Mr. Doug Ford, the Premier of Ontario, announced on April 10 the launch of four mass transit infrastructure projects in greater Toronto at a cost of $28.5 billion.
In press conference, the governor said Ford, “congratulations,? Cynthia, your dream has come true! Ladies and gentlemen, lai MPS before not elected since all the way to get an extension objects in scarborough iron line, fort Ontario, can serve more people and capital has listened to your appeal, I when doing the city council, and the younger brother (a former mayor of Rob Ford) has also been asked to extend the period of the subway, because in the underground services, you have long been neglected.”
Under the provincial plan, the scarborough subway extension will cost $5.5 billion and is to be completed by 2030. East station, Scarborough Town Centre station and McCowan station are two more stations than the city government’s plan of extending only one station to Scarborough Town Centre.
The development of transportation will have a profound impact on the economy and people’s livelihood of this district. Regardless of the level of government funding and responsibility for the construction of the MRT subway, as long as it benefits of scarborough, or GTA’s residents, she will welcome and support!
Ford said the provincial government would pay for all three stations of Scarborough subway extension line even if other levels of government didn’t want to, Ontario government will invest all 5.5 billion to cover the whole cost of the expansion line. After completing the scarborough Extension, he added, he began exploring extending the Sheppard Subway Extension from Don Mills to McCowan.
Ford also announced that the city’s original plan to double the downtown south Line, from the Ontario science museum to the lakeside Ontario Place, called the Ontario Line, expected to open in 2027. From Kennedy station along the Eglinton Ave. to Mount Dennis Eglinton Crosstown light rail, the west section extension will be converted to subway. He also promised to link it to Pearson international airport, which is expected to cost $4.7 billion which will open in 2031.