consultant for that, you need an MZO.
There are too many plans and strategies and too few $$$ to deliver them.
That said, I don't mind an 'update/refresh' of the existing plan, IF, there's real movement behind the scenes to add, remove, or alter in scope one or more projects.
But that's an Mx/Political decision over which a consultant drawing fanciful lines has no control.
Just have the-inhouse staff add or delete some lines/dots on a map as required, produce a 2-page explainer as to what was changed and move on.
Official Plans generally have a lifespan of about 30 years, and serious plans for Transit or Parks, or much of anything else should be about the same. No need to reinvent the wheel for six or seven figures every decade.
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