Toronto council has voted 28-16 in favour of building a subway to the Scarborough Town Centre. The chronically indecisive members of council finally reached a determination Wednesday afternoon. But their motion to take this underground route hangs on a commitment of money from the federal government. The decision means the scrapping the already-funded project to convert the Scarborough RT to an LRT line. As to financing, the City will require $418 to $660-million dollars, not including some $333 million already committed to the Sheppard LRT. The province must also contribute $1.8 billion as previously promised. Council committed to the LRT plan in 2012 and the province set aside $1.8 billion for the project in a master agreement with Metrolinx.
