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Scarborough Subway Extension Information Session Please Sign In 1 Why we are here

In 2017, the City of and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) finalized an Environmental Project Report (EPR) for a one-stop Line 2 subway extension, as per Regulation 231/08 under the Environmental Assessment Act.

In 2019, the announced a three-stop Line 2 subway extension. is completing an EPR Addendum to assess impacts and propose mitigation measures for design changes since the 2017 EPR.

The EPR Addendum will contain the following information: • Description of and rationale for planned changes • Assessment and evaluation of potential impacts the changes may have on the environment • Description of proposed mitigation measures to address potential impacts

The EPR Addendum will be available for public review in April 2020.

Have your say! We’re here tonight to: • Introduce the three-stop Scarborough Subway Extension • Provide background information and details on studies underway • Gather feedback from the community

2 Who is Metrolinx?

Our Services • GO serves a population of more than seven million across more than 11,000 square kilometres stretching from Hamilton and Kitchener-Waterloo in the west to Newcastle and Peterborough in the east, and from Orangeville and Beaverton in the north to Niagara Falls in the south. • GO has been in operation since 1967, and now accommodates more than 81 million customer journeys a year.

• PRESTO is the smart card fare payment system seamlessly connecting 11 transit agencies across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and Ottawa. • PRESTO replaces the need for tickets, tokens, passes or cash. • PRESTO currently has over 2 million PRESTO cards in use.

• UP Express connects the country's two busiest transportation hubs, Toronto Pearson International Airport and in , offering a 25-minute journey from end to end, with trains departing every 15 minutes.

3 Who is Metrolinx? Our Vision Metrolinx and its partners are delivering on a bold, forward-looking transportation plan. The goals of the 2041 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) are to create strong connections, complete travel experiences and sustainable communities. We are building a greater region through the following projects: Subway Program GO Expansion Regional Hubs • • Scarborough Subway Extension • • Hurontario Transit (LRT) • Union Station • Eglinton Crosstown West Extension • • Finch West LRT • Union Station Bus Terminal • Yonge North Subway Extension • • Eglinton Crosstown LRT • Highway 407 Bus Terminal • • Transitway • Kipling Transit Hub • • Viva Rapidway • Mount Dennis Mobility Hub • • • • •

GO Train Hurontario LRT Union Station TTC Subway

Whether it’s trains, buses, stations, or stops, everything we are building adds up to one purpose – bringing together the entire region, getting you there better, faster and easier than ever before.

4 What is the Scarborough Subway Extension?

The Scarborough Subway Extension will provide seamless travel between ScarboroughMilliken !! and the downtown core.

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5 Regional Transit Network

Metrolinx is building new and better ways to move you around the region.

6 Benefits of the Scarborough Subway Extension

Provide Improve Provide Better Reach New Seamless Travel Connections Communities Travel Times

Improve rapid transit for residents travelling within Scarborough. Improve travel time Provide seamless Provide new and reliability for travel for Scarborough connections to existing Reach Scarborough riders whose journeys residents heading and planned rapid transit users on include time on into and out of the transit across the Sheppard. surface bus routes on downtown core by Region. congested streets. removing the need to transfer at Kennedy Station.

7 Background – Key Milestones

An Environmental The Scarborough Project Report Metrolinx is Subway Extension (EPR) for the undertaking an was first introduced one-stop EPR Addendum as a three-stop extension was for the three- extension of Line 2 approved with no stop extension. Bloor-Danforth. conditions.

[2013] [2016] [2017] [2019] [2020]

The provincial Metrolinx is government announced finalizing the The City of Toronto the reinstatement of the Preliminary Design approved the one- three-stop extension to Business Case stop Scarborough provide higher-quality for the three-stop Subway Extension. transit and greater Scarborough connectivity for users. Subway Extension.

8 Timeline The three-stop extension will better serve Scarborough and the City of Toronto as a whole. Next steps following this information session include:

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SPRING/ SUMMER SUMMER/ 2019/ 2020 SPRING 2020 SUMMER SPRING 2023 2029/ 2030 2020 FALL 2021 2021

Notice of Request for Environmental Contract 1 RFP Contract Contract 2 Environmental Proposals (RFP) Estimated in Project Report Awarded/ Work 2 (Rail and Awarded/ Work Studies Contract 1 Service Addendum/ Early Begins Infrastructure) Begins (Tunnel) Works

Public Public Review Engagement and Comment Ongoing public engagement

*Timelines are estimates as of March 2020, subject to change and government approvals.

