Ontario Budget signals major progress on Two-Way All Day GO
Waterloo Region – The Region of Waterloo is very encouraged by today’s Ontario budget, which includes a significant package of infrastructure works along the Guelph subdivision from Georgetown to Kitchener. The improvements that have been included in today’s budget are necessary to increase capacity on the line for more trains to travel both ways from end to end of the innovation corridor.
This infrastructure work and the coinciding hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, are the most significant step taken by the Government of Ontario towards making fast, frequent, two-way all day GO train service along the Innovation Corridor a reality by 2025.
“By continuing to advance two-way all day GO service along the Kitchener Line, the Ontario Government is demonstrating its confidence in Waterloo Region as one of our province’s key economic engines,” said Karen Redman, Chair of the Region of Waterloo. “This is a transformative project. Keeping us well connected ensures that the economic benefits accrued to this region can be shared with the rest of the province.”
Continued local economic recovery depends on a commitment to advancing Waterloo Region’s priority transit projects of which Two-Way All-Day GO Transit is the pillar. The future King Victoria Transit Hub and the development of Breslau Go Station are essential elements needed as Waterloo Region moves towards Two Way All Day Service.
Connect the Corridor has played an important role in advocating for reliable, fast and frequent rapid transit across the Waterloo Innovation Corridor. The group is comprised of top business leaders, innovators and job creators from across the Innovation Corridor.
Quick facts:
- The Toronto-Waterloo Innovation Corridor is home to six million Ontarians and generates 17% of Canada’s GDP.
- The corridor is home to world-renowned post-secondary institutions graduating top talent.
- The corridor is home to 15,000 tech companies and one of the world’s most sophisticated financial sectors.
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