“Just for reference HDR had no involvement in doing any third party cost estimate,” wrote Saloni Shah this month. Days after the story was published, HDR’s market strategy manager emailed the Star to say that wasn’t the case. Shah confirmed that HDR only provided high-level advice on costing for the Eglinton East LRT and that no advice was provided on the subway. HDR didn’t provide any advice on the potential cost of a one-stop subway, their spokesperson confirmed. “HDR’s advice was high level and related only to the (Eglinton East LRT).

Source: thestar April 14, 2019 23:08 UTC