by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 11, 2021 at 1:09 pm ADT
OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is investing over $12 billion in public transit projects in Ontario.
He says the money will go toward four subway projects in the Greater Toronto Area and one rapid-transit project in Hamilton.
Trudeau says the Ontario Line project in Toronto will bring rapid transit from Exhibition Place, through downtown, to the Ontario Science Centre.
The second project for the Greater Toronto Area is the Eglinton Crosstown West extension, which will create a continuous rapid transit line along Eglinton Avenue between Scarborough and Mississauga.
Federal government to invest more than $12-billion in Ontario public transit projects
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Feds invest $12B in Ontario public transit projects
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TORONTO Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced $12 billion in federal funding for five rapid transit projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, including the Ontario Line subway. Approximately $10.7 billion of the investment will go towards the cost of building the four projects included in the Progressive Conservative’s $28.5 billion transit plan: the three-stop Scarborough subway extension, the Ontario Line subway, the Yonge subway extension into Richmond Hill and the planned extension of the Eglinton Crosstown from Mount Denis to Renforth Drive. The money will also help pay for a new rapid transit line in Hamilton that will go from McMaster University to Eastgate Centennial Park in Stoney Creek. That project was previously cancelled by the Ford government in December, 2019 before being revived this year.
Ontario s biggest transit projects are now one step closer to becoming reality
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Public transit in Southern Ontario is set to be completely changed over the coming years with the addition of tens of billions of dollars of new infrastructure, including four new subway projects in Toronto and a rapid transit line in Hamilton.
Though many of these additions which include the infamous Ontario Line have been in the works for some time, they just got one step closer to reality on Tuesday with a huge helping hand from the federal government.