The City of Toronto is poised to spend roughly $150 million to extend a popular railway trail for pedestrians and cyclists in the west end, but some councillors are questioning the project’s inflated price tag.
In 2016, the two-kilometre extension, to be built by provincial transit agency Metrolinx on the city’s behalf, was estimated to cost only $23 million.
But now the city is planning to spend $125.7 million on the extension because of costs they say weren’t factored into the initial estimate. The federal government is kicking in an additional $23 million.
Why don’t they build it with homeless people?
