Ontario’s Liberal government is going full-steam ahead on its high-speed rail plan, announcing a brand new advisory panel to get the multibillion-dollar project going.

The group – which will include financing and infrastructure experts, tech and innovation consultants and engineers, environmental scientists and transportation planners – will weigh in on major business issues and engage the private sector, stakeholders and Indigenous communities.

Earlier this year, the government began early design work for the estimated $20-billion high-speed rail line between Windsor and Toronto and is spending $15 million on an environmental assessment study. The formal environmental assessment is expected to begin in spring 2018, according to the province’s website.

Under the Liberals’ plan, the first high-speed rail line between London and Toronto could be running by 2025. The London-to-Windsor connection would follow by 2031.

The high-speed rail line will serve a region that’s home to more than seven million people. To date, the province has proposed stops in Windsor, Chatham, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and Toronto Union Station, with a connection to Pearson International Airport.

Premier Kathleen Wynne made the advisory committee announcement in a speech to the Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Monday.