Midtown Urbanist
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We are discussing Sheppard, not the SRT Keiithz.
The Sheppard East LRT is (roughly) 1/3 funded by the feds, and 2/3 by the province (not including the new yards, which were originally part of the SRT replacement budget).We are discussing Sheppard, not the SRT Keiithz.
"Drop this. Get that."
Not going to happen. At least not with federal money. They pitched in for a specific project for a specific area. Good luck getting them to divert to another project in a riding where they have no chance.
Not sure what you mean. Toronto has no money in this (other than whatever hundreds of millions of $ that they would have to pay the province to cancel the Sheppard East LRT). If anything, cancelling the LRT might delay other big projects like the Gardiner, as they'd have to get the money from somewhere.Probably but there is a chance the Conservatives would redirect funds to something like Gardiner repairs which would take some pressure off Toronto's debt to be able to fund another project.
If Liberals/NDP are running things in December 2015 (it would take that long for Council to make a decision and modify the agreements with the province), then the possibilities are a little more extensive.
Eglinton to Sheppard should be cut and cover if it comes to that. So should sheppard east, if it comes to that.If I die and the Relief Line doesn't go north of Eglinton then either: 1) Toronto seriously fu*ked up or 2) I somehow managed to terminate my life far ahead of my planned expiration date
Haha Pickering is another issue entirely...visions of grandeur. Look up something called "Durham Live". You'll lol.
And no, if Richmond Hill had all-day service, the Yonge subway wouldn't be nearly so bursting at the seams. The Paris model is something to be seriously emulated here, and I hope that Queen's Park stays true to the RER plan for that reason.
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Here's my proposal for a Phase II of my previously-posted version of a 'light' DRL...
So salsa this is real. We said this would happen if Bloor Danforth got approved.Whatever respect I was starting to have for Norm Kelly is never coming back. Scarborough has the worst politicians in the entire GTA.
http://torontoist.com/2014/10/the-fate-of-the-sheppard-east-light-rail-line/
Not sure what you mean. Toronto has no money in this (other than whatever hundreds of millions of $ that they would have to pay the province to cancel the Sheppard East LRT). If anything, cancelling the LRT might delay other big projects like the Gardiner, as they'd have to get the money from somewhere.
It also opens the Feds up to supporting highway infrastructure repair in cities all over Canada. Won't happen.Toronto has a billion+ of future debt going into Gardiner.
Redirecting federal money toward that, a project the conservatives might support (helps 905 suburbs and their pro-car agenda, and they like to repair things), would free up money within Toronto for other things.
It also opens the Feds up to supporting highway infrastructure repair in cities all over Canada. Won't happen.
Not it didn't. They funded that bridge in the 1950s, and have always owned it. It's part of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Floodgates never opened. Very different than a municipal road. You don't see the feds funding the Ville Marie or Decarie Autoroute repairs.The Champlain bridge funding did that.
The Sheppard East LRT is (roughly) 1/3 funded by the feds, and 2/3 by the province (not including the new yards, which were originally part of the SRT replacement budget).
The provincial 2/3 would funded the WWLRT quite nicely. If Scarborough councillors are really of the opinion that they'd prefer nothing over a $1-billion LRT, spending the province's portion on the WWLRT which they did namedrop in the last provincial budget seems reasonable ... as they obviously won't be spending it in Scarborough!
Not it didn't. They funded that bridge in the 1950s, and have always owned it. It's part of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Floodgates never opened. Very different than a municipal road. You don't see the feds funding the Ville Marie or Decarie Autoroute repairs.
Im really hoping that by some miracle we get a Sheppard subway instead of an LRT.
Getting from Downsview to anywhere East of Don Mills is a chore. You have to take a bus to Yonge/Sheppard then transfer to the Sheppard line where upon arrival at Don Mills you have to catch another bus.
We could manage with an LRT but the city will outgrow it in 50 years and it does not attract large developments.