BACKGROUNDER: JENNIFER KEESMAAT’S NETWORK TRANSIT PLAN

Relief Line
Keesmaat Tory
• Construction will start by 2020. • Preliminary design work on southern
portion (from Downtown to the
• Southern portion (from Downtown to the Danforth) is already two years
Danforth) will be completed by 2028, three delayed.
years before the 2031 deadline, to relieve the
capacity crisis. • No commitment beyond preliminary
design.
• Study of the northern portion (to Sheppard)
and western portion (to Bloor and Dundas) will
be completed and construction schedules set.

Finch LRT
Keesmaat Tory

• 11 km at-grade LRT from Finch West Subway • 11 km at-grade LRT from Finch West
Station to Humber College. Subway Station to Humber College.

• Scheduled to open in 2023. • Scheduled to open in 2023.

Scarborough Transit
Keesmaat Tory
• Province will build 3-stop subway. • Continues to support 1-stop subway.

• Regional Express Rail Plan rationalized to • Regional Express Rail Plan includes 2
avoid cannibalizing ridership of subway by stops in Scarborough.
reducing it by one stop. A New GO station at
Finch-Kennedy is retained. • No plan for Eglinton East LRT
completion.
• Eglinton East LRT from Kennedy to UTSC and
Malvern Town Centre
completed by 2025, bringing 16 km of new
rapid transit to Scarborough.

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Eglinton West LRT to Pearson airport
Keesmaat Tory

Eglinton West LRT Mount Dennis to Pearson airport No plan for delivery of line.
completed by 2025, bringing about 14 km of new
transit to Etobicoke.

King Street transit priority corridor

Keesmaat Tory

Make King Street a permanent transit priority corridor No plan for delivery of line.
for streetcars from Bathurst to Jarvis.

Jane Street LRT

Keesmaat Tory

Study and planning of Jane LRT to be completed by No plan for delivery of line.
2022 and construction schedules set.

Waterfront LRT
Keesmaat Tory

Build missing connections in the Waterfront LRT No plan for delivery of line.
Network, which include:
- Improvements to Union Station to
accommodate additional streetcar service.
- The East Bayfront LRT (Queens Quay East).
- Extensions into the Portlands, Unilever site,
and Broadview Extension.
- Waterfront West LRT extension between
Exhibition Loop to the Dufferin Gate Loop.
- New LRT right-of-way from Dufferin Gate to
the Queensway.
- Improvements to the streetcar corridor on Lake
Shore Blvd.

First segments completed by 2025, full projected

completion by 2030.

GO/Regional Express Rail

Keesmaat Tory

Addition of five new GO/RER stations by 2025: Only 6 of Tory’s original 22 station
- Finch-Kennedy “SmartTrack” stations are planned to be built
- East Harbour as GO/RER:
- Spadina-Front - Finch-Kennedy
- King-Liberty - Lawrence-Kennedy
- St. Clair-Old Weston - Gerrard
- East Harbour
Lawrence-Kennedy stop canceled with service - King-Liberty
replaced by a 3-stop Scarborough Subway. - St. Clair-Old Weston

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 The City is also looking to add two additional
GO/RER stations:

- Bloor-Lansdowne
- Spadina-Front

Enhanced Bus Service

Keesmaat Tory
Ramp up fast bus service in low density areas where No plan
appropriate by 2022.

Sheppard Loop

The provincial government has stated its intention to complete the Sheppard Loop, connecting the
Sheppard Subway with the Scarborough Subway Extension. Detail has not yet been provided as to
preferred order of transit or route.

Costs of Network Transit Plan

Projected costs:
- Finch LRT: $2.5B1
- Relief Line South: $6.8B2
- Eglinton East LRT: $2.5-3B3
- Eglinton West LRT: $2.4B4
- Waterfront LRT: $2.3B5
- 5 new GO stations: $1.2B6
- 3-stop Scarborough Subway: $4.2B7
- Enhanced bus service: $1.3B8
- Relief Line North: TBD
- Relief Line West: TBD
- Jane LRT: TBD
- Sheppard Loop: TBD

The provincial government has committed to providing $14 billion for transit expansion in Toronto,
including the Yonge Street Extension, which is to be built predominantly outside of Toronto’s boundaries
and therefore is not included in Jennifer Keesmaat’s network plan. City’s costs and funding contributions
will be determined through the design-build phases of the individual projects in collaboration with the
City’s federal and provincial counterparts.

1
http://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Finch-West-Light-Rail-Transit/
2
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-103533.pdf
3
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-94623.pdf note: cost estimate increased to reflect extension to Malvern
4
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-97895.pdf
5
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-110749.pdf
6
http://smarttrack.to/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SmartTrack-Station-Cost-Validation-Memo_04.11.18-AODA-Version.pdf Note: cost adjusted
to reflect reduction of one station.
7
https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/8b3c-TTC-2018-Cap-Budget-Notes-V1.pd note: cost projection increased due to two
added stations.
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Estimate based on costs of similar enhancements in other jurisdictions.