A pre-budget report this year shows Brampton needs other levels of government to fund 50 per cent, or $1.65 billion for its transit projects like a tunnel for the LRT, a Bus Rapid Transit on Queen Street and additional funds for its transition to electric buses.
In a Jan. 17 letter, Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria directed Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster to “bring forward a plan to build the downtown Mississauga loop and an extension into downtown Brampton.”