The Doug Ford government will introduce legislation Thursday to implement the promised subway uploading for new lines.
Existing lines are still part of ongoing discussions between the provincial government and the City of Toronto, which officially objects to the uploading exercise.
Transportation Minister Jeff Yurek said the Getting Ontario Moving Act will allow subway lines to be built more quickly.
The province has vowed to construct a new downtown relief line, called the Ontario Line, to connect Ontario Place and the Ontario Science Centre, relieving overcrowding on the Yonge Line.
There is also a commitment to build a three-stop Scarborough subway, to extend Eglinton Crosstown and an extension of the subway into York Region.
“Tomorrow, our government will introduce legislation that if passed would upload the Toronto subway infrastructure, allowing us to get shovels in the ground and get new subways built faster.” Yurek said in a statement released Wednesday during his breakfast speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade.
The bill would go far beyond subway uploading, including a number of changes for the rules of the road.
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