Who will pay for implementing the policies in the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006?
Ontario Government The Province has been supporting the implementation of the Growth Plan through investments under ReNew Ontario and MoveOntario 2020 in: • better transit services • quicker movement of goods • community infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, and universities clean, safe water The Growth Plan helps us to strategically align infrastructure investment with growth by identifying priorities for investments that are vital to the long-term prosperity of the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Municipalities The Growth Plan provides municipalities with the tools they need to plan for growth in a coordinated way. Better-planned communities translate into significant savings on infrastructure costs, for all levels of government. It has been estimated that building more compact communities could result in over 20 per cent savings on infrastructure capital costs. – or $12.2 billion – over 25 years in the Greater Toronto Area alone. That means that more money can be spent on transit sys
