The LRT work regularly shuts down Hurontario Street lanes to traffic while work on what will eventually be the biggest hospital in Canada will bring hundreds of trucks<\/a> \u2014 delivery, work and construction vehicles \u2014 each day to The Queensway\/Hurontario Street site (southwest corner) during the \u201cpeak construction period.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really, really concerned about Hurontario Street. Because of the hospital construction, we\u2019re going to be adding (to existing traffic) up to 600 or 800 trucks onto Hurontario,\u201d Damerla said Wednesday at the City of Mississauga\u2019s general committee meeting, where she asked senior city staff to ensure Metrolinx, the provincial agency overseeing the LRT project, and hospital officials communicate with one another in efforts to avoid huge traffic messes.<\/p>\n Ward 7 Coun. Dipika Damerla says she\u2019s worried, as are residents, about potential traffic problems that might lie ahead.<\/p>\n The councillor said she\u2019s particularly concerned about lane closures taking place on Hurontario Street south of Dundas Street and all the way to the QEW.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I do not want is lane closures by the LRT, and the hospital pushing trucks down that road at the same time. We really need to all work together (to avoid a worst-case situation),\u201d said Damerla, adding area residents \u201chave really been suffering, especially south of Dundas, because of the Hurontario construction. Four years of nonstop construction is unheard of.\u201d<\/p>\n She noted her constituents are \u201cvery worried, as they should be\u201d about the potential for even bigger traffic snarls in the months ahead, \u201cas am I.\u201d<\/p>\n Sam Rogers, the city\u2019s commissioner of transportation and works, said it\u2019s \u201ccertainly\u00a0a difficult situation with major construction sites side by side.\u201d<\/p>\n He added both Metrolinx and hospital officials \u201care speaking to one another and are coordinating\u201d and he told Damerla his staff are also keeping an eye on things to address any issues that might arise.<\/p>\n The $4.6-billion Hazel McCallion Line, when completed, will travel 22 kilometres along Hurontario Street from Port Credit in south Mississauga north into downtown Brampton.<\/p>\n As work on the massive transit project continues, various temporary traffic restrictions, including lane closures, are in place at numerous locations along Hurontario Street between Port Credit and Brampton.<\/p>\n When completed in 2026, 2027 or later, by some unofficial estimates<\/a>, the new LRT route will feature more than 20 stops along the line, including several in Mississauga\u2019s downtown core by Square One.<\/p>\n City of Mississauga senior staff, councillors and Mayor Carolyn Parrish recently expressed frustration with ongoing delays associated with construction of the LRT line, which was initially to open in fall 2024.<\/p>\n In late September, Parrish described the project as \u201can incredible mess.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile, work is in the relatively early stages on The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital<\/a> and Shah Family Hospital for Women and Children,<\/a> the latter facility to be housed inside the 2.8 million-sq.-ft., 22-storey main hospital.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coun-Damerla-missy-GC-nov-12-2025.jpg\")
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