Josh Matlow (Ward 22) will propose a motion at Council Wednesday to have the Auditor General, Beverley Romeo-Beechler, do a “value for money comparison” between the one-stop subway extension and a previous plan for a seven-stop LRT that was scrapped in 2013. Matlow has long opposed the $3.35 million single-stop plan and there are many informed municipal and transit figures who agree. He will however find it difficult to get support for this motion because Scarborough Councillors, with the exception of Paul Ainslie, will vote against it.
SINISTER POLITICS?
Some see sinister politics behind Mayor Tory’s support for a project that seems to be an enormous waste of money. His purpose, say some, is to keep peace with Premier Wynne and her desire to mollify the Liberal voters of Scarborough who fiercely demand a full-fledged subway, even if it only has one stop, rather than a more functional LRT.
