Mississauga Hurontario-Main Line 10 LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

micheal_can said:
You clearly have never seen Vancouver's Skytrain. A full flyover would be great. And those stuck in traffic seeing the LRT whizzing by them might be more an incentive to leave the car at home.
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So an elevated guideway is the plan? There was mention of level crossings and tracks cutting across fields. If so, good.
 
Allandale25 said:
Where was it ever mentioned there would be level crossings (IE with crossing gates)?
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Not that I am aware of. There was no elevated section noted during the EA, other than a possible new bridge for 403 that I recall.

If you are going to cross Hurontario and Sq One Dr at grade as plan now, need gates and going to piss off drivers doing so.
 
drum118 said:
Not that I am aware of. There was no elevated section noted during the EA, other than a possible new bridge for 403 that I recall.

If you are going to cross Hurontario and Sq One Dr at grade as plan now, need gates and going to piss off drivers doing so.
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Shouldn't be afraid to install gates if they help get the light rail moving better.

Not sure why that would piss off drivers though. As an occasional driver, I always prefer clear rules and unambiguous signage, rather than second-guess what I am/am not supposed to be doing.
 
micheal_can said:
You clearly have never seen Vancouver's Skytrain. A full flyover would be great. And those stuck in traffic seeing the LRT whizzing by them might be more an incentive to leave the car at home.
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Indeed, elevated transit doesn't have to look ugly. It only looks ugly when built with no effort to make it look nice.

Here in GTA, we tend to erect dull concrete slabs, but that's not the case in many places around the world.
 
^ Sorry should have clarified, I meant mentioned by staff, consultants, the EA, the actual proposed design, etc. From people who have responded the answer is that it wasn't suggest by the project team and is not in any public document currently available.
 
The agenda for next week's Brampton Committee of Council meeting includes an updated LRT report from staff and revised recommendation. The deferred motion from the previous meeting and responses to questions also included.

(One big PDF file opens and you have use the bookmarks or scroll through to get to the LRT related pages.)

www.brampton.ca

Council Meetings & Agendas

Council Meetings & Agendas detail information
www.brampton.ca www.brampton.ca
 
Allandale25 said:
The agenda for next week's Brampton Committee of Council meeting includes an updated LRT report from staff and revised recommendation. The deferred motion from the previous meeting and responses to questions also included.

(One big PDF file opens and you have use the bookmarks or scroll through to get to the LRT related pages.)

www.brampton.ca

Council Meetings & Agendas

Council Meetings & Agendas detail information
www.brampton.ca www.brampton.ca
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interesting to see
 
It would be great to see it extended to to Brampton. It would be interesting if the northern terminus was only it for a few years while the extension was built.
 
^Some interesting comments elsewhere in that agenda about parking and potential triple tracking at GO Brampton.

- Paul
 
crs1026 said:
^Some interesting comments elsewhere in that agenda about parking and potential triple tracking at GO Brampton.

- Paul
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Indeed.

All Day 2 Way GO Transit:

All day, 2-way GO transit service in Brampton is important to the future growth of the
downtown and City at large. To achieve all day 2-way go service, a 3rd rail track is required to be added to the existing rail infrastructure within the CN rail corridor. The proposed location and development of the CFI at 8 and 14 Nelson Street West will not preclude the ability to provide all day, 2-way GO transit service. While the relocation of Metrolinx buildings within the CN rail corridor may be required, the existing corridor appears sufficient to accommodate a 3rd rail track.
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That's all very interesting. I did not know that the 1989 office building above the bus terminal was in such bad shape, but it makes sense, given the amount of times the parking garage had to be repaired, closing the bus terminal.

It's also interesting that the two older 1970s-era office buildings that Metrolinx vacated would be re-occupied. And that the new Centre for Innovation would go on the north side of Nelson, instead of the south side, where the old Loblaws store was (later H&R Block and that sketchy Mocca Cafe). I wonder if that's where a temporary bus terminal would go, as the businesses in that building were vacated.

It's really too bad the houses were all bought up now that Metrolinx isn't planning the surface lot in the short term.
 
From today's Brampton Council meeting:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1128728535886123008

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