Breaking with one of his deputies, Mayor John Tory says he would build the Scarborough subway as planned — with only three stops.

Just before the holidays, Deputy Mayor Glenn De Baeremaker — who Tory appointed to handle the east-end subway file — said he would prefer to see a four-stop line instead of the three-stop plan.

When Tory was asked Wednesday whether he supports advocating for a fourth stop, the mayor said he would like the massive project to proceed as planned.

“My position at the moment is to be pushing ahead with the project as it’s presently defined,” Tory said, speaking at a shoe drive event on Bloor St. West. “Obviously there’s a city council consisting of 44 people plus me and we have to decide on whether any alternations need to be made to that project, but at the moment my work plan has Scarborough subway number one, getting on with it. And I have no ability to say that I’m getting on with anything other than the project that’s on the books.”

An additional stop, De Baeremaker said he was told earlier, would cost an additional $100 to $150 million. The current subway plan is estimated at $3.56 billion.

De Baeremaker, who fought at council for the three-stop subway over a seven-stop light rail line, said in December he planned on releasing a letter asking for a fourth stop at Danforth Rd. and Eglinton Ave.

The councillor did not respond to requests Wednesday about whether he plans to move forward with that idea given the lack of support from Tory.

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