It looks like the days of traffic congestion at Humber Bay Shores may continue for a while.

Some 5,000 passengers daily will travel downtown in a trip that will take less than 15-minutes on a proposed Park Lawn GO Station, says MPP Christine Hogarth.

Hogarth says the proposed station will “provide the Humber Bay Shores Community with a better, faster option to get to the downtown core in less than 15-minutes.”

The service will ‘reduce gridlock and emissions on our roads and improve the overall transit network.’

“For many years families in south Etobicoke have advocated for a rapid transit option within walking distance,” Hogarth says in an update titled Metrolinx’s Updated Initial Business Case, 2020 for a Park Lawn GO Station, that was released on June 11.

Residents of the Humber Bay Shores have long complained about rush-hour traffic congestion in the area and that it can take them an hour or more to drive to their downtown jobs. It is expected the new station will be built on the Christie lands.

The IBC is part of Ontario’s plan to deliver better public transit while delivering

significant cost savings to the taxpayers through third-party investment and ensuring

sustainable GO rail service to connect more people to jobs and housing. The release of

the business case is the next step in the development of a new GO station in the area,

which is subject to necessary agreements and approvals, which can take time.

“Park Lawn’s business case is an example of an opportunity created by our government’s commitment to pursuing innovative, modern and cost-effective transit solutions for the people and communities we serve,” says Kinga Surma, Associate Minister of Transportation.

Phil Verster, President and CEO of Metrolinx, says his agency has not made a decision on a station as they are ‘exploring’ all options.

“Exploring a new station on the Lakeshore West corridor in the Humber Bay Shores

Community, could provide a new, convenient option for existing and future GO

customers,” Verster says.