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Stou
ffvilleCo
rridor
Rail Service Expansion
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Stou
ffville
Corrid
or
Rail Service Expa
nsion
Class Environm
ental A
ssessm
ent S
tudy
WELCO
ME
City of M
arkh
am Brie
fing Presen
tatio
n
Tuesday, Ja
nuary 21
, 201
4De
velopm
ent S
ervices Co
mmittee
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Introd
uctio
ns
•Project Team
–Metrolinx/GO Transit
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Prob
lem Statement
•Im
plem
entatio
n of fu
ll rail service in th
e corridor will re
quire
im
provem
ents to
rail infrastructure.
•Cu
rren
t infrastructure cann
ot su
pport p
rojected
peak pe
riod
demand be
yond
current service level by the 20
20/202
5 planning
ho
rizon
.
•Off‐pe
ak, m
idday, evening
and
weekend
bus se
rvice do
es not
supp
ort the
stations sou
th of U
nion
ville and
is not con
sistent with
the ob
jectives of T
he Big M
ove.
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Stud
y Pu
rpose
•Assess capacity
impacts alon
g the rail corridor.
•Allow fo
r dou
ble tracking
of the
corrid
or, between
the Scarbo
rough Junctio
n and Union
ville GO Statio
n,
to m
eet 2
020/20
25 growth dem
ands.
•Investigate future re
quire
ments fo
r existing stations.
•De
velop im
proved
con
nectivity
with
other
transportatio
n services.
•Co
mplete vario
us stud
ies to iden
tify poten
tial
impacts.
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Corridor Overview
•Average Weekday Ridership 13,10
0 in April 20
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(3,253
,800
ann
ual rail trip
s).
•Six pe
ak dire
ction, peak pe
riod
trains each way each weekday.
•Three additio
nal off‐pe
ak trains
each weekday.
•Off‐pe
ak bus se
rvice to Union
ville
and stations to
the no
rth.
•Future expansio
n may be lim
ited by
corridor con
straints.
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Scop
e of Propo
sed Expansion
•Increased Train Service Levels.
•Ad
ditio
nal Track Segmen
ts.
•Im
provem
ents to
Existing Stations.
•Integration with
other local Transit
Initiatives.
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Corridor Opp
ortunitie
s
Improvem
ents to
corrid
or services an
d infrastructure will su
pport:
•Provincial and
Mun
icipal vision
of u
rban
growth m
anagem
ent a
nd
transportatio
n sustainability.
•Planne
d future
developm
ent.
•Station infrastructure th
at encou
rages p
edestrian, cyclist a
nd
transit initiatives.
•En
hancem
ent a
nd expansio
n of active transportatio
n access
(e.g. trail system
s).
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GO Transit Class E
A
The environm
ental impact of this stud
y will be assessed
usin
g
GO Transit’s “G
roup
B” Class Environm
ental A
ssessm
ent (EA
) process.
We Are Here
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Public Inform
ation Ce
ntre # 1 Feedb
ack
•June
18, 201
3 (City
of Toron
to)
•June
20, 201
3 (City
of M
arkham
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Mun
icipal M
eetin
g Feed
back
Metrolinx has m
et with
local M
unicipalities and
Review Agencies who
supp
ort, in prin
ciple, th
e prop
osed
rail service expansion. Key commen
ts
includ
ed:
•Electrificatio
n•
Rail/Ro
ad Grade
Sep
arations
•TrainWhistleblow
ing
•Local Transit Integration
•Planning
Horizo
n •
Station/Parking Im
provem
ents
•Service area
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Environm
ental Studies
Stud
yKe
y Stud
yFind
ings
Stage1 Archaeological
Assessmen
t•
Archaeological poten
tial exists with
in und
isturbe
d land
s east of rail ROW at A
gincou
rt GO Statio
n.
Furthe
r study
of the
se areas are re
quire
d prior to
project implem
entatio
n.
•Re
maind
er of study
area has n
o archaeological
potential.
Cultu
ral H
erita
ge
Assessmen
t•
Potential impacts to th
ree bu
ilt herita
ge re
sources
and four cultural herita
ge land
scapes were
iden
tified with
in th
e stud
y area.
•Furthe
r studies are re
commen
ded at th
e next
phase of th
e project.
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Environm
ental Studies co
nt’d
Stud
yKe
y Stud
yFind
ings
AirQ
uality Assessmen
t •
Net im
pact on region
al air shed
is negligible.
•Pred
icted maxim
um con
centratio
ns from
GO
Transit ope
ratio
ns are below
app
licable
thresholds.
Noise and
Vibratio
n Assessmen
t•
Several of the
points o
f recep
tion with
in th
e
corridor will have no
ise im
pacts and will re
quire
mitigatio
n.
