TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford‘s government has unveiled legislation it says will help speed up construction of its multi-billion-dollar transit plan for the Greater Toronto Area.
Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney introduced the bill dubbed the Building Transit Faster Act at the provincial legislature Tuesday.
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Mulroney says the bill, if passed, would streamline land acquisition, co-ordinate utility relocation, and change the environmental assessment process for transit projects.
She says the changes will not relax any environmental protections provided under the current system.
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Last year, the Progressive Conservative government unveiled a $28.5-billion plan it said will move the province’s aging public transit system into the 21st century.
The plan proposes to build a downtown relief subway line in Toronto, called the Ontario Line, as well as a three-stop Scarborough subway extension.
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