The planned two-kilometre extension of a walking and cycling path from Roncesvalles to Liberty Village in Toronto's west end is raising eyebrows for the projected $150 million price tag.
'Their heads are going to explode': Councillors balk at $150M price tag for extending West Toronto Railpath by 2 kilometres
The West Toronto Railpath is a 2.1 kilometre trail for walking, running and cycling along a stretch of rail corridor in The Junction.would add another two kilometres from Dundas Street West at Sterling Road to Abell Street at Sudbury Street, just north of Liberty Village. The trail will be routed adjacent to the Kitchener GO Rail Corridor.
He pointed out the project was estimated to cost around $23 million when it was proposed back in 2016 and the cost now is nearly six times that, coming in at about $75,000 per metre of trail. Matlow also said he doesn't have confidence in Metrolinx given the massive cost and time overruns on the Elginton Crosstown project, which is still without an opening date years after it was supposed to be complete.
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