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TTC supports Metrolinx’s Eglinton plans—but wants you to know who’s responsible if things go wrong

By Monika Warzecha
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Despite ongoing reports of a TTC versus Metrolinx power struggle, TTC brass have grudgingly come out in support of Metrolinx’s aggressive 2020 deadline for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line. In a presentation yesterday, senior TTC staff vocally doubted the construction timeline and described the traffic chaos that would result, but TTC commissioners still endorsed the Metrolinx plan. TTC CEO Andy Byford downplayed his staff’s critique. “In our professional opinion there are some issues that need to be aired,” he said, diplomatically, and he denied the agency was using the critiques as a we-told-you-so form of insurance in case the project goes awry. Problem is, Karen Stintz seems to have missed that memo—she told the Globe and Mail that she wants the public to know who to talk to when the disruptions begin: “If it’s not our project and not our accountability, we can’t be held responsible for those answers.” [Globe and Mail]

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