Ontario commits money for the downtown relief subway

The Ontario government has made a commitment to spend about $150 million in the planning and design of the Yonge Street subway relief line. The minister, Steven Del Duca, made the announcement with Mayor Tory Wednesday. It was a day when many TTC riders were saying that the subways seems to break down daily. A fire related to the third rail at the Bloor St. station of the Bloor-Danforth line fouled the commute Wednesday morning. Mr. Tory said the funding is a welcome move in a city that “took years off” from building transit and is desperate for more infrastructure.