Kids, drivers urged to be careful along busy Mississauga light rail transit work zone
Published September 8, 2022 at 10:43 am
Officials overseeing the $1.4-billion light rail transit (LRT) route being built between south Mississauga and Brampton are urging kids, parents and drivers to be especially careful around the busy construction zones now that school has started again.
“Much of Hurontario St. is now under construction for the Hazel McCallion LRT project with utility, guideway and elevated guideway work,” officials with Metrolinx, the provincial agency in charge of the massive transit project, said in a news release today (Sept. 8).
The 18-kilometre Hazel McCallion LRT, which is to be completed by fall 2024, will take passengers from Port Credit GO station in south Mississauga all the way north into Brampton with 19 stops along the way.
Construction is ramping up as crews move into a new phase of work.
“Crews will soon start installing track along Hurontario St.,” Metrolinx says. “It’s important to obey all traffic and pedestrian signage along the route as rolling intersection closures take place. Motorists are reminded to slow down when navigating these areas.
“Construction progress is exciting, but it’s not without risk,” an agency spokesperson continued. “As the school season begins again and streets become busier, Metrolinx is asking everyone to do their part. By exercising extra caution within construction zones, everyone can go home safe at the end of each day.”
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Drivers on Hurontario St. in Mississauga and Brampton have been faced with a series of rolling partial intersection closures since Aug. 28 as the first tracks on the main section of the LRT route are prepared to go down.
Project leaders note that while the first tracks were actually laid earlier this year at the route’s Operations, Maintenance and Storage Facility on the Mississauga-Brampton border, “…this is the first track installation along the LRT guideway where the light rail vehicles will run on Hurontario St.”
Port Credit GO is the starting point of the LRT route, which when up and running will make 19 stops between south Mississauga and Brampton. It will connect to major transit systems including GO Transit (Milton and Lakeshore West Lines), the Mississauga Transitway, Brampton Transit, ZUM and MiWay.
Meanwhile, City of Mississauga officials are still aggressively pushing for reinstatement of initial plans to create an “LRT loop” that would more directly and conveniently serve condo residents and office workers in the city’s downtown core around Square One.
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