Overview - Relief Line/Ontario Line - Latest News!!!

JUNE 2020 Date
Ford's proposed "Ontario Line" 0 0 Jun. 2, 2020
Ford government will split Ontario Line into two portions for purpose of procurement process 0 0 Jun. 2, 2020
OCTOBER 2019 Date
John Tory and Doug Ford 0 0 Oct. 29, 2019
Council votes to back Ontario Line despite unanswered questions 0 0 Oct. 29, 2019
Ontario Line and Relief Line South 0 0 Oct. 25, 2019
The Ontario Line: Give the future a chance 0 0 Oct. 25, 2019
Andrew Scheer 0 0 Oct. 8, 2019
Scheer promises to fund Toronto’s Ontario Line subway 0 0 Oct. 8, 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019 Date
Metrolinx creates team to take over subway development 0 0 Sep. 2, 2019
JULY 2019 Date
In April this year, Doug Ford's government unveiled its nearly $30-billion Toronto-area transit expa 0 0 Jul. 27, 2019
Ford's proposed "Ontario Line" - Jul'19 Version 0 0 Jul. 27, 2019
Business case for Ford's proposed Ontario Line released; transportation engineer gives it a nod 0 0 Jul. 27, 2019
Ford's latest transit plan 0 0 Jul. 27, 2019
Ford’s subway plan may well mean more delay 0 0 Jul. 27, 2019
JUNE 2019 Date
Ford's Transit Plan - Apr 10'19 0 0 Jun. 18, 2019
TTC hits pause on relief line work amid provincial transit plans 0 0 Jun. 18, 2019
APRIL 2019 Date
Ford's Transit Plan - Apr 10'19 0 0 Apr. 13, 2019
Doug Ford commits $11.2B for 4 major Toronto-area transit projects 0 0 Apr. 13, 2019
MARCH 2019 Date
Paula Fletcher/photo 0 0 Mar. 28, 2019
Crowded Subway 0 0 Mar. 28, 2019
Toronto-Danforth Coun. Paula Fletcher hosts 'Hands Off Our Subway' town hall 0 0 Mar. 28, 2019
DECEMBER 2018 Date
Riders board a TTC streetcar along King Street W., at University Avenue 0 0 Dec. 3, 2018
EDITORIAL: Provincial ownership of Toronto subways makes sense 0 0 Dec. 3, 2018
“I really understand the need for improvements or relief” 0 0 Dec. 2, 2018
Opening relief line before Yonge subway extension ‘makes sense,’ Ontario transportation minister say 0 0 Dec. 2, 2018
RCCAO pushes for a subway relief line 0 0 Dec. 1, 2018
NOVEMBER 2018 Date
Ontario Transportation Minister Jeff Yurek speaks at the Toronto Region Board of Trade 0 0 Nov. 25, 2018
Relief line must be the top priority for Toronto’s subway system 0 0 Nov. 25, 2018
Oh, What a Relief Line It Is 0 0 Nov. 18, 2018
Downtown relief line gets green light from province after environmental assessment 0 0 Nov. 10, 2018
Residents of Toronto’s east end glean early details of downtown subway relief line 0 0 Nov. 7, 2018
OCTOBER 2018 Date
Final Alignment 0 0 Oct. 20, 2018
Province green lights downtown relief line 0 0 Oct. 20, 2018
SEPTEMBER 2018 Date
Getting the Relief Line built at least three years faster than the original completion date 0 0 Sep. 9, 2018
MAY 2017 Date
The view looking south near Rosedale station on the TTC's Yonge subway line 0 0 May. 25, 2017
Council pushes ahead with relief line, but project still unfunded 0 0 May. 25, 2017
Re: Proposed Yonge-North Subway Extension 0 0 May. 16, 2017
Tory changes course on relief line subway, forms alliance with York Region mayors 0 0 May. 16, 2017
Subway congestion 0 0 May. 9, 2017
Proposed Yonge subway extension project 0 0 May. 9, 2017
Mayor John Tory threatens to block subway extension unless province pays for relief line 0 0 May. 9, 2017
APRIL 2017 Date
Video: Is Toronto's relief line in jeopardy? 0 0 Apr. 29, 2017
Overcrowding on the Yonge Line 0 0 Apr. 17, 2017
OLD News! 0 0 Apr. 17, 2017
The new preferred route would travel along Carlaw Avenue south of Gerrard Street East 0 0 Apr. 12, 2017
Toronto Mayor John Tory and Councillor Paula Fletcher 0 0 Apr. 12, 2017
Tory wants Wynne to commit money to proposed downtown relief line 0 0 Apr. 12, 2017
The two alignments that are being considered for the Leslieville portion of the relief subway line 0 0 Apr. 12, 2017
Relief subway line has new preferred alignment along Carlaw Avenue 0 0 Apr. 12, 2017
Mayor John Tory 0 0 Apr. 7, 2017
Tory warns Ontario to put downtown Toronto transit ahead of subway to the suburbs 0 0 Apr. 7, 2017
Relief Line option looks likely for Corktown 0 0 Apr. 7, 2017
TTC subway 0 0 Apr. 7, 2017
City to present findings on Carlaw Avenue Relief Line route 0 0 Apr. 7, 2017
Richmond Hill Extension vs Relief Line 0 0 Apr. 3, 2017
Mayor John Tory on the busy Bloor-Yonge platform 0 0 Apr. 3, 2017
Mayor says Ontario must step up if Toronto is to get downtown relief line 0 0 Apr. 3, 2017

Latest comments

24.01 | 00:13

I agree with you there. I like your blog a lot too. Hope to hear from you more often at concerned citizens. perhaps share your blog too.

23.01 | 22:43

I am also for walkable communities, depends what I can walk to though. For example... I wouldn’t like to have a walkable, right next door bordello, but that is just me, I am sure some might like it

05.12 | 00:08

You can find a PDF of the proposal here:

https://www.metrolinxengage.com/sites/default/files/st_stcow_voh_dec_01-finalfinal.pdf

05.12 | 00:07

They will be including bike lanes on the extension of Davenport Road, but not on St. Clair Avenue W.