Prior to the LRT transforming travel on Hurontario Street, construction will change how residents and visitors use the busy roadway.

Based on timelines in Metrolinx’s construction schedule, which was published in January 2020, several neighbourhoods along Hurontario will see major work.

The Hurontario portions of Port Credit and Mineola appear to be the most construction heavy over the next four years, with multiple elements adding up to around 61 months of total activity. Major projects include the Port Credit Station near the existing GO station, and a new QEW bridge structure to make room for the LRT.

Medians on Hurontario will be removed, with removal work including the taking down of stoplights on poles and stringing temporary lights on wire where needed.

According to Metrolinx spokesperson Nitish Bissonauth, trees along the Hurontario medians will also be removed during construction, and the transit agency is working with the cities of Mississauga and Brampton on a re-plant and relocation strategy.

In an email, he also said that during construction there will be lane closures, police directing traffic where stop lights are affected as well as some pedestrian crosswalk closures.

He said that no “sidewalks, bike paths or transit services on the road will be impacted by the work.”

“Metrolinx and the Hurontario LRT project constructor, Mobilinx, are committed to safety and reducing the impacts of the construction to the community,” he said.

LRV delivery

The LRT’s vehicles, which are assembled at Alstom’s facility in Brampton, are expected to be delivered and commissioned between fall 2022 and summer 2024, according to Metrolinx’s construction schedule.

When the contract with Alstom to produce the trains was signed in 2017, Bissonauth said that the project’s vehicle order was reduced from 43 to 28. He said the new arrangement better reflected the “requirement for the Hurontario LRT line and given the larger size of the new Alstom vehicles.”