Ontario Line - Construction Update - Fourth Quarter 2025

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2026-02-04 · Toronto City Council · amended

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City Council on February 4, 2026, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to publish the 2025 Annual Report on Community Benefits, initially anticipated for Fall 2025, immediately. 2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to provide Councillor briefings on the alignment of their Community Benefits and Supports program with the Ontario Line's Subcommittee recommendations following the release of their Annual Report.

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3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to formally engage with the Garment District Neighbourhood Association and the Chinatown Land Trust for input into new station naming at Queen/Spadina Station and provide an update by the second quarter of 2026 to the local Councillor. 4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to provide the rationale for determining which Ontario Line stations are 24/7 sites and therefore eligible for acoustic shelters and to reassess options to providing an acoustic shelter at Queen/Spadina Station, in alignment with prior Council-approved direction, and to engage closely with local residents around noise during this interim period. 5. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion and the General Manager, Transportation Services to request Metrolinx to communicate with Transportation Services on options, including but not limited to a full pausing of work, to mitigate impacts of construction works at Exhibition Station during the FIFA World Cup 2026 (June 11 to July 19, 2026). 6. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to develop a strategy for supporting Business Improvement Areas, community organizations and cultural institutions, such as Campbell House, affected by Ontario Line construction work, including around beautification. 7. City Council request that prior to any authorization by the City for the use of Gertrude Gate for hauling that Metrolinx be required to host an in-person meeting with neighbours, with senior staff from Metrolinx in attendance and leading the meeting, to review their proposal and the proposed mitigation measures and conditions that would apply, to discuss alternatives and to receive community feedback. 8. City Council reiterate its request to Metrolinx to install GPS and Ontario Line signage on all trucks using the haul routes for Ontario Line construction and further that signs be affixed in more than one location, preferably the sides as well as the cab. 9. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to seek to achieve the road safety measures in Part 8 above through the right-of-way permitting process.

The vote

Amend Item (Additional) · Carried, 22-0

Absent (4)Ausma Malik, Brad Bradford, Olivia Chow, Shelley Carroll

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City Council, through TE4.70 , directed City staff to report to Toronto and East York Community Council (TEYCC) on a semi-annual basis with updates on the status and progress of Metrolinx's Ontario Line construction in Toronto-East York. This report provides updates on: - Ontario Line South construction updates and station-specific issues; - Other project-wide construction issues and responses, such as haul routes and

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construction mitigation approaches; - Community engagement; - Metrolinx's Community Benefits and Supports Program; and - Progress on the Ontario Line Subcommittee Recommendations.

Staff recommended

The Executive Director, Transit Expansion recommends that: 1. Toronto and East York Community Council receive this report for information.

Considered

2026-01-13 · Toronto and East York Community Council · amended
Decision as filed
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to publish the 2025 Annual Report on Community Benefits, initially anticipated for Fall 2025, immediately. 2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to provide Councillor briefings on the alignment of their Community Benefits and Supports program with the Ontario Line's Subcommittee recommendations following the release of their Annual Report.
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3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to formally engage with the Garment District Neighbourhood Association and the Chinatown Land Trust for input into new station naming at Queen/Spadina Station and provide an update by the second quarter of 2026 to the local Councillor. 4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to provide the rationale for determining which Ontario Line stations are 24/7 sites and therefore eligible for acoustic shelters and to reassess options to providing an acoustic shelter at Queen/Spadina Station, in alignment with prior Council-approved direction, and to engage closely with local residents around noise during this interim period. 5. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion and the General Manager, Transportation Services to request Metrolinx to communicate with Transportation Services on options, including but not limited to a full pausing of work, to mitigate impacts of construction works at Exhibition Station during the FIFA World Cup 2026 (June 11-July 19, 2026). 6. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to develop a strategy for supporting Business Improvement Areas, community organizations and cultural institutions, such as Campbell House, affected by Ontario Line construction work, including around beautification. 7. City Council request that prior to any authorization by the City for the use of Gertrude Gate for hauling that Metrolinx be required to host an in-person meeting with neighbours, with senior staff from Metrolinx in attendance and leading the meeting, to review their proposal and the proposed mitigation measures and conditions that would apply, to discuss alternatives and to receive community feedback.
2026-02-04 · Toronto City Council · amended

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