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Requesting Metrolinx to participate in a Joint Constructability Exercise with the City of Toronto to Advance Plans for the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit - by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, seconded by Mayor John Tory

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2022-02-02 · Toronto City Council · amended

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City Council on February 2 and 3, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Transit Expansion and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to request Metrolinx to enter into a joint constructability exercise with the City of Toronto for the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit to: a. resolve alignment issues at Kennedy Station; b. evaluate the potential to host the vehicle Maintenance and Storage Facility for the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit on Provincial lands at 8304 Sheppard Avenue East; and c.

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ensure that the new Sheppard Station for the Scarborough Subway Extension does not prohibit the development of future higher order transit connections, including a subway, along Sheppard.

The vote

Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 24-0

For (24)Ana Bailão, Anthony Perruzza, Brad Bradford, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, Gord Perks, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, Jennifer McKelvie, John Filion, John Tory, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mark Grimes, Michael Ford, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Nick Mantas, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll, Stephen Holyday
Absent (2)Cynthia Lai, Joe Cressy
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The Eglinton East Light Rail Transit project will extend the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit by 15 kilometres from Kennedy Station through the University of Toronto Scarborough and Centennial College campuses to Malvern, with up to 21 stops and three connections to GO Transit. The Eglinton East Light Rail Transit will serve seven Neighbourhood Improvement Areas and bring higher-order transit to within walking distance of 49,000 people, including an equity-weighted population of 30,000.

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To demonstrate their commitment to the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit, City Council has allocated $1.2 billion in funding, which brings us closer to securing the estimated $4.2 billion needed for the project. Advocacy continues to the Provincial and Federal Governments for their support for this project. As a next step, the City of Toronto has initiated a Transit Project Assessment Process for the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit. The scope for the Transit Project Assessment Process is to complete technical studies needed to obtain Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks approval and has a target completion of the fourth quarter of 2022. This process has identified several issues that must be resolved in partnership with Metrolinx. There is a need for a joint constructability exercise to resolve interface conflicts between the approved Eglinton East Light Rail Transit alignment and the Scarborough Subway Extension tunnel. In addition, the City of Toronto would like to discuss the potential to use the Provincial lands at 8304 Sheppard Avenue East for the vehicle Maintenance and Storage Facility.

Staff recommended

Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, seconded by Mayor John Tory, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Transit Expansion and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to request Metrolinx to enter into a joint constructability exercise with the City of Toronto for the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit to: a. resolve alignment issues at Kennedy Station; b. evaluate the potential to host the vehicle Maintenance and Storage Facility for the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit on Provincial lands at 8304 Sheppard Avenue East; and c.

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ensure that the new Sheppard Station for the Scarborough Subway Extension does not prohibit the development of future higher order transit connections along Sheppard.

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