Hopefully Alto are learning lessons from HS2 and Canadian land/construction costs are lower. Making the London entry from suburban Old Oak Common to Euston nearer downtown is going to be very expensive and delayed to later. Like Laval to Montreal?
https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/hs2-delayed-again-as-costs-surge/?utm\_source=&utm\_medium=email&utm\_campaign=58659
There will people affected no matter where. And it would likely only involving adding some extra approach tracks near a few people’s backyards at the ends of Avenues N to U. (Extra tracks would be needed even if downtown was used)
Preferably there will be increased/added access to any HSR/VIA Station along underused/developable Terminal Ave, south of the Station. And ped connections to the Trainyards Jumble Mall.
This is obviously beyond the scope of the first phases of Alto, but personally I would love to see the southern corridor brought into the HSR network in the future. I know we probably can't run it down the 401 like some seem to suggest, but I think you could do it somewhere close to the 401 and overlapping it in some places with bridges to straighten our the curves and ride the hills.
| -- | First Phase (North) | Future Phase (South) |
|---|---|---|
| Type | High Speed | High Frequency |
| Western Start | Peterborough | GTA East (Markham) |
| Stops | Port Hope/Cobourg | |
| Stops | Trenton/Belleville | |
| Stops | Kingston | |
| Stops | Ottawa | Brockville |
| Stops | Cornwall | |
| Stops | Laval | Vaudreuil-Dorion |
| Terminus | Montreal | Markham |
That southern route would capture around 850,000 residents that could be added to the HSR network once they connect back in at Toronto or Montreal.
A whole 71 of 19,000 comments will be re-instated. “the number of comments its staff removed in error represents "less than 0.4 per cent of all contributions."”
“list of moderation rules the Alto corporation previously provided outlined 11 criteria used to bar posts, including those that defamed others, used foul or intolerant language, and any that promoted violence.”
Project promoter Alto expects to make an announcement this autumn setting out more precise details of the high speed rail corridor planned to link Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval, Trois-Rivières and Québec City.
This follows the completion on April 24 of what Alto says is one of the most extensive public consultation initiatives ever conducted in Canada. It expects to publish a report in June detailing its key findings and insights as it moves from corridor-level analysis to a more defined alignment.
‘We made a deliberate choice to engage early, and we used the past 100 days to listen to communities to better understand their realities’, Alto President & CEO Martin Imbleau said on April 27. ‘We value the significant number of people who took the time to share their views and suggestions with us, as well as their criticisms and concerns. All of this feedback will help us find the right balance to design a project that reduces impacts on communities while delivering lasting benefits across the entire corridor.’
The three-month consultation included 26 in-person open house events, 10 virtual sessions, 32 stakeholder roundtables and speaking to more than 10 000 people in rural and urban communities across Ontario and Quebec. The consultation portal recorded 324 026 unique visits, 24 142 questionnaires were completed and an interactive map collected 19 903 comments. Exit surveys from the open houses show that 70% of attendees were satisfied with the information they received.
Broader community engagement work with Indigenous communities, provinces, municipalities and special interest groups is ongoing.