Greater Toronto Area residents are being asked for their input as the city and Metrolinx begin crafting a study of the proposed downtown relief subway line.
Metrolinx is hosting a number of meetings throughout the GTA this week in which residents will be asked for their ideas on which issues should be examined as part of the study and how the public can best be consulted throughout the process.
The first meeting took place Saturday morning at the Sheraton Centre on Queen Street.
"Transit crowding along the Yonge corridor is a regional problem that needs a regional solution. It's about new and integrated ways to improve people's mobility not just new transit lines," a statement on the Metrolinx website reads. "This important work can't be done in isolation. We believe we can get further, faster by working together – and that's just what we're doing."
Once the meetings have concluded, Metrolinx will create the parameters for the relief line study and then present it to city council in June at which point possible routes and stations would also be discussed.
The following meetings are scheduled for the next week:
April 5, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.(presentation at 10 a.m.)
Where: Sheraton Centre, Dominion Ballroom, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
April 8, 2014
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. (presentation at 6:30 p.m.)
Where: Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church, 10066 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, ON
April 10, 2014
Time: 5:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. (presentation at 6:30 p.m.)
Where: Riverdale Collegiate Institute, 1094 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, ON
April 12, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (presentation at 10:00 a.m.)
Where: Holy Name Parish, 71 Gough Avenue, Toronto, ON
