Backgrounder: London residents to benefit from improved public transit services and local road infrastructure

Backgrounder

Backgrounder: London residents to benefit from improved public transit services and local road infrastructure

Joint federal, provincial and municipal funding through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan will support 10 public transit and active transportation infrastructure improvement projects.

The Government of Canada is investing over $123 million in these projects through the Public Transit Infrastructure Stream (PTIS). The Government of Ontario is contributing more than $103 million while the City of London is contributing more than $82 million to these projects.

Project Information:

Project Name

Project Details

Federal Funding

Provincial Funding

Municipal / Other Funding

East London Link

This project involves widening the road to accommodate dedicated bus lanes from downtown to Fanshawe College and the Highbury Bridge overpass, installing intelligent traffic signals with priority sensors and video along the transit route, and new cycling facilities and a transit hub for Fanshawe College. Residents and commuters will benefit from reduced intersection delays, shorter travel times, and improved cycling facilities.

$41,680,000

$34,729,860

$27,790,140

Adelaide Street Underpass Active Transportation Connections

This project includes the construction of multi-use paths on both sides of Adelaide Street as well as a cycling path south of the Central Avenue underpass. Residents and commuters will benefit from improved connections to bus stops on Adelaide Street and future rapid transit on Oxford Street.

$6,034,692

$5,028,407

$4,023,630

Intelligent Traffic Signals

This project involves upgrading the city's intersections to a high-bandwidth intersection communication network, upgrading the traffic signal management system to include GPS-based transit signal priority, and the construction of a traffic management center. Residents and commuters will benefit from improved transit reliability and travel time monitoring along key corridors.

$7,800,000

$6,499,350

$5,200,650

Downtown Loop

This project includes streetscape improvements, new transit stations and cycling lanes, and new intelligent traffic signals with transit signal priority to reduce intersection delays and shorten travel times. Commuters and residents will benefit from improved traffic flow, safety, accessibility, reliability, and better connections to Via Rail and Greyhound bus stations.

$11,280,000

$9,399,060

$7,820,940

Dundas Place Thames Valley Parkway Active Transportation Connection

This project includes rebuilding a section of Dundas Street to improve sidewalks and accommodate cycling lanes. Cyclists and pedestrians will benefit from improved connections between the Thames Valley Parkway and nearby transit stops along the Downtown Loop, the rapid transit corridor, and other routes.

$1,600,000

$1,333,200

$1,066,800

Wellington Gateway

This project includes a new park-and-ride facility near Highway 401, widening the bridge over the Thames River to accommodate additional traffic and multi-use pathways, widening the road between Downtown and Highway 401 to provide continuous transit lanes, and adding intelligent traffic signals. Commuters and residents will benefit from reduced intersection delays, shorter travel times and better transit infrastructure.

$38,120,000

$31,763,490

$25,416,510

Dundas Street Old East Village Streetscape Improvements

This project will revitalize the transit corridor by enhancing connections to both the local transit system and the proposed rapid transit system in the Dundas street area. Residents and commuters will benefit from wider boulevards, new cycling amenities, and new pedestrian lighting along the rapid transit corridor.

$3,280,000

$2,733,060

$2,186,940

Oxford Street / Wharncliffe Road Intersection Improvements

This project will update transit routes through the busy intersection of Oxford Street and Wharncliffe Road. Residents and commuters will benefit from transit queue jump lanes and other intersection, improved traffic signals and lighting, and new sidewalks and bike lanes that will provide direct connections to transit services.  

$3,520,000

$2,933,040

$2,346,960

Expansion Buses

This project will provide the London Transit Commission with 31 new 40' and 60' diesel buses. Residents will benefit from expanded express bus service, more direct connections and better, more frequent bus service.

$10,080,000

$8,399,160

$6,720,840

Bus Stop Amenities

This project involves installing 60 new bus shelters with solar powered lighting and benches, as well as upgrading the lighting at existing bus stops to new solar-powered lights.

$440,000

$366,630

$293,370

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