MP Chungsen Leung highlights next stage of tunnel construction for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension
March 14, 2013,
VAUGHN, ONTARIO-Yesterday, Chungsen Leung, Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism and Member of Parliament for Willowdale was at the site of the future Highway 407 Station with a number of other officials to launch the next stage of tunnel construction for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE).
This stage of construction will see two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) "Yorkie" and "Torkie" create twin tunnels linking the site of the future Highway 407 Station to the Steeles West Station site.
"Our Government has made significant investments to improve commute times and make public transit more convenient for commuters," said Member of Parliament Leung. "This type of smart urban transportation will have a positive impact for residents of the GTA and Willowdale."
"The Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension will provide an important transit connection into York Region and the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. It will be good for the local economy and facilitate better travel for the residents."
The TBMs will bore a little more than one kilometre of twin subway tunnels at a rate of approximately 15 metres a day, southeast from this launch location to an extraction site. "Holey," "Moley," "Yorkie" and "Torkie" are the official names of the four TBMs that are being used to build the tunnels for the TYSSE.
The TYSSE project is an 8.6-kilometre extension of the Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) Yonge-University-Spadina subway line from its present terminus at Downsview Station to the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre at Highway 7. It will have six new subway stations, including one at York University and three new commuter parking lots. The subway expansion will bring the line into York Region.
The TYSSE project will improve transit service by supporting a reliable multi-modal transportation network that is integrated with other transit systems within the GTA. This initiative will promote economic growth, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by helping take cars off the road, and reduce travel times for commuters.
The TYSSE is expected to be completed by fall 2016 and will generate thousands of jobs from construction.
The Government of Canada has committed up to $697 million to the project, $622 million through its Building Canada Fund. The remaining $75 million has already been transferred to the project under the Public Transit Capital Trust 2006.
The Province of Ontario has provided $870 million towards the TYSSE project through the Move Ontario Trust. The City of Toronto is contributing $526 million to the project and The Regional Municipality of York is contributing $352 million. The TTC is the project manager for the extension.
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