According to Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone and Ward 13 Councillor Bill Saundercook (Parkdale-High Park), the next line should extend west from Union Station to Exhibition Place, Dufferin, Roncesvalles and along the Queensway in the bottom end of Etobicoke.
For much of its length, the proposed route would run along existing railway right-of-way before jogging south around Strachan Ave. to Lake Shore Blvd. and then to Queens Quay and the Harbourfront LRT.
Pantalone calls the proposed line "the missing link in Toronto's streetcar system."
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It's no wonder the TPA is so keen on the courts, especially after winning a rich settlement from the Lastman gang in its initial legal foray. Its only other source of positive cash flow is a marina. Required by law to finance its own operations, in fact unable even to pay municipal taxes, it has turned to litigation as its only potential growth vehicle.
One result is that every other TPA operation is a mess, the latest being the Rochester ferry. Despite recently cashing a cheque from the city for more than $20-million -- boodle promised by the Lastman regime and delivered by the Millerites -- and despite having promoted the ferry for years, the TPA still hasn't built a terminal for the service. It is now rushing to throw up a temporary, tent-like structure to greet the first arrivals.
It's all too much for the mayor. "The port authority has very much embarrassed the city of Toronto in the U.S. over the Rochester ferry," the mayor said yesterday, adding that his phone has been "ringing off the hook" with complaints about the shoddy performance. "If anything is needed to prove we don't need the port authority any more, it's the fact that they can't even run a port," he declared. "It's clearly time for them to go."
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Posted by Patrick at April 8, 2004 11:39 AM