The provincial government’s push to take over Toronto’s transit network could throw into chaos city plans that are underway or in development. “The risk here is further, and further, and further delays to actually build transit,” said Councillor Joe Cressy (Ward 12, Spadina—Fort York) on Wednesday. Ford’s government envisions a very different version of the relief line, built using unspecified “alternative delivery methods” that would create a “truly unique transit artery” separate from other parts of the subway system. While Yurek, the transport minister, has in the past said it “makes sense” to open the relief line first, his spokesperson wouldn’t commit to that sequencing Wednesday. “Both the downtown relief line and the Yonge North extension can be built in parallel.

Source: thestar March 27, 2019 23:57 UTC