CodeRedTO is participating in a stakeholder session today for the Eglinton Crosstown's eastern extension. Public meetings will be held May 30, June 1, & June 7.
With a completed Environmental Assessment in 2009, the project was formerly called the Scarborough-Malvern LRT in the Transit City plan. The project has never had sufficient funding committed, and no full construction timeline exists.
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Current status: we are at Phase One Public Consultation, which is focused on route and major stops, and community preferences for the stops and public realm.
The Phase Two Public Consultation as part of the TPAP (environmental assessment process) is expected in later 2023.
You can learn more about the project history here: https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/eglinton-east-light-rail-transit/eglinton-east-lrt-project-background/
As part of the City’s transit expansion, the Eglinton East LRT (EELRT / future Line 7) will bring higher order transit to historically underserved areas of Scarborough including seven Neighbourhood Improvement Areas, and create more transportation options in eastern Scarborough by conveniently connecting to other rapid transit services. The EELRT is also referred to as […]
You can register for the public meetings here, and the presentation materials will also be available at this link closer to the presentation dates: https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/eglinton-east-light-rail-transit/eglinton-east-lrt-public-consutlation/
The Eglinton East LRT will be an independent project, not through-run with the Eglinton Crosstown (Line 5), and is referred to by the City of Toronto as Line 7.
Riders will need to transfer between lines at Kennedy to reach their destinations. Kennedy's services will include TTC's Line 2, Line 5, Line 7, and many bus routes, along with GO transit.
EELRT (Line 7) will serve seven Neighbourhood Improvement Areas, improving transit access and mobility across a very large portion of Scarborough - much more than the Line 2 subway extension, serving more geographic area and a much larger population. An estimated 71k residents will be in walking distance.
Update: the project team suggests the presentation materials will be live within a week, for those interested.
EELRT would follow "Complete Streets" design principles, including safer separated cycling lanes, improved pedestrian space, and strong accessibility for users of mobility devices, and "for all ages and abilities".
Example rendering from the Surrey BC LRT shows cycle track, car lanes, and dedicated LRT vehicle space, with big leafy trees and happy residents and no complaints ever.
City staff describe the design as "semi-exclusive" because at intersections the LRT will use traffic lights as other vehicles do, just as Eglinton Crosstown does east of Don Mills, and will be exclusive between intersections.
This semi-exclusive design on Spadina and Harbourfront contributes to very slow-running transit vehicles, but in the suburban context of very long blocks, higher average speed will be more likely.
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