Asked again by INsauga.com if they could estimate \u2014 generally or more specifically \u2014 when the massive project might be completed, a Metrolinx spokesperson was vague.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs with all transit projects, a final completion date will be announced after the systems integration milestone is successfully complete and we enter the Revenue Service Demonstration phase to thoroughly test the system as though it were operating regular service with passengers,\u201d the spokesperson said in an email.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In other words, no completion date will be provided to the public until shortly before the new transit system accepts its first passengers.<\/p>\n
The agency spokesperson also wouldn\u2019t say if Metrolinx brass gave city officials even a ballpark estimate as to when the LRT route would be completed, saying only that \u201cas we progress through completing this project, we will continue to update local councillors, elected officials and the community on this project.\u201d<\/p>\n
A City of Mississauga spokesperson, meanwhile, told INsauga.com the update from Metrolinx was held in closed session as the information was \u201cexplicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality\u201d by the provincial transit agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means that the confidential details provided by Metrolinx are protected by law, and the city is obligated to maintain that confidentiality,\u201d the spokesperson added. \u201cMetrolinx has advised that more information will be made publicly available shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The new LRT line, which when completed will whisk passengers from Port Credit GO station in south Mississauga north into Brampton along Hurontario Street, was initially to open in fall 2024.<\/p>\n
However, the project has encountered various delays and Metrolinx has not said when it expects the job to be completed.<\/p>\n
Senior city staff, councillors and Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish have expressed frustration for the better part of the past year with ongoing delays associated with construction of the LRT line.<\/p>\n
Last September, Parrish described the project as \u201can incredible mess.\u201d<\/a> She later told INsauga.com it wouldn\u2019t surprise her if the new LRT route didn\u2019t take its first passengers until 2029<\/a>.<\/p>\n If she\u2019s right with that estimate, that would put the massive transit project, the largest in Mississauga\u2019s history, roughly four to five years behind schedule.<\/p>\n When it opens to passengers, the Hazel McCallion Line will feature more than 20 stops along the route, including several in Mississauga\u2019s downtown core by Square One. Metrolinx received the go-ahead from the province in February 2024 to extend the LRT line by three or four kilometres into downtown Brampton and reintroduce the \u201cdowntown loop\u201d<\/a> to the City Centre area of Mississauga. The latter component will add several stops to the route.<\/p>\n Ontario Premier Doug Ford said earlier this year that extending the $4.6-billion Hazel McCallion Line from Hurontario Street into the busy and fast-growing downtown core of Mississauga will cost another $1.6 billion<\/a> \u2014 the construction tab to be picked up by the provincial government.<\/p>\n