Electrification Public Meeting

Metrolinx is holding a special Open House on Electrification for the Stouffville Corridor.

For an overview of what was discussed during the previous meetings and a point of reference for the upcoming meeting, please visit the following links:

• GO Rail Network Electrification Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP): gotransit.com/electrification
• Barrie Rail Corridor Expansion TPAP: metrolinx.com/RERBarrie
• Lakeshore East-Don River to Scarborough Expansion TPAP: metrolinx.com/DonRiverScarborough

Meeting detail as follows:
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Agincourt Recreation Centre
31 Glen Watford Drive
Scarborough, ON, M1S 2B7

The open house follows the format below:
6:30pm-7pm: sign-in and registration
7pm-7:30pm: presentation
7:30pm-8:30pm: questions and answers

Upcoming Public Meetings

Construction of the grade separation between the Stoffville rail line and Sheppard Ave. E. at Agincourt GO Station in 2011.  Metrolinx may provide more information on additional grade separations that are needed to facilitate improved GO train sevice at its upcoming public information session.

Toronto’s ward boundaries are about to change!  The Toronto Ward Boundary Review will look at the size (population, geographic area, etc.) and shape of Toronto’s wards. The review is being undertaken to ensure that each person in Toronto is fairly represented at City Council.  For more information, go to:  http://tinyurl.com/o45kbsd.

Toronto Ward Boundary Review Public Meeting
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 (TODAY!)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Agincourt Baptist Church
37 Glen Watford Dr.
The meeting will be held in the basement.

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Metrolinx is providing an opportunity for our community to hear about the new and exciting transit improvements coming to our ward.   You are invited to attend this meeting to express your opinions and get more information about planned improvements to the Stouffville GO train line.

Metrolinx Public Information Session
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
6:30 pm. – 8:30 p.m.
Monsignor Fraser College
2900 Midland Ave.

Public Meetings – Update on Public Transit

Construction of the grade separation between the Stoffville rail line and Sheppard Ave. E. at Agincourt GO Station in 2011.

Metrolinx, the City of Toronto and the TTC will be hosting information sessions in June to engage the public on key transit planning initiatives.  These coordinated sessions will focus on the following four projects and studies:

• GO Regional Express Rail
• SmartTrack, including the Eglinton West Corridor Feasibility Study
• Scarborough Subway Extension
• Relief Line

The same material for each project and study will be available at every session and posted online.  The dates, times and locations of the Scarborough information sessions can be found below:

• Monday, June 22, 2015.  Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute.  2239 Lawrence Ave. E.  6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, June 24, 2015.  Scarborough Civic Centre.  150 Borough Dr.  6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Laying the tracks for improved GO train service

Metrolinx is installing a second set of tracks along the Stouffville GO train line, pictured above.

In July 2014, GO Transit released its environmental study on rail service expansion in the Stouffville corridor. The report proposes incremental twinning of the tracks between Mount Joy and Kennedy GO Stations in order to run full GO Train service.

There is a lot of detailed engineering design that remains to be completed such as full road/rail grade separations, installation of noise barriers and the construction of retaining walls. For more information you can read the environmental study at http://tinyurl.com/m7op9bk.

In February, Metrolinx announced that they will build a second set of tracks on a 5 km stretch of the Stouffville corridor from north of Steeles to north of Sheppard. Construction is set to start this spring. Double-tracking the rest of the line will follow and is critical to Mayor Tory’s SmartTrack plan.