East-end residents debate downtown relief line at town hall

By News Staff

Residents in the east end of Toronto had their say about a proposed downtown relief line at a Town Hall on Wednesday night.

The route, which will run from Pape Station to the downtown core via Queen Street, will work to alleviate some of the overcrowding on Line 1 (Yonge-University-Spadina), as well as two of the city’s highest-traffic subway station – Bloor/Yonge and Union.

One man at the meeting said he was concerned about his home, as the proposed route would run under his neighbourhood, and not arterial roads.

“We don’t know if we should be selling, if we should be renovating,” he said.

Coun. Paula Fletcher was at the meeting and said the aim of the town hall wasn’t to “slow anything down,” but to “make sure that when it’s done, it’s right.”

The town hall was hosted by Metrolinx.


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Earlier this month, the province promised to pay $150 million for an engineering study.

Ontario’s Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca said the money will go to Metrolinx to ensure that the project “is well-designed.”

It’s estimated that the downtown relief line is still 12 years away.

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