The potential cost of a tunnelled expressway below Highway 401 remains unclear, but comparable examples suggest it could be tens of billions of dollars.
Doug Ford’s tunnelled highway plan will likely cost tens of billions of dollars and be hugely complicated, experts and advocates say.The premier said the feasibility study would predict the cost and potential scope the scale of the project — but insisted that this was a plan he would push ahead, whatever its results.
The government said it won’t publish the cost of the feasibility study until a contract has been awarded to explore the possibility of the route, while the premier said that the study would dictate the cost of the overall project. Goldberg, who also studied subway projects in New York City as a comparator, said the cost for a Highway 401 underground could be even higher.
“My working premise for these type of projects is: anything is technically feasible, within reason,” Matti Siemiatycki, director of the infrastructure institute at the University of Toronto, told Global News. On Wednesday, Ford committed to sharing the cost of building his signature Highway 413 project from Milton to Vaughan, with shovels set to enter the ground next year. His office told Global News those costs will be made public after contracts to construct it are awarded.
Perhaps anticipating strong pushback to his plan, Ford framed his critics and opponents as naysayers on Wednesday.
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