The tribunal's ruling is a "big blow to the future of the park," said Mayor John Tory Wednesday. "I'm deeply disappointed because it makes it more difficult, with the expense and otherwise, for that park to proceed as envisioned."
Rail Deck Park was estimated to cost close to $1.7 billion in 2017, and was touted by Tory as a "now or never" opportunity. The 21 acres of green space would stretch across downtown's rail corridor, south of Front Street from Blue Jays Way to Bathurst Street, and is the last remaining site suitable for a signature park.
"You have to think big in the context of growing a great global city," Tory told reporters Wednesday. "That's what this was about."
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