{"id":53429,"date":"2020-01-23T10:41:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=53429"},"modified":"2020-01-23T10:41:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:41:53","slug":"ttc-staff-release-4-6b-shopping-list-including-new-vehicles-station-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/local\/gta\/ttc-staff-release-4-6b-shopping-list-including-new-vehicles-station-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"TTC staff release $4.6B shopping list, including new vehicles, station upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"
A report released Wednesday by TTC staff calls for the expenditure of an additional\u00a0$4.6 billion on new capital investments, including streetcars, subway cars and expanding Bloor-Yonge subway station.<\/p>\n
The TTC’s 2020-2029 Key Capital Investment Priorities report also recommends the TTC use most of\u00a0that\u00a0money\u00a0for significant investments in repairing and upgrading transit\u00a0infrastructure to ensure the system is in a “state of good repair.”<\/p>\n It’s all part of\u00a0“the most significant investment in upgrading our transit system in the city’s history,” Mayor John Tory said in a statement released Wednesday.<\/p>\n The $4.6 billion comes from the increase in the City Building Fund levy announced in December of last year.<\/p>\n Here’s how TTC staff want\u00a0money to be spent:<\/p>\n Coun. Jaye Robinson, the chair of the TTC board, released a statement Wednesday afternoon explaining the thinking behind the recommendations.<\/p>\n She said\u00a0the\u00a0challenges faced by commuters in the city’s west end Wednesday morning due to a subway shutdown underscored the need to spend the bulk\u00a0of the new cash on repairing and upgrading the system.<\/p>\n “As we saw this morning on Line 2, issues with our subway infrastructure can lead to significant delays for riders who rely on our system to get where they need to go,” Robinson wrote.<\/p>\n “This funding from the City will be used to finance a once-in-a-generation, transformative subway infrastructure program. Investing in critical state of good repair and capacity improvement projects on our core subway lines is the responsible thing to do,” the statement continues.<\/p>\n The report will be on the agenda at the TTC board meeting on Monday. City council would have to\u00a0approve the recommendations as part of its 2020 budget deliberations. The proposed budget will be voted on Feb. 19.<\/p>\n\n