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City Commitment Volume 1 • Issue 3 A Queenscorp Newsletter to Commuters Creating a Great Waterfront Destination
n response to increasing transit demand the Province of With commuter traffic expected to increase 55% by the year to be shared by the city of Mississauga and GO transit. With Ontario published the Rapid Transit Action Plan in June 2021, increasing commuter options and transit availability the BRT expected to be operable in 2012, and dozens of I 2007. The Plan includes 52 action items facilitating the has become a necessity.9 The City of Mississauga has transit stations scheduled to be constructed in areas such as expansion and improvement of 902 kilometers of rapid secured funding for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in City Centre, Winston Churchill, Erin Mills, Cawthra, and transit throughout the greater Toronto area.7 Projects slated order to meet city objectives of increasing public transit use Dixie Road among others, the City will add 75 buses to its for Mississauga include Hurontario Light Rail transit between by 25% within the next 5 years. The BRT System will connect fleet in addition to increasing service hours by 300,000 Queen Street in Brampton and Lakeshore Road, GO high density developments and employment centres within per year.10 Lakeshore West Rail Line expansion from Port Credit to Mississauga and further connect with inter-regional transit Oakville, Dundas Street West Light Rail Transit from Kipling and TTC stations. The federal government will ultimately With this in mind, it is expected Mississauga's waterfront Station to Hurontario Street and electrifying the GO contribute $83 Million to the project with the Province communities will reap the benefits of the increased public Lakeshore line to increase speed and reduce emissions.8 contributing a further $63 Million, and the remaining cost transit options.
7 "McGuinty government action plan for rapid transit will move economy forward." June 15, 2007. Office of the Premier . 18 March, 2008.
ith this in mind, the City of Mississauga has just minutes from the GO Station and the Mississauga and recently recognized the unique opportunity they Toronto public transit. Since 2004, the Region of Peel, also Lake Ontario Whave with their waterfront - particularly with the recognizing the uniqueness of the area, has been committed elimination of the coal fueled power plant in 2006. Their to eliminate the effects of the Lakeview Water Treatment 1 recent commitment to focus on developing Lakeview’s District Facility on the neighbourhood. With this commitment to the idea Experience Centre Plan, which governs city growth management on a local revitalization of the Lakeview area, along with existing Monday to Thursday 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. waterfront parks and expansion of existing transit lines, the Friday by appointment tm level, will aim to capitalize on the uniqueness of the area. Saturday, Sunday & Holidays: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Lakeview is just steps away from a series of waterfront parks, Mississauga lakefront is scheduled to become one of Imagine long walks on the beach, the wind in your hair, walking/bike trails, public and private golf courses and is Ontario’s great waterfront destinations. waves lapping at your feet. At idea, waterfront living is For information: as good and as close as it gets. queenscorp.com or 416.354.2221 smart living 1 Corbasson, Carmen. “Councillor’s Report Spring/Summer 2006.” The Corporation of the City of Mississauga. 26 Feb, 2008.
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Map of Mississauga Waterfront Trail and Parks. www.waterfronttrail.org/trail
As efforts to redevelop the waterfront continue, contributions from local community groups have been well received. The Waterfront Parks Taking Action to Develop Lakeview Ratepayers “Lakeview Legacy Project” which would see the Lakeview waterfront become a $2 Billion dollar along the Shores waterfront destination was unanimously endorsed by the Waterfront Parks Mississauga City Council. The project proposes the redevelopment of over 200 hectares, including extending the of Lake Ontario existing waterfront trails and parklands, the addition of major n association with Park redevelopment, the City’s Community preservation of natural landscapes. Increasing park features such as aquariums and piers, the encouragement Services Department along with Brook McIlroy Inc. and accessibility is a primary goal of the strategy, and Mississauga of medium density residential towers and live work esignated a Gateway Park; Marie Curtis Park Pace Architects are conducting a review of the Waterfront Council has recommended connecting Marie Curtis Park to I opportunities, and the creation of treed promenades and the adjacent Arsenal Lands have been Park Strategy which aims to provide the city with an overall the Lakefront Promenade Park in an effort to better integrate accommodating the extension of the TTC streetcar.4 Given Dearmarked for redevelopment. Located on the Waterfront Park Plan. Guiding principals under the current and connect the waterfront parks and improve connections to the amount of waterfront land in Mississauga, proactive border of Mississauga and Toronto, the combined parks revised strategy emphasize the creation of vibrant, the City at large. The strategy also calls for input from public planning has become essential. With potentially 200 Hectares will service surrounding lakeside communities, and sustainable year round waterfront destinations for public use, stakeholders, which will be used in further revisions to the 3 available for development, the Mississauga waterfront could provide a stunning entry point into Mississauga. and places special emphasis on the maintenance and Waterfront Parks Strategy and its guiding principals. Current plans for the park include the extension of become the GTA’s “biggest, fully planned and best existing nature trails, the creation of picnic facilities, coordinated people friendly waterfront district with 3 “General Committee” March 19, 2008. The Corporation of the City of Mississauga. 24 March, 2008.
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