{"id":1094,"date":"2006-08-23T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-23T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2006-08-23T17:41:05","modified_gmt":"2006-08-23T21:41:05","slug":"more-on-subway-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/08\/23\/more-on-subway-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"More on subway extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/subway-0048.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TTC and York Region officials are applying pressure to Ottawa, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1156284610413&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=969483202845\">according to the <em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a>, after the Conservatives said they are not ready to commit to funding the subway extension to York U and the Vaughan City Centre.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The subway coming to Vaughan is not just for Toronto and Vaughan, it is important for the whole region,&#8221; said Vaughan Mayor Michael Di Biase. &#8220;We are building a huge transit hub for the entire Greater Toronto Area. People can come from north and east and west and just zoom downtown.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Di Biase was optimistic the Tories would fund the subway and bus-only lanes and light-rail transit in York.&#8221;It will happen. Jim Flaherty himself told me: `I&#8217;m not going to earmark $670 million for a subway. It will be an infrastructure package we will give to Ontario, then Ontario will give part of that money to the subway.'&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other news, an outside consultant has given the thumbs-up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20060823.TRANSIT23\/TPStory\/TPNational\/Ontario\/\">purchasing new subway cars from Bombardier<\/a>, the <em>Globe and Mail<\/em> is reporting.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Outside experts have given the thumbs-up to the Toronto Transit Commission&#8217;s controversial proposal for a sole-source contract with Bombardier to build 234 subway cars, The Globe and Mail has learned.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/Summary --> The experts&#8217; positive evaluation of Bombardier&#8217;s bid price on the subway cars &#8212; $499.3-million, several sources said yesterday &#8212; provides key ammunition for transit commissioners convinced that an exclusive deal is good for the city. 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