Davenport Diamond update
Just got this email from GO. Posted on our neighbourhood website at:
http://www.southjunctiontriangle.ca/node/488
Phone: (416) 869-3600 ext. 5211
Fax: (416) 869-1563
E-mail:
Greg.Ashbee@gotransit.com
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Dear Vic:
Subject: Environmental Assessment study update
Davenport Diamond rail-to-rail grade separation
City of Toronto
In the letter we sent you on April 30, we promised to give you an update about the status of the Davenport Diamond project this fall.
At the public sessions we held in April, the feedback you provided and the interest you showed about this project proved just how important this project is to your community. We took your comments about this project into consideration and thanks to your input, we are planning on proceeding with an Environmental Assessment (EA) that will include the Davenport Diamond, the proposed new station at Saint Clair Avenue, and the future rail service expansion on Barrie GO line. For this reason, we will be cancelling the current Davenport Diamond process, in favour of a larger, more comprehensive EA on the Barrie GO line, which will include the Davenport Diamond.
Our next step will be to tender and award a consultant assignment for this new, larger project scope the spring of 2010. We will be coming back to your community to host public open houses and to conduct a feasibility study over the next year, and with the plan to issue a Notice of Commencement in 2011.
To find the most up-to-date information about this project, please visit
www.gotransit.com and click on the Projects & Studies button.
We value your insight and I encourage you to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Yours very truly,
Greg Ashbee, P. Eng
Manager, Infrastructure Expansion Planning