Residents will get answers on $4.6B LRT construction in Mississauga: Metrolinx 

Residents who have questions about the ongoing partial closure of one of Mississauga’s busiest intersections or anything else related to the $4.6-billion Hazel McCallion light-rail transit line can speak directly to project leaders next week.

Metrolinx, the provincial agency overseeing the massive Mississauga-to-Brampton public transit project, says it’s hosting a live virtual open house on June 25 to share updates on the Hazel McCallion Line project, scheduled for completion in 2028.

During the session, which runs from 6:30-7:30 p.m., Metrolinx project experts will provide a brief presentation “highlighting current project progress, upcoming milestones, construction activities, bike infrastructure and ongoing community engagement efforts,” the agency said.

Following the presentation, attendees can participate in a live question-and-answer session with project leaders.

Those who want to attend the virtual session must register ahead of time.

Residents will get answers to their questions

Participants can submit questions both in advance of and during the presentation, Metrolinx said, adding any questions not answered during the live event will receive a response within 14 business days.

The public engagement session comes as the Hurontario and Dundas streets intersection, among the busiest in the city, remains partially closed until June 30.

While Hurontario Street reopened to both northbound and southbound traffic this past Monday after a four-day full intersection closure, Dundas Street remains closed to traffic in the area until the end of the month.

A look from above shows work taking place earlier at Hurontario and Dundas streets as part of the Hazel McCallion Line, a light-rail transit route that’ll run from Mississauga to Brampton. (Photo: Metrolinx X)

The full intersection closure, which shut down the area between June 11 and early morning June 15, was necessary to allow work crews to install the centre-running guideway and LRT tracks, project leaders said.

When completed in early 2028 or so, the Hazel McCallion Line will run 18 kilometres along Hurontario Street from south Mississauga (Port Credit GO) north into downtown Brampton.

The high-traffic Hurontario/Dundas intersection, also a busy commercial area, is situated in the heart of Cooksville a few kilometres south of Mississauga’s downtown core.

BIA claimed businesses had little time to prepare

On June 10, the Cooksville Business Improvement Area issued a news release in which it took Metrolinx to task for what it claimed to be a lack of notice related to the major intersection closure.

The BIA claimed businesses and property owners were faced “with only days to prepare for one of the most significant traffic disruptions in Cooksville.”

In response, Metrolinx told INsauga.com at the time it had been “in communication with the local community, including the Cooksville BIA, since early 2026 preparing them for the closure with high-level details, including potential impacts, potential construction approaches and areas to be impacted.”

(Image: Metrolinx)

The Hazel McCallion Line, under construction since 2020, is scheduled to be completed at some point in 2028 — which would put it nearly four years behind schedule.

Metrolinx updated the city on the well-behind-schedule initiative at a closed-door session in late April.

The mayor, city councillors and senior staff had long expressed frustration at project delays they’ve said are hurting businesses and testing drivers’ patience daily.

In an interview with INsauga.com in May, Mayor Carolyn Parrish said she and other city officials were told by Metrolinx the Hazel McCallion Line would be ready in 2028 to take its first passengers.

Hazel McCallion Line was initially to open in 2024

The new LRT line, which when completed will whisk riders from Port Credit GO station in south Mississauga north into Brampton along Hurontario Street, was initially to open in fall 2024.

However, the project has encountered various delays since that date was set.

When it opens to passengers, the Hazel McCallion Line will feature more than 20 stops along the route, including several in Mississauga’s downtown core by Square One. Metrolinx received the go-ahead from the province in February 2024 to extend the LRT line by three or four kilometres into downtown Brampton and reintroduce the “downtown loop” to the City Centre area of Mississauga. The latter component will add several stops to the route.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said earlier this year that extending the $4.6-billion Hazel McCallion Line from Hurontario Street into the busy and fast-growing downtown core of Mississauga will cost another $1.6 billion — the construction tab to be picked up by the provincial government.

(Cover photo: Metrolinx)