TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has introduced that Phil Verster is leaving as the top of provincial transit company Metrolinx.
The company — and Verster particularly — have come below frequent hearth for the long-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT mission, which was imagined to open in 2020.
There may be nonetheless no projected opening date for the rail line that has been below building since 2011.
Verster has blamed the contractor for delays, however critics have lengthy been calling for Verster himself to be fired for failing to ship the transit line.
Ford says in a press release in the present day that Verster has accepted a brand new place and will probably be shifting on as quickly as Dec. 16.
The premier has named Michael Lindsay, the president and CEO of Infrastructure Ontario, because the interim president and CEO of Metrolinx.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Dec. 2, 2024.
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press
