Bonnie Crombie pledges subway extension to Mississauga if elected mayor
The former mayor says she would launch a business case for the line within her first 100 days in office.
MISSISSAUGA · Bonnie Crombie says she will make a subway extension to Mississauga a top priority if she is elected mayor on Oct. 26. The former mayor, who served from 2014 to 2024, said she would launch the initiative within her first 100 days back in office. Her plan is to extend the TTC's Bloor-Danforth line west from Kipling station, with a stop at Sherway Gardens before reaching Mississauga's City Centre near Square One. This would allow residents to board the subway in Mississauga and travel directly into Toronto's network. Crombie said the goal is to give people more time with their families and better access to jobs.
"Too many people leave home before their children wake up and struggle to get back for dinner," Crombie said at a Tuesday media event. "Residents deserve more time with their families and better access to jobs and opportunities. Bringing the subway to Mississauga would help build that future." Crombie is one of four main candidates in a field of 14 running for mayor. The others are incumbent Carolyn Parrish and city councillors Alvin Tedjo and Dipika Damerla.
If elected, Crombie's campaign said she would commission a business case study for the extension. This study would look at possible routes, station locations, ridership projections, and construction and operating costs. It would also evaluate the Dundas corridor and other feasible alignments, and consider if raised sections could save time and money. The campaign aims to have the jointly funded study started within a year and the initial business case finished within two years.
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"Its findings would guide subsequent engineering, environmental work and funding negotiations needed to move towards construction," Crombie's campaign team stated. They added that quarterly public reports would track progress, spending, and funding commitments. The idea of extending the subway to Square One has been debated for decades. Current Mayor Carolyn Parrish has said she supports the concept, but only if the provincial government pays for it.
Parrish noted that former longtime mayor Hazel McCallion twice turned down fully funded provincial offers for a subway to Square One in the 1980s. Public opinion on the project is mixed. A recent poll by INSAUGA Canada found 57 percent of respondents do not believe Mississauga will ever get a subway. However, a separate survey of 1,000 residents by Liaison Strategies in early October found 65 percent support extending the service to downtown Mississauga.
With files from The Narwhal