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According to G&M the City bureaucrats are pushing hard for a full waterfront LRT. Toronto bureaucrats bypass politicians to make waterfront transit pitch See: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/city-leaders-push-for-waterfront-lrt/article20269853/ The proposed route includes the East Bayfront LRT, which was dangled as a possibility in the province’s last budget but remains far from certain. And it adds the Waterfront West LRT, which last saw the light of day as part of the Transit City plan championed by former mayor David Miller.
The Waterfront West LRT has had several variations. After Transit City was cancelled, though, the proposal sank into obscurity. The line has played no role in the fantasy transit maps produced by the various candidates for mayor.
Without discussing the merits of their plan, what on earth gives Andy Byford and Joe Pennachetti the right (or the notion of the right) that they can speak to the province and/or the feds on behalf of the city? When did they stand for election?