The Premier wants to build a tunnel to carry even more cars along the 401 highway. He should be spending that money on mass transit instead
Ontario Premier Doug Ford , the scent of an early election in his nostrils, has been musing lately about the struggles of people who commute by car in the Greater Toronto Area, and what his government might do to help them. He has had two big ideas in the past week alone.
That may or may not prove to be the case, although it is undeniable that the punishing gridlock in the city and on its commuter arteries is a real issue for GTA voters right now. Aside from the untold billions that would be spent on a 50-kilometre tunnel under the busiest highway in North America, his government is also spending billions on a new highway and a new bypass north of Toronto that will open up more land for development and, he insists, make commuting in and out of the city easier, faster and safer.
And why not? For drivers, it’s free. Just like wedding guests will drink more at an open bar than at a cash bar, drivers who commute in and out of Toronto will gorge themselves on free asphalt, regardless of the lineups. It’s also not fair that people living in Northern Ontario, Kingston, Ottawa or any other part of the province, have to pay to improve the commutes of people living in the GTA.
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