Green Bond Projects

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT project is a $5.3 billion (2010$) capital commitment to expand transit in Toronto. It is one of the largest transit expansions in the history of the region with scheduled completion in 2021. It includes the building of a 19-kilometre LRT line across Eglinton Avenue, with a 10-kilometre central underground portion, and 25 stations and stops. The Eglinton Crosstown will link to 54 bus routes, three subway stations, UP Express and three GO Transit lines. It will ease traffic congestion and provides an excellent, environmentally friendly travel alternative, while providing a service that is up to 60 per cent faster than the existing bus service on Eglinton Avenue.

The Eglinton Crosstown maintenance and storage facility is aiming to achieve LEED Silver certification.

The Regional Express Rail is a $13.5 billion (2014$) capital commitment to provide faster and more frequent service on the GO rail network, with electrified service on core segments, including the Union Pearson (UP) Express. New GO stations and facilities are aiming to achieve LEED Gold certification.

A $1.4 billion (2010$) capital commitment to expand transit in York Region through the York Viva BRT program. It includes the construction of dedicated rapidways along the existing Highway 7, Yonge Street and Davis Drive VIVA corridors.

The Finch West LRT is a $1.0 billion (2010$) capital commitment to expand transit in Toronto through the building of an 11-kilometre LRT line along the Finch West Corridor. New stations and facilities are aiming to achieve LEED Silver certification.

The Hurontario LRT is a $1.4 billion (2014$) capital commitment to build a new 20-kilometre LRT line in Mississauga and southern Brampton, connecting to two GO Transit lines, as well as local and express bus services in both municipalities. New stations and facilities are aiming to achieve LEED Silver certification.

The Hamilton LRT is a capital commitment of up to $1.0 billion (2014$) to build a LRT in the City of Hamilton. In April 2017, the Ministry of Transportation confirmed that the Province would work to include the three kilometres easterly to Eastgate Square shopping centre to the scope of the project procurement, subject to municipal support and consideration of available funding. New stations and facilities are aiming to achieve LEED Silver certification.

The Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility is a new 500,000 square feet facility that provides maintenance, repair, and additional storage for GO Trains. The facility allows GO Transit to service new rolling stock, and provide operational flexibility to ensure reliable transit service. It also supports GO Transit's planned service expansions to increase ridership and supports the anticipated population growth in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

The Joseph Brant Hospital project includes construction of a new South Tower on the existing site of JBH; renovations to existing departments impacted by the expansion; a new power plant; a new parking garage; and an Own Funds Halton McMaster Family Health Centre building. The project will address JBH’s immediate patient care priorities: critical care, surgical services, endoscopy/ outpatient procedures unit, cancer clinic, medical diagnostics unit, laboratory, diagnostic imaging, inpatient capacity, pharmacy, and health records. Targeting LEED Silver certification.

A new 200,000 square feet expansion in Seneca’s King City campus to accommodate an additional 1,500 students. It will include approximately 25 new classrooms, computer labs and speciality labs, a library, gymnasium, fitness centre, learning commons and student study space. Targeting LEED Gold certification.

The ErinoakKids' 11 existing sites will be replaced by three new purpose built accessible sites in Oakville, Mississauga and Brampton, while more than doubling the existing treatment therapy space. Targeting LEED Silver certification.

Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus Expansion project is a new 220,000 square feet facility within the urban core of Mississauga to accommodate 3,200 full-time students. Targeting LEED Silver certification.

The West 5^th Campus is an 850,000 square feet facility that provides specialized mental health services. The brownfield facility is to support existing longer-term mental health, forensics and acute mental health programs and services, and expansion of forensic services, geriatric psychiatry and mental health rehabilitation. It increased the capacity of inpatient beds from 214 up to 305 and expanded outpatient clinics for psychiatry, diagnostic imaging, medical services and education, learning and research services. The new campus is LEED Gold certified.

The St. Joseph’s Healthcare project included two brownfield facilities — one at the London (Parkwood) site for longer-term mental health and one at the St. Thomas site for forensics. Both facilities are LEED Gold Certified.

Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care in Penetanguishene replaced the 160-bed Oak Ridge building and the 20-bed Brebeuf building to offer a larger, more modern hospital space. The new building is LEED Gold certified.

The Woodstock Hospital is a new 350,000 square feet hospital, more than double the size of the previous facility and is LEED Silver certified. The greenfield facility has a capacity of up to 178 beds. It includes an increase of up to 24 medical surgical beds, six dialysis stations, eight complex continuing care beds, two mental health beds and 22 rehabilitation beds. It also includes a larger emergency department and increased rate of single, acute medical/surgical rooms.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) project involves redevelopment at the CAMH Queen Street site in Toronto and is LEED Gold certified. The project includes the construction of three new buildings:

• The Intergenerational Wellness Centre provides specialized programming for CAMH’s Child, Youth & Family and Geriatric Mental Health program.
• The Bell Gateway Building houses outpatient programs, central clinical services, laboratories and support and administrative functions.
• The Utilities and Parking Building features meeting and hearing rooms, client assessment space, new parking facilities and an environmentally efficient central plant.