How James Pasternak voted at council

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1. 2024.MM22.8AMENDED

   Trains Not Tunnels - Alternatives to the 401 Tunnel

   The Premier of Ontario is proposing to tunnel under Highway 401, a major transportation route used by hundreds of thousands of Ontarians and Torontonians every day as they commute to work, visit family, and partake in other day to day tasks or events. The 401 is one of the busiest and widest highway corridors in the world with over 500,000 cars and trucks using it daily. This proposal for a tunnel is expected to be incredibly costly, with preliminary estimates ranging far above $50 billion. This massive cost does not include the expected impacts on hundreds of thousands of Toronto residents, businesses, and industrial spaces spread across 15 of the City’s wards and hundreds of residential neighbourhoods. A tunnel would be disruptive, costly, and is not guaranteed to fix the congestion woes we are currently facing. Instead, the City of Toronto and other municipalities in the region will be better served by a proven transit and congestion management solution used in over 30 countries for the last 60 years – a reliable high speed rail system. High speed rail will help Toronto and Ontario reach our environmental targets, significantly reduce the travel time between Ontario…

   City Council · 2024-10-10 20:26 PM

   Adopt Item as Amended

   James Pasternak's vote: Yes

   Majority required - MM22.8 - Adopt the item as amended

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   18-2

   Source outcome