Toronto island airport expansion would lead to severe traffic, committee hears

Premier Doug Ford’s plan to significantly redevelop Toronto’s waterfront will have “substantial implications” on gridlock, transit congestion and could lead to the degradation of the water quality in the harbour, a city official told a Queen’s Park committee on Tuesday. Ford has grand plans for Toronto’s waterfront. Those include a redeveloped Ontario Place, currently under construction, a possible new island to hold a massive convention centre and proposed legislation that would see the province take over the city’s role in Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport so it can be expanded. “Servicing a…