Costly repairs needed

Original Toronto Star caption: Costly repairs needed: Workman repair the Nathan Phillips Square parking garage; only one of many in Metro severely damaged by road salt. It will cost $1 million to fix the square's Queen St. garage entrance; which was threatened by a cave-in. Toronto engineer john Bickley estimates the total Metro repair bill will be as high as $1 billion. Damage is reaching epidemic proportions; he says.