{"id":854364,"date":"2026-08-11T16:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/854364\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:44:07","slug":"doug-ford-said-the-ontario-line-would-cost-11b-years-later-the-price-tag-has-tripled-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/854364\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Ford said the Ontario Line would cost $11B. Years later, the price tag has tripled &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxOZXRwWjRwRGVmTUtXV3BXZEstajhWYVJGcFNYRnZhTjNKMmxZdGdWUkRvd2QwanNzR0R6V0loUkNqdXF0STVNU0pMVTZfbGFtN2F2QzRlZWlTaG9BSjZoMFF2Q1NMRmhxSkZiRDBpNUZyQ29sXzVMMWhEUDl2SUwzcEktdnUzNlFmVm4wWnlMUW9mdTdTR3l2VWJHTEg1UkNYS0lrc01uRWdmalZGbmNCcVdXeTJXdVZsMk14YnFpMENtZFdob3RzbFQ5U3IzTlVGVGNLUkJzbkgwSU9SME5OdF90S0NONnJ3d3FmcmxjMGQ5TG5kelZWRDMydw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doug Ford said the Ontario Line would cost $11B. Years later, the price tag has tripled<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNU1dSVWVNS0ItY1hUNmFoTGZZRG9fTUo3SVlwaTB5aFJHNThjVzZ1Q3pEUFZmeXZkdExfMUFBV2hOcW5xZDNTTEZGV2dYdjZ1RDQtT29JT0dZWlgyQ3JiWDRlY000TVc0WmtadlhudWxHOTBGZGlwRlZfTE13UzZrSFl0b3VodjVNSXh2QVhmMHB1OFRabVRoYTd3TU40TEEwazhveHNVLXBqTzFWOFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Contract Awarded for Ontario Line Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations\u200b<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;UrbanToronto<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4gFBVV95cUxPYnhadmNURmI3TmgxUFNBYlQzakllRnZFM2luQVZuWVVUTmRJYTFBT0V6SUdndTZYTkR5cjZQQlFZOE9rczNhdTFrTGNBemx0djgtcnBwcm5mempzWXRib0g5NjRnVDZ5TGZkNGFhQk9YTFQyNFlMdVY0TzFYeEdlRURtT2pnN2E4VWFUZWVGZzRxejZsZGkyd2QzQW16TVlLSjkyaGdDM0pQTEVvWExpNTVYREF4UmxFQU1DVW5NUVVyZGFNUjZGLTJsdGZtclk0b3loZWVMcHpONnB5VzVMLTN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The cost of building the Ontario Line has more than tripled. Metrolinx says the budget remains \u2018under pressure\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPa2pfODNnZnFwc3dvamQ2bVlpbjF0VFhWS1dZdEVlVVByV2JmbkUxZTFRUVQ2TjF1bFpITXNUQjdMUF9Nbkg1RzVWb08wWUVONW9BZ1B5M0poeXNEd2FRdi1lczZicGEyX0Y2NG16Q2NDUnBIcmJ3ZHU2TXR1QWt6cW5JNmMwVklVajlxZjFNbnltRnBoWWhVdFNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Portion of Ontario Line to be built by Italy&#8217;s Webuild, Spain\u2019s FCC in $4.3B contract<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPdDkzRGpRR2NYLUFUQXc2cEFHWXJxMmJBS01WekxHXzc1T3N5VXJYdy1nMGN3VFh5X1diRFZXTS1wUmZqU3g3YVNETjhmSFU4VnV6MnNYcWc1aktPQWNJaU5QUWFOSktRRnY5N1Zqc3VBclV5T3JPUzNGNzYyOWVfLWNGZktJX0dLay03NWpRUXg4ZU54ODVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Multibillion-dollar Ontario Line deal inked for East York<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doug Ford said the Ontario Line would cost $11B. Years later, the price tag has tripled&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarContract Awarded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-854364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}