As the Ontario government reports the Eglinton Crosstown LRT has passed the final crucial test needed for opening, TTC advocates are once again calling for greater transparency on the 14-year transit project.

Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria’s office confirmed the revenue service demonstration, a 30-day intensive testing period to ensure the Eglinton Crosstown LRT runs as designed, has been “successfully completed.”

“Following the same process used for the Finch West LRT, the project will now move toward substantial completion, at which point it will be fully transferred to the TTC,” spokesperson Dakota Brasier wrote in a statement Tuesday morning.

Line 6 Finch West is set to open to the public on Sunday, which is about six weeks after the 18-stop line finished its reve

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