Toronto council says it will “consider endorsing” the province’s new transit plans if it gets confirmation they won’t unduly hold up the city’s priority projects, setting up a potential showdown with the Ontario Progressive Conservatives in two months. The province has committed $11.2 billion to its transit plan, with the remaining $17.3 billion to be funded by municipalities and the federal government. Subject to the city assessment, council would consider reallocating federal transit funding to Ontario’s plan. At its heart is the Ontario Line, which would replace the city-led plan for a relief line subway to serve the downtown core. City staff and even provincial officials have already acknowledged parts of the province’s plan would take longer to build than the city’s projects.

Source: thestar April 17, 2019 18:11 UTC