The Big Move - First Wave Projects

First Wave Projects

Some of the First Wave projects are already operating (UP Express, Mississauga Transitway, some GO improvements, parts of VIVA, parts of Union Station) - To date, operating costs have been covered from general revenues by government, which is either the province or the municipality - Rehabilitation costs to date are minimal - Move the GTHA

A Highway 403 BRT project

The Mississauga Transitway is an 18-kilometre east-west busway that runs across Mississauga - Both MiWay and GO Transit operate buses along the bus way, which connects Winston Churchill in the west to Renforth Drive in the east - Twelve stations serve the BRT and provide key connection points between other routes and systems

The eastern part of the corridor [the first four stations (Central Parkway, Cawthra Road, Tomken Road and Dixie Road] opened in late 2013 - Construction of the remaining segments were completed in late 2015

The Mississauga Transitway was an investment of $259 million - The federal government contributed $83 million through the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund - The City of Mississauga contributed $63 million - The Province of Ontario provided $65 million to support the project, and contributed another $48 million in GO Transit investments

 - Metrolinx

UP Express operates on a 25-kilometre rail route - Twenty-two kilometres of the route share Metrolinx’s upgraded Kitchener GO railway corridor - A new rail spur connected the Kitchener line to Toronto Pearson Airport Terminal 1 - Trains depart Union Station and Toronto Pearson every 15 minutes and make stops at Bloor and Weston GO stations

A rail link between Union Station and Pearson International Airport

The service addresses a significant gap in airport-to-downtown travel in Toronto - Each year, more than five million cars travel between the airport and downtown, with this number expected to grow to nine million by 2020 - This service is expected to remove 1.2 million car trips in its first year of operation alone

Upgrades to GO’s Kitchener rail line and the connecting rail spur into Terminal 1 at Toronto Pearson were completed in 2015

The UP Express was funded with a full commitment from the Government of Ontario - The total cost for the project was $456 million

-        Metrolinx