Toronto Ontario - The chair of the TTC says the earliest opening date for the Ontario government's Eglinton Crosstown LRT project could be mid-2025.
 
Coun. Jamaal Myers made the comments after the TTC's monthly board meeting Tuesday afternoon.
 
He was asked by CityNews about his motion to push back beyond 31 Dec 2024 a cut-off for accepting older forms of TTC fare payments like tokens.
 
Myers said he proposed a new date of 1 Jun 2025 for using fares on conventional TTC services and 31 Dec 2025 for Wheel-Trans users.
 
He noted the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRT lines won't be able to accept older forms of payment.
 
"1 Jun 2025 is the date that is the earliest possible date for the opening of the Finch West and Eglinton Crosstown LRTs. No, I don't know the date, but this is based on all the technical possibilities," Myers said, adding the caveat "in a world where everything goes right."
 
CityNews contacted Metrolinx, the provincial transportation agency overseeing the private-sector consortium building the 19 kilometre, 25 station, Eglinton Crosstown line, to ask about the earliest potential opening date, but Metrolinx representatives didn't directly answer the questions posed.
 
Nick Westoll.