Process and Timeline
The GTA West project is following Ontario’s process for an Individual Environmental Assessment under the Environmental Assessment Act, which are carried out for large-scale, complex undertakings with the potential for significant environmental effects and major public interest.
On May 3, 2021, The Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change determined that the GTA West Transportation Project warrants designation under the Impact Assessment Act, and has issued an order and response. A decision on whether a federal Impact Assessment would be undertaken is expected in late 2021. Read the letter from Ontario Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks Jeff Yurek to Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Download the Timeline:
Phase Two Timeline
2014
- Study Commencement
- Data Collection / Constraints Mapping
- Introductory Meetings and Workshops
- Generate Route Planning Alternatives
- Meetings with Advisory Groups and Councils
- Public Information Centre #1
- Engage and consult with Indigenous Communities
- Assess and Evaluate Alternatives
2015
- Data Collection / Constraints Mapping
- Meetings with Advisory Groups and Councils
- Assess and Evaluate Alternatives
- Community Workshop #2
- Engage and consult with Indigenous Communities
2015-2019
- Study suspension: late 2015 to mid 2019
2019
- Public Information Centre #2
- Community Value Plan Meeting #1
- Meetings with Advisory Groups and Councils
- Engage and consult with Indigenous Communities
2020
- Confirmation of Preferred Route
- Engage and consult with Indigenous Communities
- Notification of Confirmed Preferred Route
- Preliminary Design of Preferred Route
- Specialist Fieldwork
- Community Value Plan Meeting #2 (Community Workshop #3)
2021
- Preliminary Design of Preferred Route
- Specialist Fieldwork
- Community Value Plan Meeting #3 (Community Workshop #4)
- Meetings with Advisory Groups and Councils
- Engage and consult with Indigenous Communities
- Public Information Centre #3
- Technical Reports / EA Documentation
2022
- Preliminary Design of Preferred Route
- Specialist Fieldwork
- Technical Reports / EA Documentation
- Stakeholder and Indigenous Community Review of Draft EA Report
- Incorporate Comments from Stakeholder and Indigenous Community Review
- Submission to MECP
Schedule is subject to change.
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