•Noise barrie
rs are re
commen
ded for various
resid
entia
l areas along
the stud
y corridor.
•Future vibratio
n levels will not exceed applicable
threshold.
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Environm
ental Studies co
nt’d
Stud
yKe
y Stud
yFind
ings
NaturalEnvironm
ent
Assessmen
t•
Highly urbanize
d land
scape.
•No environm
entally sen
sitive or protected
site
s or
species (e.g. w
etland
s or significant wildlife
habitat) with
in or a
djacen
t to stud
y corridor.
•Watercourses crossin
g rail corridor are degrade
d (e.g. heavy se
dimen
t, concrete chann
els, slow
moving).
•Some vegetatio
n removal/rep
lacemen
t req
uired. 15
Ride
rship Forecasts
Forecasting future ride
rship includ
ed:
•Land
use fo
recasts are based on
City
of M
arkham
’s Po
pulatio
n,
Househ
old and Em
ploymen
t Forecasts –20
06 to
203
1.
•Projectio
ns fo
r the
mid‐term horizo
n.
•Co
nnectio
n of new
rapid transit service and
GO se
rvice.
Metho
d
Rail Ride
rship, A.M
. Peak Pe
riod
2002
2012
Mid‐term*
(2020‐2025)
Observed
3,200
7,300
Forecast
11,600
*Mid‐term is described
as b
eing
in th
e 20
08 Big M
ove 15
‐year p
lan.
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Train Vo
lumes
Existin
gAM
Peak
Midda
yPM
Peak
Even
ing
TotalTrains
Startin
g GO Statio
nSB
NB
SBNB
SBNB
SBNB
Lincolnville
66
Mou
nt Jo
y
Union
ville
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Union
Subtotal
60
12
06
00
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Future
AM Peak
Midda
yPM
Peak
Even
ing
TotalTrains
Startin
g GO Statio
nSB
NB
SBNB
SBNB
SBNB
Lincolnville
1010
Mou
nt Jo
y6
64
4
Union
ville
33
33
Union
Subtotal
133
66
313
44
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Note: Not all GO Statio
ns sho
wn. Future train volume projectio
ns are su
bject to change.
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Additio
nal Track Segments
Prop
osed
service levels re
quire
the follo
wing im
provem
ents:
•Ad
ditio
nal m
ainline results in
dou
ble track corridor between the
Scarbo
rough Junctio
n and Union
ville GO Statio
n.
•Im
provem
ents in
grading, drainage and culverts includ
ing extensions
to track bridges over existing watercourses.
•Mod
ificatio
ns to
existing ro
ad/rail grade
separatio
ns to
accom
mod
ate
prop
osed
dou
ble track corridor.
•Mod
ificatio
ns to
existing sig
nal system to
con
trol train movem
ents on
doub
le track corridor.
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Station Im
provem
ents were evaluated based on
existing station
infrastructure, future requ
irements, integratio
n of ped
estrian, cyclist a
nd
othe
r transit initiatives.
Improvem
ent to Existing Stations
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•Union
ville
GO Statio
n
Local Transit Integration
Stou
ffville
Corrid
or Rail Service Expan
sion
will involve integration with
the
follo
wing local transit projects in
the future:
•VIVA
BRT
(Union
ville GO
Station)
•Kenn
edy Mob
ility Hub
(Ken
nedy
GO Statio
n)•
Markham
Cen
tre Mob
ility
Hub (Union
ville GO Statio
n)
•Eglinton Crosstow
n LRT
(Ken
nedy
GO Statio
n)•
Scarbo
rough RT
(Ken
nedy
GO Statio
n)
•Bloo
r‐Da
nforth Sub
way Line
Extension (Ken
nedy
GO
Station)
•Shep
pard East LRT
(Agincou
rt GO Statio
n)
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Next S
teps
You are invited to atten
d either of the
following PIC’s:
•Janu
ary 28, 2014 –Ag
incourt R
ecreation Ce
ntre (C
ity of Toron
to)
•Janu
ary 30, 2014 –An
gus G
len Co
mmun
ity Cen
tre (City
of M
arkham
)
An Enviro
nmen
tal Study
Rep
ort (ESR) will be pu
blish
ed fo
r pub
lic re
view
in th
e coming
mon
ths.
The Next W
ave of projects includ
es m
ajor im
provem
ents to
GO Transit rail service includ
ing
two‐way, all‐day service alon
g the Stou
ffvilleline. Im
plem
entatio
n of th
is project is
contingent on de
dicated fund
ing tools and MetrolinxInvestmen
t Strategy.
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