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Hydro One completes transmission line upgrades in Ottawa
The utility has completed $47 million worth of transmission line upgrades at the Merivale Transmission Station.
Ontario to take control of two Toronto highways in 'new deal' for city
The province taking responsibility for the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway, along with a promise to fund 55 new subway trains will give Toronto $7.6 billion in capital relief.
Ontario nixes cities' ask to allow more of them to get housing infrastructure money
Ontario's housing minister has shot down a request from big city mayors for a change in funding criteria that would help more of them qualify for money to build infrastructure necessary for new homes.
Developer asks for Greenbelt bill amendment; lawyers raise spectre of courts
Minotar Holdings is asking the province to exclude its plot from a bill to return all that land to the Greenbelt.
FCM study finds that the cost to build infrastructure to support new housing could be as high as $600B
To support the 5.8 million homes governments aim to build by 2030, municipalities may be required to invest as much as $600 billion in supporting infrastructure.