Your weekly Ontario Construction News | 02/24/2020
Waterfront Toronto committee weighs in on 160 Sidewalk Labs ideas
Waterfront Toronto committee weighs in on 160 Sidewalk Labs ideas
By: The Canadian Press A committee tasked with advising Waterfront Toronto about Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs’s proposal to build a smart city says the agency should support most – but not all – of the company’s ideas for the high-tech neighbourhood. Of the 160 ideas New York-based Sidewalk has pitched for a 12-acre swath of […]
Automotive innovation hub landing near Lake Simcoe Regional Airport
Automotive innovation hub landing near Lake Simcoe Regional Airport
Ontario Construction News staff writer Georgian College and the Township of Oro-Medonte are partnering to bring a new 200-acre automotive innovation hub to a site adjacent to the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport in the hamlet of Oro Station. The facility will feature 700,000 square feet of industrial space dedicated to automotive research, engineering and development, […]
Proposed legislation would give province ability to deliver priority transit projects
Proposed Legislation Would Give Province the Ability to Deliver Priority Transit Projects
Ontario Construction News staff writer Ontario has introduced legislation that will deliver four priority subway projects faster in the Greater Toronto Area. “In order to keep up with the tremendous growth in the region, we have to build modern, efficient rapid transit,” said Caroline Mulroney, minister of transportation. “It will not only generate years of […]
Builders and real estate associations support legislation designed to speed up transit projects
Ontario Construction News staff writer The Ontario Home Builders Association (OHBA) and OREA support the provincial government’s new transit projects legislation introduced last week. According to a statement from OHBA, the Building Transit Faster Act “will streamline approvals and cut red tape to help deliver four priority subway projects faster & facilitate new transit oriented […]
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