About 400 residents in the Woodbine-Gerrard area signed a petition asking Metrolinx to include noise-reducing barriers and vibration-mitigating technology in the Lakeshore East Line GO Expansion project. At a May 5 community meeting, Metrolinx told residents those measures are not included. A 2017 environmental assessment indicates noise and vibration will increase by seven percent or more after a fourth rail line is completed through the neighbourhood in the 2030s. Residents say the outcome feels like condemning the area and leaving future generations affected. Metrolinx says it follows regulations for excess noise and vibration. The expansion is expected to increase commuter trips between Toronto and Durham Region from about 3,500 per week to 10,000.
"About 400 people in the Woodbine-Gerrard area recently signed a petition asking that Metrolinx include noise-reducing barriers and vibration-mitigating technology in its Lakeshore East Line GO Expansion project. At a community meeting on May 5, the agency told residents those measures aren't in the cards, even though a 2017 Metrolinx environmental assessment shows noise and vibration will go up seven per cent or higher when a new, fourth rail line is completed through the neighbourhood, sometime in the 2030s."
""It feels like it really is condemning the whole area," resident Rafael Pascual-Leone told CBC Toronto. "Not only us, but generations to come are being left by the wayside." The project has been under construction for about six years, and has been in the planning stages for at least a decade."
"The project has been under construction for about six years, and has been in the planning stages for at least a decade. It will see a fourth rail line added to the corridor that runs along GO's Lakeshore East line from Union Station into Durham Region, and the 2017 environmental assessment states that vibration mitigation should be part of the plan. Metrolinx did not agree to an interview with CBC Toronto but said in an email that it's living up to regulations governing excess noise and vibration in the neighbourhood."
"The Metrolinx website says the Lakeshore East expansion plan is one part of a southern Ontario-wide project. It will result in many more commuter trains running between Toronto and Durham Region from about 3,500 trips a week to 10,000. Rula Altoumah says she expected noise when she and her family moved into a neighbourhood, but as the route becomes much busier, she says there should be measures put in place to dampen the noise and vibration."
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