www.WeeklyVoice.com COMMUNITY Friday, October 9, 2020 | A-11 Updated Plans For Ontario Line’s North Segment By Mike Winterburn stations, it their surroundings with attractive designs. TORONT0: The northern por- The updated plans now have tion of the Ontario Line will of- a signiicant change in the route fer connections to both the Line that will reduce community im- 2 subway and the Eglinton Cross- pacts. Instead of proceeding town LRT, bringing rapid tran- along Overlea Boulevard after sit to under-served neighbour- the station in Thorncliffe Park, hoods like Thorncliffe Park and tracks will run adjacent to the Flemingdon Park along the way. nearby hydro corridor, a little to Reined plans show a realigned the north, as the line moves to- route that will result in fewer im- ward Flemingdon Park. pacts on its surroundings. “Making this adjustment is Extending from a Line 2 con- part of our ongoing work to fac- nection at Danforth and Pape, the tor in residents’ feedback...” said The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will meet the Ontario Line and bus routes at a new transit hub by Ontario Line’s North segment Malcolm MacKay, Metrolinx the Ontario Science Centre. (Mike Winterburn photo - Metrolinx) will connect more neighbour- Program Sponsor for the Ontario hoods to the subway system. 17 new links to higher-order tran- “That’s why the Ontario Line is ing the time people need to get in Line. New plans released today (Oct. sit – at three current TTC subway designed to be part of a network and out of the station – and the This realignment has the added 6) show how the route has been stations, the Eglinton Crosstown, solution with interchange stations construction impacts on trafic beneits of avoiding impacts to reined to reduce construction three GO lines and 10 stations to existing and future rapid transit and underground utilities will be Valley Park Middle School and impacts in the communities it with streetcar connections – help- lines and to the network of street- reduced. the adjoining cricket pitch. It will serve – most notably along ing people get where they need to car and bus routes, reaching into Heading north, this under- will also reduce the construction Overlea Boulevard. go, faster and easier. more neighbourhoods, and short- ground section will emerge from inconveniences around several This story begins at the TTC’s The connection at Line 2’s ening trip times.” the southern embankment of the houses of worship that front onto existing Pape Station, where the Pape Station will intercept west- As the route travels below Don Valley, west of the Leaside Overlea Boulevard east of Thorn- Ontario Line will connect with bound riders bound for the busy Pape, the next stop will be at Cos- Bridge, on an elevated structure cliffe Park Drive. the Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth) sub- Bloor-Yonge interchange, where burn Avenue, serving residents of that will connect it to Thorncliffe While the new plans have re- way. The northbound trip will many of them currently connect Old East York and Broadview Park and points north. moved some property needs, conclude at Don Mills and Eglin- with Line 1 to get to and from North, plus the Pape Village The station serving Thorncliffe other properties will need to be ton Avenue, where the Eglinton the downtown core. This, in turn, Business Improvement Area. Park will connect a densely popu- acquired. Crosstown LRT will provide an- will result in a 22 per cent reduc- With the updated plan, the sta- lated and culturally diverse com- Metrolinx will work with prop- other east-west connection via its tion in crowding on Line 2’s busi- tion will be located slightly west munity to the subway system. It erty owners and tenants to help Science Centre Station. est stretch. of Pape Avenue, minimizing traf- will serve residents at the western with relocation and transition. Additional transfer points are “We know that one subway ic disruptions during construc- intersection of Thorncliffe Park Metrolinx is also exploring sites a very important beneit of theline cannot solve congestion by tion. Building the station away Drive and Overlea Boulevard. in the area to determine where it Ontario Line. Across the whole itself,” said Devin Horne, Metro- from the street means that the Metrolinx will work to make could situate a maintenance and route, this subway line will create linx Manager of Project Planning. tracks can be shallower – reduc- sure this, and other above-ground storage facility for the line. ‘A Pandemic Shopping Guide’ Fall Curbside Battery Collection BRAMPTON: Residents are minders. This collection service posal. reminded that the fall curbside provides residents a convenient • On your recycling collection battery collection has resumed. way to ensure that their batteries day, place the bag of batteries on Residents can place all single- are disposed of safely. top of your closed green bin. If use and rechargeable batteries As a reminder: you don’t have a green bin, place out for collection during the bat- • Put out all single-use and re- your bag of batteries beside your tery collection period which runs chargeable batteries that weigh recycling bags. from October 19-30, 2020. less than 5 kg (11 lbs). • Drop off all other batteries Residents are encouraged to • Sealed lead acid and car bat- at any CRC year-round free of check peelregion.ca/waste to indteries are not accepted at the curb. charge. their pickup day or sign up to re- Take them to a Peel Community Remember that batteries are ceive free waste notiication re- Recycling Centre (CRC) for dis- toxic if they go into landills. ‘Cloth of The World’ Exhibition At ROM TORONTO: India’s consul-general in Toronto, Apoorva Srivastava this week visited the Royal Ontario Museum which is currently exhibiting its world-renowned collection of Indian chintz The Cloth that Changed the World: India’s Painted and Printed Cottons celebrates the technical mastery, creativity, and far-reaching inluence of India’s -viv idly painted and printed textiles, from the early ori- gins of dyeing and weaving, to the artisans working today. 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