The Ontario government will provide funding for Toronto’s relief line subway, the extension of the Yonge north line as well as the Waterfront LRT, the premier said Thursday at an announcement with Mayor John Tory. Funding a northern extension of the Yonge line would add further pressure on an already overcrowded subway line the TTC is struggling to manage. The southern portion of the relief line, proposed from Pape Station on Line 2 to Queen Station on the Yonge line, would significantly help with congestion. But experts say the relief line needs to be extended north to at least Eglinton to provide longer-lasting relief. The relief line north has yet to be advanced beyond early planning stages.

Source: thestar May 03, 2018 19:08 UTC