September 30, 2008

Metrolinx outlines regional transportation priorities

The backbone of Metrolinx’s regional transportation improvement plan is the MoveOntario 2020 $11.5 billion commitment from the province, coupled with previously announced project funding announcements.

The following are the 15 major priority projects to be implemented in the first 15 years of the Metrolinx plan pegged at $50 billion in new projects over 25 years:

• VIVA Highway 7 and Yonge Street through York Region

• Brampton’s Queen Street Acceleride

• Spadina subway extension to Vaughan Corporate Centre

•Yonge subway extension to Richmond Hill and capacity improvements

• Eglinton rapid transit from Pearson Airport to Scarborough Centre

• Upgrade and extension of the Scarborough Rapid Transit line

• Finch/Sheppard rapid transit from Pearson Airport to Scarborough Centre and Meadowvale

• Express Rail on the Lakeshore Line from Hamilton to Oshawa

• Rapid transit in downtown Hamilton from McMaster University to Centennial Parkway

• Hurontario rapid transit from Port Credit to Downtown Brampton

• 403 Transitway from Mississauga City Centre to the Renforth Gateway

• Rail link between Union Station and Pearson Airport

• Rapid transit service along Highway 2 in Durham

• Improvements to existing GO rail services and extension of GO rail service to Bowmanville

• Early phases of BRT (bus rapid transit) service on Dundas Street in Halton and Peel

– VINCE VERSACE

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