9 Improved Access and Strong Connections

Making it easier to get to work 2041 Employment Density & The Scarborough Subway Extension The Scarborough Subway Extension will increase access to jobs. Estimates show 34,000 jobs within a 10-minute walk of the new stations.

Connections with planned rapid transit In addition to connections with existing rapid transit, the Scarborough Subway Extension will connect with the: • Current Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) at Kennedy Station • Potential Subway Extension • Proposed Durham Region Bus Rapid Transit

10 Less Crowding on Your Commute

The Scarborough Subway Extension is expected to:

Attract more than 105,000 daily boardings Create more seamless journeys through Decrease the number of vehicle each day, easing congestion on existing 158,000 daily transfers between buses kilometres travelled (VKT) in Toronto transit lines throughout the city. and the Scarborough Subway Extension. leading to a reduction in congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

about -30,000 VKT during the morning rush-hour 105,000+ 158,000 boardings each day daily bus transfers

Source: GGHm v4. Comparison with Business As Usual scenario.

11 Travel Time Savings The Scarborough Subway Extension will bring rapid transit closer to where transit users live and work, reducing travel times. By eliminating the need to transfer at Kennedy Station and providing closer rapid transit connections to local bus routes, commute times could be reduced by up to 10 minutes. How would travel between Campuses be affected? Example: a trip from University of Toronto Scarborough Campus to Varsity Stadium

SCENARIOS Kennedy Kennedy George St TIME SAVINGS *Business As Usual 4' 3' 36' 1' 1' 28' 4' 7 MIN Scarborough Centre St George George St Scarborough Subway Extension

4' 3' 20' 1' 1' 37' 4' TOTAL TRAVEL TIME Source: GGHm v4. 70' 77' (minutes)

How would travel to Downtown Toronto be affected? Example: a trip from Scarborough Centre to Bloor/ Yonge

SCENARIOS Kennedy Kennedy *Business As Usual TIME SAVINGS 2' 2' 22' 1' 1' 25' 2' 10 MIN

Scarborough Subway Extension

9' 1' 33' 2' TOTAL TRAVEL TIME Source: GGHm v4. 45' 55' (minutes)

*Please note: the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario does not include the existing TTC Line 3 (the Scarborough RT), as it is understood that its technology will soon reach the end of its serviceable life.

12 Assessment of Design Changes The 2020 Environmental Project Report (EPR) Addendum will assess the following design changes:

Emergency Traction Station & Ancillary Alignment Exit Buildings Power Construction Features (EEBs) Substations

• Extend subway • New terminal station at Sheppard • New EEB locations • Remove TPSS 2 • Tunnel boring machine (TBM) launch from Scarborough Avenue East and McCowan Road along the alignment north of Lawrence shaft near Kennedy Station, terminal Centre north to • Revised location of the station at extension (EEBs 7 Avenue as TPSS is station at Sheppard Avenue, and Sheppard Avenue Scarborough Centre and 8) now provided at extraction shaft located at Lawrence Lawrence Station Avenue East and McCowan Road • Shift subway • New station at Lawrence Avenue • New EEB 5 location station alignment at East and McCowan Road Scarborough • Cut-and-cover construction, east • Ancillary features at station Centre east to the of Kennedy Station to Midland locations (e.g., vent shafts, traction McCowan Road Avenue for tail track realignment and power substations (TPSS)) right-of-way installation of pocket tracks • New bus loop north of Lawrence Avenue • Addition of a pocket track east of Kennedy Station to facilitate short- What is a short-turn? turn service We know being on-schedule is important. Sometimes trains and buses are ahead of or behind schedule. A short-turn allows transit vehicles to turn to travel in the opposite direction to best maintain schedule.

What is a bus loop? A bus loop is the beginning and end of a bus service where the bus turns around to provide service in the opposite direction.

What is cut-and-cover? Cut-and-cover is a construction method where excavation is performed then covered with wooden decking while crews continue digging underneath. Once complete, the surface is returned to its original state.

13 Stations The project includes three stations at Lawrence Avenue and McCowan Road, Scarborough Centre (McCowan Road north of Ellesmere Road), and Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, and will also seamlessly connect with the existing Kennedy Station. The project also includes large bus terminals at Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road and at Scarborough Centre, with the latter terminal serving multiple carriers (TTC, GO, and ).

