Province may extend Bloor-Danforth subway line to Scarboro Town Centre

Bob Nichols —

The Ontario government is proposing to extend the Bloor-Danforth subway line from Kennedy Station to Scarborough City Centre “to help ease congestion, create jobs and generate economic development.”
The proposed route will be 6.4 kilometres in length and will extend from the existing Kennedy station along the current Scarborough RT route.

Investing in public transit infrastructure is part of the new Ontario government’s plan to help reduce gridlock, strengthen communities, create jobs and help people in their every day lives.

During rush hour the TTC projects that about 14,000 passengers will ride the Scarborough subway every hour.
The Province is fully funding the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which will be in service by 2020. Tunnel boring machines named Dennis and Lea are currently digging the underground portion of the line eastward from Black Creek Drive.
Since 2003, Ontario has invested more than $16.1 billion in public transit in Ontario, including $7.7 billion in GO Transit.Mayor Rob Ford had this comment: I campaigned on extending the Bloor-Danforth Subway Line to the Scarborough Town Centre.  I want to thank the Province for helping me deliver on that promise.
 
Over the last four years, I have fought against the LRT for a subway to Scarborough – because that is what Scarborough residents asked me to do.
 
I said we were going to build subways to Scarborough and that is exactly what we are doing.
 
The City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario are now ready to build transit.
This is great news and a huge victory for all of us. Scarborough will finally get its subway.
 
I look forward to continuing a strong working relationship with the Premier and the Province of Ontario.
 
Moving forward, my administration will keep working with the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada to continue expanding Toronto’s transit system.