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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT T.T.EDWARDS,M.C.I.P.,Director
HAMPTON,ONTARIO LOB 1JO TEL.(416)263-2231
REPORT TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
MEETING OF OCTOBER 7, 1985
REPORT NO. : PD-136-85
SUBJECT: GO TRANSIT SYSTEM
OUR FILE: Pln. 22.2
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1 . That Report PD-136-85 be received for information.
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
On September 12, 1985, Staff attended a meeting of the Go Transit
Co-ordinating Committee for a briefing of the current status of
the project. At that time, Staff were formally made aware of a
change in the proposal to extend transit service to the City of
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Oshawa. This change involves the abandoning of an Articulated
Light Rail Transit system in favour of conventional rail transit.
This change in direction was apparently approved by the prior
Provincial Government and has, in Staff's opinion, a number of
implications to the Town of Newcastle.
In the first instance, additional delay will be experienced in
that Go Transit must now re-evaluate its options with respect to
extending transit service to Harmony Road. This involves
re-evaluation and updating of the Environmental Impact Assessment
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for that section of the project between Stevenson Road and
Harmony Road in Oshawa which is necessary due to the increased
noise and vibration levels that would be experienced with
conventional rail systems and as required by regulations, all
alternative routes must be examined. Go Transit has advised
Staff that meetings are under way with CP and CN Rail to
ascertain any limitations to be imposed upon their corridors as
well as the feasibility of utilizing these corridors for an
extension of Go Transit. These to factors have the potential of
adding another year to the process depending upon the extent of
the re-evaluation required.
Staff were also advised at that time that the timing for
completion of the Whitby/Oshawa section is extremely uncertain
and would be directly related to the availability of funding from
the new Provincial Government. It was indicated that there is no
commitment yet given to the funding of this section of the
project, although the present Government does support the
extension. The net result is that the Province will only be
proceeding with construction of the Pickering/Whitby section, to
be completed by 1988, with the Whitby/Brock Road Station forming
the interim terminus for the system.
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At such time as further information with respect to timing of the
project and Provincial commitments, relative to funding, are
available, Staff will provide a further report to the Committee.
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Respect mitted,
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T.T. awards, M.C.I .P.
Director of Planning
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September 16, 1985
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