TORONTO

Doug Ford wants to widen the Don Valley Pkwy. if he gets elected mayor.

Ford said the idea isn’t 100% in his platform but he definitely wants to look at it and thinks it is “feasible.”

“I think we have to widen the DVP — it is like a parking lot,” Ford said Thursday. “We have to sit down with transportation and see if they have some good ideas.”

A push to explore widening the parkway with toll lanes stalled at City Hall in 2001.

But Ford said he’d like to take another look.

“Our city is going to double in the next 30 years, they’re saying, so we have to prepare for it and start building,” Ford said. “I believe even if we widen it a kilometre a year over the next 15, 20 years, it will reduce the congestion on the city, especially going into the city and coming out of the city.”

The Olivia Chow campaign questioned if Ford knows how much widening the DVP — or any of his promises — will cost.

“When is Mr. Ford releasing his full platform, with all these pie-in-the-sky promises costed?” Chow campaign spokesman Jamey Heath said.

The John Tory campaign said their candidate will be focused on SmartTrack not widening the DVP.

“Our priority is building SmartTrack, which will provide commuters with a viable transit alternative in seven years as opposed to the who knows how long with Doug Ford’s fantasy subway plan,” said Tory spokesman Amanda Galbraith.