Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation is conducting a planning, preliminary design and environmental assessment of the proposed 407 Transitway between west of Hurontario Street at the boundary between Brampton and Mississauga and east of Highway 400 in Vaughan.
This section of the fully separated transitway extends along the Highway 407 corridor on an exclusive right-of-way (in most cases, on the south side of the highway) for 23 kilometres. It includes several stations with parking and other amenities. Depending on the results of its study, the ministry intends to start operating the 407 Transitway as bus rapid transit with the possibility of converting the line to light rail transit in the future.
This 23-kilometre segment forms part of a 150-kilometre-long high-speed inter-regional transit line that the ministry plans to eventually build on a separate right-of-way that parallels Highway 407 from Burlington to Clarington.
Ontario legislation requires the ministry to consult with members of the public at various stages of the environmental assessment process. It’s now ready to host the first of these consultations at two open houses next week:
Events take place:
- in the Bramalea area of Brampton; and
- in the Woodbridge area of Vaughan.
These public information centres are informal drop-in events. Ministry staff are displaying the results of their planning study, including forecasting the number of passengers and potential service plans and identifying potential alignments (or routes) and station locations. Staff and their consultants will be available to answer your questions and to receive your comments.
The ministry will host a second series of public information centres later to present the final results of its study, including the route alignments and stations that it’s recommending.
The ministry has already completed an environmental assessment of this segment of the transitway:
It has an environmental assessment study underway for this segment:
Tuesday, December 6
From 4 until 8 p.m.
Greenbriar Recreation Centre,
1100 Central Park Drive,
Brampton
Getting there by public transit:
- Eastbound Brampton Transit buses operating along the 9 Vodden route to Central Park Drive across from the recreation centre. (Note that you should probably walk to the east or to the west to the nearest intersection to cross the road safely.)
- Westbound buses operating along the 9 Vodden roue to beside the recreation centre.
- Southbound buses operating along the 12 Grenoble route to Central Park Drive east of Greenarrow Court. Walk east to Glenvale Boulevard, then cross to the north side of Central Park. Walk east along the north side of the Central Park two blocks to the recreation centre.
- Northbound buses operating along the 12 Grenoble route to Central Park Drive west of Glenvale Boulevard. Walk east along the north side of the Central Park two blocks to the recreation centre.
- Southbound buses operating along the 14 Torbram route to Torbram Road at Central Park Drive. Walk west two blocks to the recreation centre.
- Northbound buses operating along the 14 Torbram route to Torbram Road at Central Park Drive. Cross to the northwest corner. Walk west two blocks to the recreation centre.
Thursday, December 8
From 4 until 8 p.m.
Woodbridge Pool and Memorial Arena,
5020 Highway 7.
Getting there by public transit:
- Eastbound Brampton Transit buses operating along the 501 Züm Queen route or York Region Transit buses operating along the Viva orange route to Islington vivastation. Cross Highway 7 at the signal and walk to the pool and arena on the northwest corner of Highway 7 and Islington Avenue.
- Westbound Brampton Transit buses operating along the 501 Züm Queen route or YRT buses operating along the Viva orange route to Islington vivastation, beside the pool and arena.
- Southbound YRT buses operating along the 13 Islington route to Highway 7, beside the pool and arena.
- Northbound YRT buses operating along the 13 Islington route to Highway 7. Cross to the northwest corner to the pool and arena.
- Eastbound YRT buses operating along the 77 Highway 7 route to Islington Avenue. Cross Highway 7 at the signal and walk to the pool and arena on the northwest corner of Highway 7 and Islington Avenue.
- Westbound YRT buses operating along the 77 Highway 7 route to Islington Avenue, beside the pool and arena.
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