New chief planner Gregg Lintern told a Bay Street audience there “may be evidence that suggests” the Scarborough subway is “not the best way to spend money.”“That can be debated and will continue to be debated,” Lintern said. The comments were made during an onstage discussion with the Globe and Mail’s Marcus Gee on Wednesday morning that followed Lintern’s first major speech as chief planner at the Toronto Region Board of Trade. A veteran city planner, Lintern was tapped for the top job in March. In that new role, Lintern now has oversight of planning for the controversial one-stop Scarborough subway, which would extend the Bloor-Danforth line six kilometres to a new stop at the Scarborough Town Centre. “My time has been spent, frankly and honestly, on working on what we’re going to do at Scarborough Centre,” Lintern said of the area around the new stop that has seen little growth compared to the city’s other hubs that have been designated for growth.

Source: thestar May 09, 2018 16:41 UTC