In the 1990s, plans were revived to expand the airport, and Toronto City Council, now an amalgamated city government voted in favour of building a bridge, although the plan never progressed beyond a plan on paper. However in 1999, the Toronto Port Authority was formed, a new agency tasked with managing the airport and Toronto harbour. The agency took on a pro-airport expansion position and started pushing the airport expansion idea publicly. The agency expressed the opinion, backed by a 2001 consultant's study, that the airport could not survive as is, and had to expand or shut down. The TPA proposed the expansion of the airport for its economic benefit to the city.