Toronto transit projects

[danbrotherston]

The Hurontario LRT in Mississauga is still going ahead under the current government, but they've trimmed its scope somewhat. A loop around Mississauga City Centre is being removed, with only a wye in the track now giving access to the Square One terminal. A pedestrian bridge to connect with Cooksville GO will not be publicly funded (they hope a private station developer will build that), plus there will be 'scaled back streetscaping'.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/03...costs.html

I really have no idea how this affects the business case, there are a number of high rises near Duke of York Blvd. (and lots of housing beyond, I would have guessed that Confed Parkway would have been a better option).  But regardless, this is a good example of why you don't want Metrolinx owning your build.  You'll be subject to the whims of whatever crazy person ends up as Premier of Ontario.

All round its' not as bad as I thought, and no where near as big as loss as it was to have this stop short of Brampton.

The idea of a ped bridge to cooksville go is confusing at best. I'm not even sure why one is needed, the parking lot has access, all you need to do is build a stairway from the intersection of John St.  Unless they mean to put the station directly at the tracks, which doesn't make any sense unless they build an overpass...which...umm...can't wait for private investors.

Of course, this seems to be an increasingly pipe dream ish idea of getting private developers to magically build your transit stations.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if the plan is to narrow Hurontario to 4 through lanes?