Ontario announces next step in plan to extend Toronto subway into Markham – Toronto | 24CA News
The Ford authorities will announce plans to set off a key step in its bid to increase a Toronto subway line into neighbouring Markham, Ont.
On Thursday, the province mentioned it might start petitioning firms curious about constructing the Yonge subway line north from Finch Avenue into Markham.
The announcement is about to be made by Minister of Transport Caroline Mulroney at an occasion studded with political names, together with a federal minister and Toronto’s deputy mayor.
“The Yonge North Subway Extension is a critical project for York Region that will provide much-needed access to reliable public transit and connect more people to major employment centres in Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill,” Mulroney mentioned in a press release.
The news means the province has moved to difficulty a request for {qualifications} for tunnelling, marking the start of a seek for firms to work on setting up the subway extension.
The extension is about to run for eight kilometres and, Ontario initiatives, will accommodate 90,000 journeys per day.
The Yonge subway extension is one in every of a number of high-profile subway initiatives being pushed by the Ford authorities, together with the Ontario Line and Scarborough subway extension.
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