Editing Line 4 Sheppard (section)

====Stintz's alternative====
On January 23, 2012, TTC chair [[Karen Stintz]] suggested a plan to extend the line two stops eastwards funded by making the eastern portion of Line 5 Eglinton at street level.<ref>[http://news.nationalpost.com/posted-toronto/save-money-on-eglinton-lrt-to-extend-sheppard-subway-ttc-chair-suggests "Save money on Eglinton LRT to extend Sheppard subway, TTC chair suggests"].</ref> This motion was defeated by the TTC board. She then got 24 councillors (a majority) to sign a petition calling for a special council meeting for February 8 of that year.

In the meeting, council voted to build the Eglinton project according to the original Transit City plan (partly underground and partly at grade), build [[Line 6 Finch West|an at-grade Finch West LRT]], and to appoint a panel to recommend whether to pursue the eastward extension of the Sheppard subway or construct the Sheppard East LRT instead. The panel reported back to council on March 31, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kalinowski |first=Tess |title=Special transit meeting: Mayor Rob Ford dismisses council's vote against his subway plan |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/1127975--special-transit-meeting-karen-stintz-readies-motion-to-put-lrt-on-finch-and-eglinton-and-strike-panel-to-study-options-on-sheppard |work=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=February 9, 2012 |date=February 9, 2012 |archive-date=February 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210051839/http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1127975--special-transit-meeting-karen-stintz-readies-motion-to-put-lrt-on-finch-and-eglinton-and-strike-panel-to-study-options-on-sheppard |url-status=live}}</ref> At this council meeting, council approved light rail rather than a subway extension for Sheppard.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1150280--will-toronto-s-transit-fight-be-won-today |location=Toronto |work=[[Toronto Star]] |first1=Tess |last1=Kalinowski |first2=David |last2=Rider |title=Rob Ford's subway dream dead as Toronto council votes 24–19 for LRT |date=March 22, 2012 |access-date=September 3, 2017 |archive-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624064553/http://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1150280--will-toronto-s-transit-fight-be-won-today |url-status=live}}</ref> On April 26 of that year, the motion to build the LRT was announced by the Minister of Transportation after being approved unanimously by [[Metrolinx]].<ref>[http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2012/04/ministers-statement-on-toronto-transit-projects.html "Minister's Statement On Toronto Transit Projects"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601045835/http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2012/04/ministers-statement-on-toronto-transit-projects.html |date=June 1, 2014}}.</ref> The plan still needed to be approved by Ontario's cabinet, though on June 29, 2012, the Board of Directors of Metrolinx unanimously approved the same motion approved by Metrolinx in April.<ref>[http://www.thecrosstown.ca/ "More Transit for Toronto | Crosstown"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427051744/http://www.thecrosstown.ca/ |date=April 27, 2015}}.</ref>