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Box Grove area Markham construction: YRT detours, starting April 1



Due to road construction at SmartCentres Boxgrove, York Region Transit is detouring buses along these routes, starting Wednesday, April 1:

  • 1 Highway 7; and
  • 2 Milliken.

Construction at SmartCentres and the resulting YRT detours continue until April 26 (route 1) or August 1 (route 2).


1 Highway 7

From Wednesday, April 1 until Sunday, April 26, westbound buses start their trips on Copper Creek Drive beside CIBC, then proceed:

along their regular route westward along Copper Creek.

Westbound buses skip their regular stop

  • at SmartCentres Boxgrove.

Eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Donald Cousens Parkway at the entrance to SmartCentres Boxgrove, then detour:

southward along Donald Cousens; and then
westward along Copper Creek Drive to beside CIBC,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stop

  • at SmartCentres Boxgrove.

Instead, eastbound buses drop off passengers at a temporary stop

  • on Copper Creek Drive beside CIBC.
2 Milliken

Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from Saturday, April 4 until Saturday, August 1, westbound buses start their trips on Copper Creek Drive beside CIBC, then proceed:

along their regular route westward along Copper Creek.

Westbound buses skip their regular stop

  • at SmartCentres Boxgrove.

Eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Rouge Bank Drive at Box Grove Bypass, then proceed:

southward along Box Grove;
eastward along 14th Avenue;
northward along Donald Cousens Parkway; and then
westward along Copper Creek Drive to beside CIBC,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Copper Creek Drive at Stone Church Crescent and Rizal Avenue and
  • at SmartCentres Boxgrove.

Instead, eastbound buses drop off passengers at temporary stops

  • on Box Grove Bypass across from Oakborough Drive and Rizal Avenue,
  • on 14th Avenue at Riverwalk Drive and Vetesse Court and
  • on Copper Creek Drive beside CIBC.
  • on Copper Creek Drive beside CIBC.
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