RE: Environmental Registry…

RE: Environmental Registry of Ontario Posting 025 – 0504
Accelerating Delivery of Transit-Oriented Communities

From: Heidi Dempster, General Manager, Brampton Transit

To Whom it May Concern,

The City of Brampton (hereinafter referred to as ‘the City’) appreciates the opportunity to
provide comments on the proposed changes outlined in the Environmental Registry of Ontario
posting 025-0504 – Accelerating Delivery of Transit-Oriented Communities.
The City is supportive of efforts by the Province to make it easier and faster to deliver critical
transit infrastructure.
Please see below specific comments on individual aspects of the proposed legislative
changes:
Accelerating Transit-Oriented Communities (TOCs)
1. Appropriate transportation studies should continue to be required to ensure transit
infrastructure and service requirements are being met when new major developments,
TOCs and MZOs are being considered.
2. Beyond the major Provincial transit projects, transit infrastructure and service
requirements need to account for local transit service requirements to connect efficiently
to higher-order transit projects, TOCs and new/redeveloped communities (e.g. transitsupportive
street network, 3.5m lanes, bus facilities).
3. Municipal transportation master plans need to continue to be incorporated into
new/redeveloped/TOC community planning, to ensure sufficient transit services and
efficient connections to the local and regional transit network.
4. More information is required on stated municipal obligations (and current challenges)
related to providing MTO and MOI with authority to request information and data from
municipalities and municipal agencies to support Provincial transit projects, TOCs,
infrastructure projects.
5. Developers' requirements for providing transit stop infrastructure (e.g. bus pad,
appropriate connections) need to be incorporated in a systematic way.
6. Updates to local growth plans as a result of revised Provincial growth targets will need
to account for updates to transportation infrastructure and service requirements.
7. Should consider major BRT lines that are directly supporting TOC’s (MTSA’s) and are
already under preliminary design development track – e.g. Queen St – Hwy 7 BRT.
Enabling Authorities to speed up Transportation Permitting and Harmonizing Road
Construction Standards
1. The City recommends that the Province ensures to incorporate municipal infrastructure
interests such as AT crossings, and MUP’s on MTO highway crossings.
The City of Brampton would like to thank the Province for the opportunity to provide feedback
and comments on the proposed changes. The City requests that clarification be provided on
the questions identified herein and that the Province takes the recommendations provided into
consideration prior to enacting any changes to the Act.
Sincerely,
Heidi Dempster, General Manager
Brampton Transit