Tonight marks the beginning of a series of public consultations the city is conducting on the future of transit in Toronto.
The city is looking for input from the public on two reports, which are set to be released today, outlining short-term and long-term transit projects on the city’s radar, including an LRT along the city’s waterfront and the expansion of the Eglinton Crosstown.
Other projects the city planning department will be looking for public input on include SmartTrack, a downtown relief line, and the Scarborough subway extension.
Speaking to CP24 Tuesday morning, TTC Chair Josh Colle said the reports detail more of a transit wish list at this point.
“In the past, what we’ve criticized the previous governments for both at the city, provincial and federal level with transit is that each line was kind of planned, development and built in isolation,” Colle said.
“So it’s an effort to start to look at how you’re going to coordinate all the different either existing projects, projects under constructions and ones that are more aspirational.”
There will be seven public consultations, held in partnership with Metrolinx, in Toronto in February and March.
Tonight’s meeting will be held at Jean Vanier Secondary School at 959 Midland Avenue from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
A full list of other public consultations is available on the city’s website.
