Overview
- TTC CEO Mandeep Lali told the board there are no outstanding critical safety items before service begins.
- Since substantial completion less than two months ago, the TTC assumed operational control and ran a Jan. 22 readiness exercise with more than 1,000 TTC and Metrolinx staff.
- Transit Signal Priority will be activated for launch, with a phased rollout across Line 5 and Line 6 by the second quarter.
- The 19-kilometre, 25-station route connects Mount Dennis and Kennedy Station after construction that started in 2011 and missed a 2020 opening target.
- Years of construction issues, testing setbacks and corridor disruption have driven calls for a public inquiry that the Ford government has not approved.