Canada Pension Plan manager to spend about $515 million to take 25 per cent stake in new motorway toll tunnel near Sydney. ...
Category: Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure
Happening: Province looks to streamline environmental assessments for GO Train electrification
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Constitutional challenge filed against auto insurance fraud law
The lawsuit alleges that by having disputes over insurance claims moved to a government agency's jurisdiction instead of the courts, disabled people are being discriminated against. ...
Governments need to start planning for driverless cars, report says
Ontario is leading the way among provinces in readying a regulatory framework for driverless cars, and the Conference Board of Canada expects car makers to have AVs ready for wide sale by 2025. ...
Seen: Province selects preferred bidder for Highway 407 East Phase Two
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Heard: Province rolls out full-colour electronic highway signs
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Toronto to increase TTC subsidy by $38 million, while transit union calls for Queen’s Park funding
The city is also increasing fares, which breaks Mayor John Tory's election promise, but he said the transit system has been starved 'to the breaking point.' ...
Metrolinx, TTC launch joint service on Lakeshore lines
In a trial run for system integration, the year-long pilot project allows TTC Metropass holders to pay an extra $60 monthly for unlimited GO train travel between Exhibition Union and Danforth stations. ...
Car insurance rates in fourth quarter fall by half a point
The provincial government says it plans to introduce rate-cutting regulations early this year and that an anti-fraud law passed last fall will help it reach its promised reduction target. ...
Quebec pension fund gets behind infrastructure projects
Caisse plans to invest $5 billion into transit systems in Montreal area - and, in the process, provides a good lesson for Ontario on harnessing the financial might of pension plans for its own P3s. ...