加拿大的联邦政府多年来取得了最大的基础设施举措之一，承诺将近100亿美元加速在安大略省加速五个过境项目，以此作为共同的19次经济增长，这是联邦，省级和地方官员之间的长期妊娠协议。新利18备用网址

Ottawa plans to pump most of the money, about $8.5 billion, into four Toronto-area projects to cover 40% of their cost, with the remainder to be spent on light rail in the city of Hamilton, 50 miles south, which the province had previously cancelled due to cost hikes.

The total cost of the five projects is about $24.7 billion. Financing negotiations took about六个月，根据加拿大CBC的说法。

公告是larg之一est federal infrastructure outlays since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government launched a $14-billion, 12-year infrastructure investment plan in 2016, coming now at a time of new concern about the pace at which federal infrastructure dollars have been converted into actual projects.

“This is a big deal for a number of reasons,” said Matti Siemiatycki, an associate professor of urban planning at the University of Toronto. "It’s a lot of money, and funding has tended to be a hurdle for transit projects in Canada.”

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The $9-billion Ontario Line would expand rapid transit through downtown Toronto, with as many as 15 stations and 17 connections to other subway and light rail lines. A team led by design firm HDR was hired last year as Ontario line project technical adviser, along with Mott MacDonald, Stantec, Systra and Comtech, to provide planning, engineering, environmental review, design and construction oversight services.

The three other area projects, described as “shovel ready” in a federal infrastructure ministry announcement, are the $4.5-billion Scarborough subway extension; $3.9-billion Eglinton Crosstown West light rail extension; and $4.6-billion Yonge North subway extension to reach three northern suburbs.

联邦基础设施部长凯瑟琳·麦肯纳（Catherine McKenna）表示：“我们正在[多伦多]历史上最大的投资公共交通投资，以启动我们的经济并创造数以万计的就业机会。”

Austria-based tunneling contractor Strabag AG leads a design-construction team selected by Infrastructure Ontario in March for the Scarborough project, which also includes Arup Canada Inc. and Brian Isherwood & Associates Ltd.

Eglinton Crosstown项目已经在建设中，联邦资金帮助资助了Scarborough和Mississauga之间的Eglinton Ave.沿线的西部扩展。运输机构Metrolinx也于3月选择了该项目的设计和建筑团队由Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc.和Dragarados Canada Inc.领导，并包括设计公司Typsa Inc.，Exp Services Inc.，G。Sauer＆Partners Corp.博士。和Pedelta Canada Inc.

现在，两种选择都已完成，机构还将签订单独的合同，以涵盖车站，隧道装修以及系统安装和调试的建设。新利18备用网址

The light-rail project in Hamilton still must gain final approval from local officials.

Patrick Dillon, business manager and secretary treasurer of the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario, said the federal funding's impact is “almost immeasurable” in generating multi-billion-dollar economic spinoff from the projects.

Dillon said the projects could create 6,000 to 7,000 new construction jobs over the next few years.

“I think one of the things that doesn’t get talked about here is that it is with those kinds of projects we will build Ontario’s future trades workforce,” he said. “You can’t sustain the economy without training the future workforce.”

The federal government had previously said it would increase its contribution from 30% to 40% on transit projects, but the Ontario funding announcement is one of the first major commitments, Siemiatycki said. It also greatly increases the likelihood the projects will actually get built.

“Now they have real money,” Siemiatycki said, referring to the federal commitment, alongside Ontario’s pledge of $14 billion.

尽管如此，仍然存在一些通配符，主要与地方，省和国家政治有关。

西米亚蒂克说，特鲁多现在领导一个可以“随时跌倒”的少数族裔政府，安大略省的进步保守党政府在处理Covid-19危机的处理中“深处不受欢迎”，大约一年的省级选举。他指出：“其中一些是选举。”

其他question the expansionswhen ridership is down.

But Dillon, the union leader, said he is heartened by cooperation between the federal Liberal Party government and the Progressive Conservatives in Ontario.

他说：“我们很高兴看到联邦和省级政府可以搁置直接的政治，以实现这一目标。”