Sheppard Avenue and Scarborough Centre Lawrence Avenue and Kennedy Station McCowan Road (east (on McCowan Road, McCowan Road (On/ Pocket Track of McCowan Road) north of Bushby/ Triton) west of McCowan Road)

• 19-bay TTC bus terminal • 16-bay TTC bus terminal • 4-bay bus terminal on • The Kennedy pocket on northeast quadrant of • 7-bay GO Transit and southwest quadrant of track area extends Sheppard Avenue East and Durham Region Bus Rapid Lawrence Avenue East and roughly 550 metres McCowan Road, above Transit bus terminal McCowan Road from the east side tunnel/ station of the GO Transit • Taxi and accessible • Short-turn loop north of Stouffville rail corridor • Taxi and accessible passenger pick-up and Lawrence Avenue or a TTC to Commonwealth passenger pick-up and drop-off spaces bus route drop-off spaces Avenue and will include special track work and a • Passenger pick-up and pocket track to enable drop-off facility subway trains to short • Space for connection with turn to suit ridership future Line 4 extension and demand and minimize future passenger transfer fleet requirements, as between Line 4 and Line 2 What is a pocket track? A pocket track is a rail track layout that allows trains to park or move off the well as lower operating main line so they can reverse direction without disrupting service. costs

*Note: Station entrances will be determined in the next stage of design.

14 Environmental Studies Underway

We are completing environmental studies for design changes from the 2017 Environmental Project Report (EPR) — including new stations, tunnels and emergency exit buildings (EEBs) — to establish baseline conditions, complete impact assessments and develop mitigation measures. These studies build off previous studies completed for the 2017 EPR.

Natural Cultural Noise and Air Quality Traffic Environment Heritage Vibration

• Plant inventories • Historical • Review data from air • Collect noise • Review research, review quality monitoring and vibration construction, • Aquatic habitat of heritage stations, determine air measurements operation and surveys registers and contaminant sources maintenance • Identify noise and • Species at risk and inventories, and and identify sensitive impacts for: vibration sensitive significant wildlife field surveys receptors receptors • Automobile habitat screening • Conduct air dispersion traffic and • Determine noise modelling to determine transit services and vibration contaminant levels mitigation • Pedestrians at sensitive receptor strategies and cyclists locations

15 Natural Environment

• 2017-2019 field studies included: vegetation, wildlife habitat, species at risk, species of conservation concern and aquatic habitats • The study area is a 120-metre buffer around the proposed design changes Barn Swallow Source: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/barn-swallow

Wildlife and Vegetation and Tree Removal Species at Risk Waterbodies Wildlife Habitat

Potential Impacts Potential Impacts Potential Impacts Potential Impacts Removal of vegetation and trees Disturbance or displacement of Disturbance or displacement of Impacts to aquatic/ riparian wildlife species at risk (e.g. Barn Swallows, vegetation; erosion and bat species) sedimentation Examples of Mitigation Measures • Removals will be kept to a minimum and limited to within the construction footprint Examples of Mitigation Examples of Mitigation Examples of Mitigation • Temporarily disturbed areas will be re-vegetated Measures Measures Measures • If removals are within Toronto and Region Conservation • If wildlife is encountered, • Species-specific mitigation • Spatial buffers around the Authority’s (TRCA) Meadoway Restoration Areas, consultation measures will be measures will be implemented construction zone will be with TRCA may be required implemented to avoid based on surveys undertaken established to minimize • The City of Toronto Tree Protection Policy and Specifications impacts or interference with prior to construction, and potential impacts for Construction Near Tree Guidelines (2016) will be followed the species and its habitat ongoing consultation with the • Compensation will be provided for removals, if required, and Ministry of the Environment, permitting/ approvals will be obtained Conservation and Parks (MECP)

16 Cultural Heritage

• Metrolinx is assessing potential impacts to cultural heritage resources in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act.

Heritage Resources

Potential Impacts

• An inventory of cultural heritage resources was conducted and one designated cultural heritage property was found at 146 St. Andrews Road, adjacent to the study area. This property, containing a residence, is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act • No direct or indirect impacts (including vibration) to this property are anticipated as it is located more than 80 metres from the study area

Examples of Mitigation Measures

• Not required

17 Air Quality

An air quality assessment is being conducted to determine the potential for air quality impacts from the design changes Air Quality Assessment based on three different scenarios:

