To avoid transit disaster, GTA needs road tolls and taxes now: report
By TESS KALINOWSKI
In one of the strongest arguments yet for road tolls and other money-raising methods, a coalition of civic leaders argues the GTA faces disastrous congestion and dire economic consequences without immediate action.
In a report to be released Monday, the Toronto City Summit Alliance is adding its voice to the need to get the GTA moving.
Tolls — no longer a dirty word among those seeking to get the GTA moving — and other taxes could raise as much as $1 to $2 billion annually for transit improvements, says the report, obtained exclusively by the Star.
Among its 12 proposed money-makers is one that would see a toll on 400-series highways of 10 to 20 cents per kilometre — adding $15 to $30 to the 150 km round-trip between Toronto and Barrie, for example.