The Canadian Press
TORONTO–Premier Kathleen Wynne is denying Toronto’s request to charge tolls on two major commuter highways, but says Ontario municipalities will get a bigger share of gas tax money for transit.
Wynne said there weren’t enough commuter options in place to justify adding tolls to the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway, where Toronto Mayor John Tory has said he wanted to charge $2 tolls.
She added that starting in 2019, the share of the gas tax that goes to municipalities will increase from two cents per litre–reaching four cents per litre by 2021–but it won’t increase the tax that drivers pay at the pumps.
