The town will also seek to provide Cortel with access to wastewater servicing allocation for higher-density development for phases 4 and 5 of the Sleeping Lion development, to consider Cortel’s proposal to service Innisfil Heights, and to advance the proposed interchange at 6th Line and Highway 400.

Depending on funding commitments from the provincial government for the 6th Line interchange, Cortel Group has also committed to front-end financing of one-third of the cost for the interchange, in exchange for DC credits.

Phase 1 of the orbit vision focuses on completion of the station and a Sleeping Lion build-out within the first 400-metre radius, up to 100 metres, with a population target of 5,000.

Over generations, the orbit’s full population target within the 800-metre radius is 150,000 people.

The town and Cortel Group have agreed to work toward getting the GO station up and running by Sept. 19, 2022. A rough estimate of the station cost is $20 million.

Steve Clark, minister of municipal affairs and housing, sent a letter to council offering the provincial government’s help with intensification near the transit hub. That support, and the support of the development community and stakeholders, was an alignment of the stars, Mayor Lynn Dollin said.

“I think it’s a game changer for Innisfil,” Dollin said. “I think it is the way growth should have been done a long time ago.”

She said the development will attract new people to Innisfil while protecting established neighbourhoods that often rally against growth.

“It is the best of both worlds.”

For more information, and to provide feedback, visit innisfil.ca/orbit.