Welcome to the Metrolinx Consultation Portal for the Georgetown South Service Expansion and Union-Pearson Rail Link (GSSE/UPRL).
This project is one of the first big moves to be implemented from The Big Move, Metrolinx’s Regional Transportation Plan for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).
On April 2, 2009, Metrolinx issued a Notice of Commencement for the Georgetown South Service Expansion, including a Union-Pearson Rail Link (GSSE/UPRL), under the Province of Ontario’s Transit Project Assessment Process. The Notice of Commencement marked the beginning of the 120-day consultation period.
This online Virtual Open House is one part of the 120-day consultation. Here you have 2 opportunities to review materials and provide comments:
GSSE/UPRL Draft Environmental Project Report
- The Draft EPR combines an updated Part I with Part II and now includes:
- A project description and map
- A description of existing environmental conditions
- An outline of the impacts of the preferred project on the natural and built environments, economy and society and their interrelationships
- A description of the proposed mitigation option and how the effectiveness of those measures will be checked
- The Draft EPR is now available for public comment on our Virtual Open House.
GSSE/UPRL Virtual Open House Round One
- Display boards from the April 2009 Community Open Houses.
- Display boards from the June 2009 Community Open Houses – online, convenient, and open 24/7, the revised project details are available for public review and comment.
What happens next?
- The consultation period will end when a Notice of Completion is issued on July 30, 2009.
- The two parts of the EPR – plus the feedback Metrolinx receives from the public, government agencies and First Nations – will be combined to produce the Environmental Project Report.
What happens after July 30, 2009?
- The Environmental Project Report will be posted for comment. The public, government agencies, and First Nations will have 30 days to review and send any objections in writing to the Minister of the Environment.
- The Minister of the Environment will have 35 days to review the report and any objections and make a decision on whether the project can proceed as described in the Environmental Project Report, proceed subject to conditions, or require more work.
The Open Houses are just one part of Metrolinx’s commitment to ongoing community consultation. For more information, please contact:
- Metrolinx, 20 Bay Street, Suite 901, Toronto, ON M5J 2N8
- http://www.metrolinx.com/gsse
- 1-866-658-9890
- info@metrolinx.com
Thank you for visiting the Metrolinx Consultation Portal.
We look forward to hearing from you.