Part of a major intersection in Mississauga will shut down to traffic for the next few days while crews work on the $4.6-billion Hazel McCallion Line.

Ongoing work on the Mississauga-to-Brampton light-rail transit route calls for crews to close a section of Eglinton Avenue, at Hurontario Street, until 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 26. The closure took effect on Thursday night.

In addition to impacting motorists, the temporary closure will also lead to detours for several MiWay transit buses.

MiWay, the City of Mississauga’s public transit provider, said in an online update the following routes will be on detour until early Monday morning:

Route 17 Hurontario
Route 35 Eglinton
Route 103 Hurontario Express
Route 135 Eglinton Express

Map shows area where work is ongoing on the Hazel McCallion Line in Mississauga. The marked area, Hurontario Street from Burnhamthorpe Road to Eglinton Avenue, will see increased construction activity through the end of December. (Image: Metrolinx)

Beyond Monday, work will continue to ramp up on the stretch of Hurontario Street between Burnhamthorpe Road and Eglinton Avenue, according to Metrolinx, the provincial agency in charge of what’s been called the largest transit project in Mississauga’s history.

“Current activities include track installation and maintenance, electrical and telecommunications work, landscaping, roadwork and installation of shelters at surface-level LRT stops,” Metrolinx said in an online update, noting increased work on that part of Hurontario Street will continue until Dec. 31.

Temporary road closures are expected over the course of the next couple of months, and potentially beyond.

Work hours are scheduled seven days a week, 24 hours a day when necessary, project leaders added.

More specifically, Metrolinx said in its update, “upcoming activities will include major trackwork along Rathburn Road, completion of the elevated guideway structure over Highway 403 (by Square One), telecommunications and hydro utility relocation and cutover works, surface LRT stop construction, installation of LRT overhead catenary poles and cable lines, and bus stop improvements at the Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal.”

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When completed at some point in 2028, the 18-kilometre Hazel McCallion Line, from its southernmost point in Port Credit all the way north into Brampton, “will cross four separate highways” — the QEW and highways 403, 401 and 407 — as it proceeds along Hurontario Street, Metrolinx noted earlier.

More than 20 passenger stops will serve riders along the route, which will run from Port Credit GO station to downtown Brampton.

Initially, the Hazel McCallion Line was to open to riders in fall 2024. However, ongoing delays have pushed the timeline back significantly and Metrolinx said earlier this year it’s now looking at a 2028 open-to-passengers date.

In February of this year, City of Mississauga officials received word from Ontario Premier Doug Ford that money for a long-promised City Centre LRT loop as part of the route was coming from the province.

Addressing a breakfast meeting hosted by the Mississauga Board of Trade at the Mississauga Convention Centre, Ford verbally committed to making the $1.6-billion “downtown loop” a reality.

The provincial government promised in January 2024 it was reinstating the downtown loop as part of the massive LRT project after having dropped it from plans in a cost-cutting move in 2019. But until early February 2026, city officials were skeptical, saying they hadn’t received any firm commitment from Ford or the province.

The city says it’s “crucial” that the loop be completed in Mississauga’s downtown core, where the population is expected to double to 100,000 by 2050.

The loop, or downtown extension as it’s also known, will run off of Hurontario Street near Square One Shopping Centre and circle around the highrise condos and office buildings, and other businesses in the City Centre, when completed.

Rendering shows what part of the Hazel McCallion Line will look like once it opens to passengers. (Image: Metrolinx)


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