Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster announced Wednesday the agency is altering the design of the Yonge North Subway Extension so that it will pass under fewer homes in the Royal Orchard area of Thornhill. The Yonge North project is a roughly 8-kilometre extension of the TTC’s Line 1 subway from Finch station to Richmond Hill. According to previous plans, the subway would have remained underground beneath Yonge Street as it approached Richmond Hill. But Royal Orchard residents complained the tunnelling and underground train operations could damage their homes and have adverse environmental, economic, health and social effects on their community. Keith Irish agreed, saying in a statement that a subway on Yonge would serve more riders and be more effective at reducing congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: thestar December 09, 2021 10:51 UTC