Mayor John Tory says he feels “confident” he will win the support of his council colleagues when his proposed plan to implement road rolls on the Gardiner and DVP comes before city council on Tuesday.

Last month, Tory announced his support for a mandatory Toronto hotel tax as well as a $2 road toll along the two major city-run highways. The proposed new revenue tools, he said, would be used exclusively to pay for the approximately $33 billion in unfunded infrastructure projects, including SmartTrack, a Downtown Relief Line and the rerouting of the Gardiner Expressway.

Tory’s transit plan received the support of the council’s executive committee earlier this month and on Tuesday, the debate will make its way to city council.

Speaking to reporters Monday outside a building on Fort York Boulevard, located near the Gardiner, Tory and TTC Chair Josh Colle continued their pitch to the public and members of the media.

“The plan is bold because it is honest. The transit we need isn’t free, never has been and never will be and there is no somebody else to pay for a traffic fix for a liveable city,” Tory said.

“Road tolls and the proposed hotel tax are founded on a simple premise -- users, including non-taxpaying visitors to our city, should be asked to make a modest contribution to the cost of keeping Toronto livable. These proposed changes are fair and the 905 residents who are concerned about making a modest contribution will be among those who benefit most from improved traffic and improved transit.”

The mayor said he believes he will be able to convince council to back his plan this week so the city can move forward in gaining support from the province, which must sign off on the implementation of road tolls.

While Premier Kathleen Wynne has said the current Liberal government will not stand in the way of road tolls, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown claims he would rescind provincial approval if the Tories win the 2018 election.

“Mr. Brown has his job to do. I just think that when you get involved in what amounts to playing politics… you have an obligation to say then ‘how are you going to pay for the transit?’” Tory responded.

“Are you not going to build the transit? Are you just going to leave this traffic the way that it is and just say that’s fine that Toronto can just strangle on its own growth? So I will look forward to hearing his answers on those questions.”

Brown is not the only politician speaking out against Tory’s plan.

On Monday morning, Ward 7 Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti, who has been an outspoken opponent of road tolls, hung a sign on the Dufferin Street bridge over the Gardiner Expressway that read “Honk for no Tory tolls.”

“His solution is to go after the same people all the time. The property tax base, the person that drives the car now. This war on cars has got to stop,” Mammoliti told CP24 on Monday.

“There will be a revolt on this and there will be a revolt on the Tory taxes and the Tory cash-grabs.”

Tomorrow’s council meeting gets underway at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.