syn
Senior Member
I don't know where this idea keeps coming from, the choice was not between the the SSE and the all underground Eglinton LRT connected to the SRT. The choice was between cancelling the Finch, Sheppard and the SRT extention LRT's and putting all that money into the underground Eglinton line, which would have been a massive waste of money that would have only saved a few minutes of travel time to a location where there is already a subway and a GO Train line that travel in the same general direction.
No one would have voted to raise taxes to build anything on Finch.
Exactly.
Ford's modifications would've put the entire line underground, eliminated 18 stops, doubled the cost and eliminated funding for LRTs in any other part of the city.
It was guaranteed to be rejected.