Apart from serving the development of Scarborough Centre, the LRT line would support development in the Kennedy - Midland corridor, provide rapid transit service to
Centennial College and be well - positioned for a future extension of the line into theMalvern
Town Centre. The proposed extension of the Bloor Danforth subway would pass through largely stable residential areas and the primary trip generation points would be the Scarborough Centre and the Sheppard Avenue terminal. It should be noted that the proposed subway station at Lawrence Avenue is largely surrounded by a stable, low density area with the exception of Scarborough Hospital, General Campus, at the northwest corner of Lawrence/McCowan. The subway’s design capacity exceeds 2031 forecast ridership levels, requiring a robust program to attract significant employment growth (and to a lesser extent residential growth) to the Scarborough Centre in order to increase ridership. The LRT line will service three priority neighbourhoods compared to the subway ’s one
