City vs. province: Who builds it faster?

Finch and Sheppard LRTs

Owned by: Province Status: Delayed by years What happened? The province agreed to fund the lines as part of the Transit City plan and in 2009 said both would open in 2013. Rob Ford declared Transit City dead in 2010, only to see council resurrect the LRTs in 2012. The province now says Finch will open by 2023, and there is no completion date for Sheppard.

Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension

Owned by: City Status: Delayed by two years, $1.7 billion in increased costs What happened? Originally the TTC planned to extend Line 1 to York University, but the province pushed the agency to take it all the way to Vaughan. The longer extension, plus the death of a worker and disputes with contractors, pushed the budget from $1.5 billion to $3.2 billion, and delayed the opening date from 2015 to 2017.

Eglinton Crosstown

Owned by: Province Status: Scheduled to open in 2021, one year late What happened? It was initially slated to enter service in 2020. The province pushed that back to mitigate disruption from construction. Last year the consortium building the $5.3-billion line took Metrolinx to court, seeking more time. Metrolinx agreed to pay $237 million to keep it on schedule.

Scarborough subway extension

Owned by: City Status: Scheduled to open in 2026 at the earliest What happened? Council resurrected the line in 2013 after Rob Ford killed the Transit City light rail plan. As projected costs soared, council voted in 2016 to remove two stations from the threestop plan. The provincial Conservatives have said they want to take over the $3.35billion project and add back two stops funded by the private sector, which would likely delay its completion.