• Existing Conditions Potential Impacts & Further Studies • Future No-Build Conditions • Emissions from bus movement at or near the • Future Build Conditions proposed stations • A quantitative air quality assessment including a detailed emissions assessment and dispersion The assessment was based on recommendations from the modelling is currently underway to determine Ministry of Transportation’s Environmental Guide for Assessing station-specific impacts on the local air quality. It and Mitigating the Air Quality Impacts and Greenhouse Gas will also include a regional assessment of increased Emissions of Provincial Transportation Projects, 2019. greenhouse gas burden on the region

Example of Mitigation Measures

• Prior to construction, a detailed Construction Air Quality Management Plan will be developed and implemented

18 Noise and Vibration Metrolinx is committed to minimizing and managing the Comparing sources of noise (dBA) effects of noise and vibration on its neighbours. Normal conversation Military jet take-off at 1m (60 dBA) at 25m (140 dBA)

Metrolinx’s Subway Program noise and vibration Rustling leaves Excavation equipment (10 dBA) (e.g., bulldozer) at 15 m management approach will follow: (up to 85 dBA) • Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy/ GO Transit Draft Protocol for Noise and Vibration Assessment Guide (MOEE/GO Transit, 1994) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

Threshold of Typical ambient daytime • Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy/ Toronto Transit hearing (0 dBA) noise level in an urban area (53 - 67 dBA) Commission Protocol for Noise and Vibration Assessment Ambient noise levels in a Threshold of wilderness area (40 dBA) pain (130 dBA) (MOEE/TTC, 1993) Typical ambient night-time noise in an urban area (49 - 62 dBA)

Comparing sources of vibration (VdB)

• Threshold for risk of minor • Limit for vibration cosmetic damage for fragile sensitive equipment Difficulty with tasks buildings • Approximate threshold such as reading a • Blasting from construction for human perception computer screen projects at 15 m of vibration

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Typical background Bus or truck, Bulldozers and other heavy tracked vibration at 15 m typical at 15 m construction equipment at 15 m Noise logger capturing ambient noise

19 Noise and Vibration A noise and vibration assessment was completed for the three-stop Scarborough Subway Extension to evaluate construction and operational noise and vibration associated with the project.

Construction Operations

Potential Impacts Potential Impacts • Results indicated that noise and vibration impacts • Results indicated that noise and vibration impacts during construction will need to be mitigated at during operation may need to be mitigated at some locations some locations

Examples of Mitigation Measures & Further Studies Examples of Mitigation Measures & Further Studies • Prior to construction, Noise and Vibration • Specific mitigation measures will be selected Management Plans will be developed and during the next phase of design, and may include: implemented • Noise barriers • Specific mitigation measures will be selected • High resilience rail fasteners and floating slab during the next phase of design, and may track include: • Design subway stationary facilities (e.g., traction • Noise barriers power substations) such that noise and vibration • Conducting work during the day time are controlled Long-term construction • Selection of low-noise or low-vibration • Optimal maintenance, timely monitoring and noise monitoring equipment and operating construction inspections of railway tracks and trains, track station, with solar equipment on lower vibration settings continuity power and remote • Conducting pre- and post-construction surveys telecommunications

20 Traffic A review of qualitative impacts to automobiles, transit service, pedestrians and cyclists resulting from construction and operations of the Scarborough Subway Extension has been conducted.

Construction Operations

Potential Impacts Potential Impacts • Partial road closures and presence of heavy • New bus terminals and increased transit service construction vehicles on roadways resulting in may impact traffic operations at adjacent reduction of road capacity and potential delays intersections and surrounding roadways Automobile • Relocation of transit stops • Impacts to pedestrians and cyclists are expected to be minimal

Examples of Mitigation Measures & Further Studies Examples of Mitigation Measures & Further Studies • Implementation of traffic staging plans, • A detailed Traffic Impact Study will be conducted including design of temporary intersection lane to determine the most appropriate mitigation configurations, temporary traffic signals, and measures and design traffic control treatments for modifications to existing signal timings implementation • Adding temporary signalized crossings • Mitigation measures may include: or pedestrian cross-overs, construction of • Implementation of appropriate signage and temporary sidewalks or raised decked walkways advanced notifications through construction areas • Implementation of mitigation measures and design treatments resulting from a future detailed Traffic Impact Study Line 2 at Kennedy Station

*A Traffic Impact Study for all proposed stations including intersection capacity analysis will be undertaken to quantitatively assess impacts.

21 Share your feedback!

• What is most important to you about this project? • What would you like to hear more about? • How would you like to hear from us? • Is there anything we missed? Please let us know if you have additional thoughts or concerns about the Scarborough Subway Extension.

22 Thank you for coming!

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