Time to discuss road tolls: Miller
By NATALIE ALCOBA
Mayor David Miller said the time to talk about tolls and other schemes to pay for transit expansion is now, as all signs point to Metrolinx, the regional transportation agency, moving ahead with a scaled-back version of Toronto's light rail network.
"There's a municipal election in the fall, there's a provincial election next year. Why are they trying to put that off? Let's have the discussion now," Mr. Miller said yesterday, in his latest attempt to pressure the provincial government to stick to an earlier construction schedule. "Metrolinx has had proposals before the board for at least three years on how to fund transit. I think the province should bring that forward and bring it forward by October at the latest so that we can get the proposals on the table, have the debate and find a solution and build the transit."