Toronto Council Vote To Release Gardner Expressway Report

And for this I give them some credit but I don't understand why they are afraid to release the estimated costs. There is no question those running for office will make this matter part of their election platform but how can a voter make a value judgement without knowing what it is going to cost them in the coming years.

Councillors vote to make Gardiner report public

CTV.ca News Staff

City councillors have approved a motion to release a costly and secret report on the future of the Gardiner Expressway.

Councillors voted Monday night to have the $1 million report -- which has been hidden from them for more than two years -- made public.

City officials received the report from the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corp. in the summer of 2004, but the specifics have been kept confidential.

Mayor David Miller backed keeping the report secret, saying there were still funding questions at hand.

The report will be released Wednesday morning, CTV's Desmond Brown reported.

Councillors will get the full version, but the public copy will not contain the estimated costs.

The report details options for the busy expressway, including dismantling it, leaving it as is or tearing down parts of it.

The report is big. Miller said it will take 10 hours to make copies for all councillors.

Details contained in it could become a hot-button issue in the upcoming Nov. 13 municipal election.

Monday's decision by councillors followed loud complaints and pressure against the secrecy.

About 180,000 motorists use the Gardiner in and out of the city every day.

With a report from CTV's Desmond Brown