http://dcnonl.com/article/id40212
August 20, 2010
Work underway on rapid transit corridor in Mississauga, Ontario
MISSISSAUGA, Ont.
Construction on the Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor has started and the project is expected to create approximately 2,600 jobs.
Ontario has provided $65 million to the City of Mississauga to support the Mississauga BRT and is contributing another $48 million in related GO Transit investments.
The project involves building an 18-kilometre east-west busway across Mississauga between Winston Churchill Boulevard and Renforth Drive.
A total of 12 stations will be built along the route, with one existing station being incorporated into the busway.
The aim of the project is to improve local and inter-regional bus operations across Mississauga and to connect with GO Transit and the TTC.
The BRT is expected to be in service by spring 2013.
Since 2003 the province has invested approximately $9.3 billion in public transit, including nearly $3.7 billion in GO Transit to improve and expand service.
This includes over $80 million to Mississauga under the gas tax program to improve and expand public transit.
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