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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel for cars and transit under Highway 401 that would stretch roughly from Brampton to Scarborough.

Citing increasing gridlock and little room for highway expansion at a news conference Wednesday morning, Ford says his government will begin studying the technical feasibility of building a tunnel stretching across the GTA under the country's busiest highway.

"This tunnel and expressway will cut gridlock, support economic growth and help get people moving faster," Ford said.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fucking stupid idea. If you're going to bore a tunnel build a subway. Much higher capacity without the ability to have an underground traffic jam.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let's not forget that his shithead junkie brother cancelled MOST of Transit City -- a plan developed & designed for maximum impact for the least expense... Costing the city of Toronto nearly $100M in wasted work and cancellation penalties (which massively benefitted developers).

He fought like hell for the city to build subways rather than surface rail on a separated grade from cars, which is far cheaper, and nearly as effective as subways when approaching streetcars get priority from traffic lights.

[–] foggenbooty 2 points 2 months ago

Man, those cancelation fees look tiny compared to what the United Conservatives are forcing Calgary to swallow.

Canceling projects that are already well into their life cycle is such a collosal waste of money that it's insane conservatives support it.