Following our October 2023 update email and report to City Council in November 2023, the Waterfront East LRT (WELRT) project team received support from Council to advance design to 60% and to undertake steps to secure required environmental approvals.
As such, environmental approvals are being sought through the Transit and Rail Project Assessment Process (TRAP), previously Transit Project Assessment Process, as an update to the previously approved 2010 East Bayfront Transit Class Environmental Assessment, which has since expired. The portion of the network included within the project area spans slightly over 2 km, including an underground connection from Union Station to Queens Quay using existing streetcar tunnels underneath Bay Street, and dedicated surface streetcar right-of-way along Queens Quay East to the future Street A (immediately east of Parliament Street).
The project Notice of Commencement has been distributed to initiate the TRAP as of this morning, March 14, 2024. Please find the Notice of Commencement attached for more information and details on the TRAP. We also encourage you to review the materials on the
City of Toronto website, now that they are available.
Please contact the project team if you have any feedback, comments or questions regarding the TRAP, assessment of potential impacts, and proposed mitigations.
Transportation Planning, Toronto & East York District
Toronto City Hall
21st Floor, East Tower
100 Queen Street West
Toronto ON
M5H 2N2
Email:
waterfrontlrt@toronto.ca (Nigel Tahair, Program Manager, City Planning Division, City of Toronto)
Phone: 416-214-9990 (Patrick Meredith-Karam, Transportation Project Manager, Waterfront Toronto)
Website:
www.toronto.ca/WaterfrontTransit
The WELRT remains one of the City’s top transit priorities. The team will continue to keep you informed as the project advances and we look forward to continued engagement.
Regards,
The Waterfront Transit Team
The City of Toronto, TTC, and Waterfront Toronto
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