Construction at the Square One Bus Terminal in Mississauga is complete and to celebrate, Mayor Bonnie Crombie was on hand to laud the new station.
The renovated terminal now has three GO service windows, three ticket vending machines, a PRESTO card balance checker and monitors that display transit routes. The new station building, located on Centre View Drive, offers accessible public washrooms and a “climate-controlled” waiting area.
“Investing in public transit and transportation progress helps manage congestions, connects people to jobs, improves our economy and also the quality of life of those that we are proud to represent,” Steven Del Duca, the Minister of Transportation, said at the announcement Thursday morning.
Crombie noted that the Square One Terminal upgrades would not have been possible without the funding Hurontario LRT received from the Ministry of Transportation last year.
“A year ago, Minister Del Duca came to Mississauga and announced that the Hurontario LRT would receive full funding amounting to $1.6 billion,” Mayor Crombie said. “It is the single largest infrastructure investment in Mississauga’s history.”
She also commended Premier Kathleen Wynne for the investment the Liberal government promised in its 2016 budget and said the changes to the Square One terminal are “already shaping the city and its growth.”
The Ontario government made a $160-billion investment into public infrastructure in the budget announcement earlier month. The investment will stretch over 12 years and outlies plans for developments in transit systems, bridges, roads, schools and hospitals.
The CEO of Metrolink, Bruce McCuaig, and the MPP for Mississauga East-Cooksville, Dipika Damerla, were also on hand to celebrate the terminal’s completion.
Upgrades on the Square One Bus Terminal began in November 2014 with a three-phase plan. The construction was slated to be completed by early 2016.
The Square One Bus Terminal is the second busiest bus station in the GO Transit system, following Union Station. According to the Ontario government, the terminal serves an average of 20,000 customers a day.
