“I’ll tell you one thing: We’re going to build that tunnel!” – proclaimed the Premier of Ontario, standing by the side of the highway.
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Meanwhile, analysts are already skeptical of Ford’s words, calling it a fad and a pipe dream. As an argument, opponents cited the example of the Boston, USA, project, which took 14.8 billion dollars to build in the early 2000s.
“At a conservative estimate, the cost of the project could be as high as $500 million per kilometer. And if you’re building 60 kilometers, like Toronto, the estimate runs into $30 billion or more. The question is: Do we have the money? Does the idea justify the expenditure of such public funds?” – Murtaza Haider, director of research at the University of Toronto, questioned the reality of the promise.
