A GO train layover planned for the Don Valley will now be built in a ‘light industrial’ area near Leslie and York Mills.
“This means that Metrolinx will no longer pursue planning and design work for the layover facility originally planned for the Don Valley.”
The new proposed spot for the layover facility will be on the Richmond Hill GO Line, near York Mills Road and Leslie Street, in a “light industrial area,” Metrolinx said. The facility, which will store GO trains, among other things, is part of the multibillion-dollar GO expansion project. A June 2022 open letter to Metrolinx’s board of directors signed by dozens of activists and community members called the proposed layover facility “completely unacceptable, reversing
it understood the potential negative impacts of the project, but that it would do everything it could to mitigate them. At that point, the agency said it had already revised its original proposal and relocated the layover to another part of the valley in response to environmental concerns. “The Don Valley is not the only green space or ravine that’s under threat by Metrolinx,” said Ruskin, referencingwhich showed Doug Ford’s government had instructed Metrolinx to leave two Toronto New Democrat MPPs off a notice sent to city and federal politicians about tree removals in their jurisdictions.
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