Не е възложен договор за изучаване на hwy. 401 План на тунела, една година след обявяването на

година откакто министър председателят на Онтарио Дъг Форд разгласи фантазията си, че автострада, тунела под автомагистрала 401, ще облекчи неволите на Gridlock на Торонто, държавното управление споделя, че не е финализирано коя компания ще изследва дали планът е вероятен.

на 25 plan to build a 50-kilometre tunnel beneath one of North America’s most congested highways, stretching from Mississauga to Markham.

Ford was adamant at the time the project would go ahead in some form, but said a feasibility study would look into how long the route would ultimately be, how to incorporate transit and how much it could cost.

In the spring, the government issued a request for bidders to take on that study, asking them to report over roughly two years on how the project would work and what alternatives, like elevated highways, could achieve the same goal.

Months after the request for proposals, and a year after the plan was first announced, however, no company has been confirmed to take on the study.

“We have had significant interest in delivering this critical transportation link and the ministry is actively reviewing submissions prior to the award of the Договор “, съобщи представител на министерството на превоза пред Global News. “We continue to work with industry experts as we advance work on the Highway 401 tunnel. ”

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„ Показахме, че за всеки спомагателен $, който харчите за пред-инженерни работи, спестявате 100 $ разноски за строителство. “

опозиционните политици са по-малко уверени. Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner suggested the government knew the tunnel was unfeasible, so it was deliberately dragging its heels.

“This project is such a ridiculous project that nobody in government wants to move fast on it because they know what a fiscal nightmare it’s going to be, ” he said.

“The premier knows what a financially reckless and irresponsible project this is, and he doesn’t want to be honest with the people of Ontario about what a bad financial decision this would be. ”

As Global News previously reported, internal government work to look at the idea was shelved in 2021 and found it could be at risk of collapse.

The fact that the feasibility study hasn’t been awarded yet could dash Ford’s hopes the federal government will select the tunnel as a nation-building project, a status which would help it bypass various assessments.

The premier previously said he hoped Ottawa would select it, although he did not appear to have been told it would be chosen.

Perruzza said he thought far too little work had been done to plan the tunnel for the federal government to grant it fast-track status.

“I would be very surprised if it does get picked up at this stage because a lot of the other projects that have been announced and към момента би трябвало да се смятат за работа от години “, сподели той.

Правителството отбрани проекта, като съобщи, че е належащо да се оправи с възходящия Gridlock.

„ Населението на Онтарио бързо нараства и всички автомагистрали от 400 серии към този момент са в потенциал “, сподели представител Ще се бори с Gridlock, ще сътвори хиляди работни места за заплащане и ще отбрани стопанската система на Онтарио. “