A New Toronto Subway Has Started Construction & It's Nearly 16 km Long

Looking for more ways to zip around the city? Well, in about eight years, you should have yourself just that.

On Sunday, March 27, Ontario is holding the official groundbreaking ceremony for Toronto's new subway line, the Ontario Line, which was first announced in 2019.

The new Ontario Line will be a 15.6-kilometre, 15-stop subway line that runs from Exhibition Place, through downtown Toronto, all the way up to the Ontario Science Centre in North York.

According to CTV News, those who will be present at the event include Premier Doug Ford, Toronto Mayor John Tory, provincial Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney and federal Minister of Transportation Omar Alghabra.

The ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. and will signify the beginning of the project's construction.

Metrolinx, the Crown corporation in charge of the project, has said that the project is expected to have capital costs of around $10.9 billion.

Currently, the Ontario Line is expected to be completed in 2030. And, while it will ultimately provide more expansive public transportation for the city in the long term, sections of Queen Street and others will be periodically closed over the next seven to eight years.

Beyond the Ontario Line, the provincial government recently announced a plan to overhaul public transportation in Ontario over the next 30 years.

Under the plan, by 2051, GTA residents could see a whole bunch of new subway extensions, whole lines and overhauls of existing infrastructure across the entire region.

This plan would mean a $61 billion investment from the Ontario government into the province's public transportation systems over the next decade.

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