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[KevinKorell]

Release from Province of Ontario (dated), 2/14/22:

 

 

 

    

Ontario Names the Hurontario LRT After Former Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion

 

 

 

 

Today, Premier Doug Ford and Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, issued the following statement regarding the Hurontario LRT:

 

“As of today, the Hurontario LRT will be known as the Hazel McCallion Line to commemorate the great achievements and contributions of former City of Mississauga Mayor, Hazel McCallion.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Insauga, 12/16/22:

 

 

 Key part of major new light rail transit route in Mississauga takes shape    

 

An important and very visible part of the $1.4-billion Hazel McCallion light rail transit (LRT) line is starting to take shape these days near Mississauga’s downtown core.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Railway, Track, & Structures, 1/20/23:

 

 

 Metrolinx Hazel McCallion Line’s First Station to be Built at Matheson    

 

 

Metrolinx crews are continuing work on the Hazel McCallion Line in Brampton and Mississauga along Hurontario Street, the transit agency announced this week.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Insauga,  11/24/23:

 

    Next big thing in the works as LRT station soon to be built in Mississauga  

 

 

Work crews are preparing to move on to one of the next phases of the huge transit project, namely the building of an underground LRT station at Port Credit GO.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Insauga, 12/28/23:

 

 

      Will major LRT route open on time in Mississauga? Project leaders aren’t saying just yet  

 

 

The $1.4-billion Hazel McCallion Line, an 18-kilometre light-rail transit route that will run between south Mississauga and Brampton when it opens for business, may not be completed by fall 2024 as promised.

 

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[KevinKorell]

CBC,   1/18/24:

 

 

   Ford government plans to extend Hazel McCallion LRT to downtown Brampton and Mississauga     

 

 

The Ford government is planning to extend the Hazel McCallion Light Rail Train by adding a loop in downtown Mississauga and an extension into Brampton's downtown. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Global News,  2/9/24:
 

 

    Doug Ford ready to spend a ‘couple of billion’ dollars on Mississauga LRT extension   

The late-stage expansion of the Hurontario LRT could add a “couple of billion” dollars to the project’s final price tag, according to Ontario Premier Doug Ford who spilled the financial details to a business and political crowd in Mississauga.

 

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