A coalition of 40 community groups are calling on the city to release an “up-to-date assessment” of the costs associated with a controversial rebuild of the eastern portion of the Gardiner Expressway.
The coalition is calling itself “Gardiner East Transparency” and is made up of a number of residents associations, environmental groups and other stakeholders.released on Monday, the coalition said that residents have “a right to know” the updated construction costs of the Gardiner rebuild, as well as “lost revenues” that could result from the 2016 decision to rebuild a 1.7 kilometre portion of the expressway rather than tearing it down and unlocking a large portion of waterfront real estate.
“The Gardiner thwarts action on a long list of desperately needed programs to build an equitable, healthy, climate-friendly city,” organizer Albert Koehl says in the letter. “The least city hall can do is to provide a full report on the updated costs and lost revenues of the Gardiner East before signing any more contracts.”that $500 million in contracts have already been awarded for the Gardiner East project, with construction set to begin in 2026.
In its letter, the coalition warns that the “full go-forward costs and the foregone revenues “associated with the project could surpass $1 billion, even with sunk costs. But during a press conference at city hall on Monday Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie cast doubt on the group’s claims that there are savings to be realized.
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