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Page 1: Stouffville Corridor Expansion Service Rail...Microsoft PowerPoint - 031900_Stouffville Rail Expansion PIC#2 Boards-Markham - 010914 [Compatibility Mode] Author CarolinaDo Created

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

12 

(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

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

) 11

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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

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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

12

Union

Subtotal

60

12

06

00

15

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

52

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

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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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Thank you

www.gotransit.com

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