He stressed that the entire new network could be paid for without raising taxes, even though the city will require a 1.6-per-cent, 30-year property tax increase to pay for its $910-million share of the Scarborough subway. That project is a tenth of the cost of just the first phase of Fords plan. Ford also appears to have underestimated the cost of at least one of his proposed lines. His plan lists a subway on Sheppard from Don Mills to McCowan as costing $1.8 billion, but a 2011 study found the price tag of a similar alignment would be at least $2.8 billion. Asked about the Sheppard discrepancy, the director of Fords campaign headquarters Graeme McEachern told reporters to speak to the mayors communications director Jeff Silverstein, who was in the building but declined to come out to talk to reporters. Silverstein didnt respond to a call and email from NOW seeking clarification. nowtoronto/news/story.cfm?content=199450
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