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Council Passes Master Plan for LRT's in Toronto

Posted By: David Woodard · 11/1/2012 7:15:00 PM

A deal that all but kills the idea of a subway extension through Scarborough has been signed by Toronto city council.

Councillors voted 30-11 on Thursday to follow through with a light rail transit deal between the Toronto Transit Commission and Metrolinx.

Toronto will clear the land where the LRT lines will be built and then hand over ownership of the land and lines to Metrolinx.

The TTC will operate the LRT lines, though they will be maintained by the provincial agency.

The master agreement is in its final revisions and will be in effect for the next 10 years regardless of who leads the provincial or municipal governments.

A process to resolve disputes will also be implemented in case of future disagreements between the TTC and Metrolinx.

The 24 kilometres of LRT will roll out in 2020 on Sheppard East, Eglinton, and Finch West, while the Scarborough rapid transit line is replaced.

(Canadian Press)

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  1. Mr. Toronto posted on 11/01/2012 10:31 PM
    People will be sorry they just didn't build subways. It seems crazy not to finish the Scarborough lines. Why have one line go no where and the other make people switch to an LRT.
    1. Walter posted on 11/02/2012 01:05 PM
      @Mr. Toronto Bang on.
      This will get re-visited in the spring after the next Provincial election. It may actually allow the next Provincial government to switch this to "subway" without consulting City Council - that would be great irony.
      On Eglinton, there is a $4B+ investment in a tunnel through the central portion which will not be fully utilized by switching to a median LRT through Scarborough. Ask any of the residents and they would rather have an elevated and grade-separated transit line through Scarborough (Don Mills to Kennedy) than a median LRT - and elevated is not significantly more than median, especially if you consider that it would get maximum use out of the large tunnelling investment. With this Eglinton Crosstown combined with SRT, Scarborough resisdents would have a direct connection to the DRL, Yonge and Spadina subways and eventually to the airport (YYZ).
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