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Hints about goings-on and doings at Metrolinx:

Colle (Eglinton-Lawrence) pointed out several infrastructure projects
for Toronto will be maintained, including the $8.4 billion for transit infrastructure in Toronto, dispelling rumours the province was looking to cut the funding. The majority of the cash will go toward building the Eglinton Crosstown, but council recently voted to use some of that money to build light rail on Finch and Sheppard and replace the Scarborough RT.

Colle made light of the recent LRT-versus-subway debate at city hall.

“I think it’s gondolas they wanna make, flood Eglinton with trenches,” Colle
said to laughter.

However, Wynne indicated there’s nothing left for capital public transit
projects in Toronto at this point.

“We’ve got the $8.4 billion on the table, it’s going to be spent in Toronto,
but going forward, folks, we’re going to have to have a discussion about how
to raise revenue to continue to build transit,” she said, adding provincial
transit planning agency Metrolinx is expected to present an investment
strategy next year.