After it was revealed last week that Metrolinx plans to charge Toronto $150 million to build a 2 kilometre extension to the West Toronto Railpath, city residents have been asking one question: Why does it seem so much more expensive to build infrastructure here than almost anywhere else in the world?
It’s a shame that the subject of everyone’s ire, a walking and cycling path, is the type of city-building project we should be doing more of. Adjacent to the Union-Pearson Express and GO’s Kitchener corridor, the existing path from Davenport to Dundas is well loved. The long-promised extension south to Parkdale and Queen West needs to finally move forward, but not without a serious examination of the price tag.
Just how out of step is Metrolinx’s bill for this trail?
