[URBAN NOTE] "York Region pitches Justin Trudeau on Yonge subway extension"

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The Toronto Star's Tess Kalinowski writes about how York Region is pushing for an extension of the Yonge subway line into Richmond Hill.

It’s the subway issue that seldom surfaces amid the din of Toronto’s more heated transit debates. But in York Region the persistent call to extend the Yonge line north to Richmond Hill is growing louder.

Sixteen York Region mayors, councillors and senior staff pitched the $4-billion subway proposal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week.

It’s the first time York has taken its case to the capital, said region chair Wayne Emmerson, who led the contingent.

“We’re hoping the federal government has heard us,” he said.

About 2,500 buses a day carry commuters down the corridor that would be served by a Yonge subway extension, which would take about 10 years to build, with six new stops north of Finch Station, terminating at Richmond Hill Centre.