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“It’s About Moving People, Jobs, Competitiveness, Prosperity”
407 Rail Transitway Network Architecture
For Ontario’s Mega Region
Design Criteria - 407 Transitway - 1 hour across the GTAH
407 Transitway Corridor Vision: What is the difference between the 400, 401, 404, 407 and the 427 Highway
corridors? The difference is the planned high-speed rail transitway in the 407 corridor, the existing hydro corridor
lands and the corridor is not all build-out yet. Planned and intensified communities which effectively encompass
underground parking, underground and at grade retail, residential, office, institutional, entertainment, recreation
and transit hubs into integrated, transit-dependent and liveable communities is the progressive and forward
thinking infrastructure paradigm that we need to move forward as a society. This can only be realized through a
cooperative and collaborative approach among all stakeholders. Thomas Edison said “if we did all the things we
were capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.”
Education: We have a simple challenge. If we want to compete and prosper in today’s world, we must tap
into and harness the creativity of Ontarians. Our goal should be nothing less than to be jurisdictional with the
widest coverage of the creative age across our people and industries. This means preparing our workers and
businesses with the skills, capabilities and providing the critical infrastructure required to thrive in the economy
of the future. Sustained and shared prosperity demands nothing less.
Jobs: Ontario has an above average concentration of clustered industries, and this should create a sizeable
productivity advantage for the province. But we are not benefitting fully from this advantage. Part of the reason
is that we have less capital investment in the most needed critical infrastructure, We are also a big province and
thus have less urbanization and fewer advantages from density. And, as we have found, our clusters have less
creative content than those of our peers. This is where the real payoff can come. Clusters with high creativity
content can drive much greater productivity and prosperity than other industries. We know that creativity increases
economic growth and we know that clusters increase productivity
Peak Oil: In the not-too-distant future, whether we like it or not, the price of gasoline will begin a rise that will
continue for decades. It will increase so much, in fact, that many aspects of everyday life will be dramatically
altered and altered in ways that most of us wouldn’t necessarily anticipate. For example, we envision a future
where we travel by train, not by plane. One where today’s distant suburbs gradually become ghost towns. I have
gone through the different scenarios when gasoline reaches these price levels. What is the provincial and federal
government doing to insulate the public in the event this happens? The consensus is that we have reached peak
oil and any oil we find will be expensive and won’t be the big oil fields of the past.
Economy: Here’s the question: Will we decide to reinvest in a global economy and an infrastructure that keeps
us bound to oil consumption for every dollar of wealth we produce? If so, we are committing ourselves to a
damaging cycle of recessions and recoveries that keeps repeating itself as the economy keep banging its head
on oil prices. If we go this route oil will soon lead or peak GDP.
Or we can change. Not only must we decouple our economy from oil but we must re-engineer our lives and way
of life to adopt to a world of growing energy scarcity. And that means learning to live using less energy.
Need A Rail Transit Environmental Assessment: China just open the longest high-speed rail transitway
in the world at 1,000 kilometers long. It took South China Rail 4 years to design, plan and built and it will operate
at a top speed of 394 kilometers a hour. Meanwhile MTO has been doing an Environmental Assessment for the
first 23 kilometre segment of a 140 kilometres high speed (top 60-80 kilometers at hour) 407 Rail Transitway. This
has already taken MTO over 4 years and the Transitway is initially being designated for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
and then converted to rail at sometime in the future. The GTA-York Region already exceeds the population of the
Vancouver BRT line which was just recently replaced by the Canada Line and Ottawa wants to replace their BRT
as soon as possible too. Why is the 407 Transitway being designed for bus first? Times have changed, climate
change, global warming, end of cheap oil, need for a competitive economy to create jobs and the emphasis on
transit dependent development should tell us to go directly to high-speed rail transit.
Meanwhile in the same 4 years, China has designed and built over 13,500 kilometres of high-speed elevated
rail transit that goes at speeds in excess of 350 kilometres per hour. By 2050, China will have over 100,000
kilometres of high-speed rail in operation. China is building 4,500 kilometres of elevated high-speed rail transit a
year. The 407 Rail Transitway should plan the most direct and quickest route and then mitigate the environment.
There is something wrong with this picture. At this pace and the cost of construction, we will be a third world
country by the time we build anything.
Places to Grow: The Places to Grow Act was a major Provincial Policy legislation which indicated where growth
could occur within the GTAH and Niagara Escarpment. However, over the next 25 years the GTAH could build
between 10,000 and 25,000 condo buildings, but if not strategically located, it will not add up to any significant
contribution towards solving the problems facing the growth of the GTAH - Rapid Rail Transit Backbone Network.
The Provincial Government must get involved in the strategic planning, development and implementation of this most
critical asset - The 407 Rail Transitway. Province should setup a Transit Ministries and also have responsibility for
transit dependent development in rail transit corridors.
Integrated Nodes and Mobility Hubs: Bury the hydro lines in key locations within the 407 Transitway corridor
to accommodate integrated communities at transit stops, build over the 407 highway with concourses and pedestrian
bridges to integrate both sides of the 407 Highway with intense integrated communities around major transit nodes. At
the same time integrate the 407 Transitway stops right into the development of these integrated communities. We need
to plan and design for a guarantee transit ridership of a 80-90% targeted modal split to ensure instant success of the
407 Rail Transitway. The province should set yearly growth targets for these 407 Transitway integrated communities.
The naysayers will say burying the hydro lines or building over the 407 Highway or building an efficient high-speed rail
transitway within the 407 right-of-ways and getting across the 140km 407 corridor within one hour can’t be done. They
are yesterday’s planners
Gridlock: is costing the mega-region economy in excess of $6-10 billion dollars annually and going to $15 billion
dollars by 2015. These costs include unpredictable travel times, environmental damage, property damage, stress,
delays, lost production and lost jobs to other world jurisdictions. Congestion imposes huge costs on our economy.
The GTAH Economic Engine: The 407 Rail Transitway is the spine for the GTAH economy and is truly the economic
engine for GTAH mega-region. Over the next 50 years, it is estimated that the world population will increase 40%
or 3 billion people. The GTAH mega-region will have eight million more people that will call this place their home.
Eventually, over time, the mega-region will expand to include Windsor and Niagara to Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec
City plus seamless interfaces with the USA - Niagara Falls and Detroit.
Too Many Silos: All the federal and provincial ministries, agencies and lower tiered governments must work together
under the leadership of the The Prime Minister of Canada and Premier of Ontario towards the development of one
of the most competitive mega-region economies possible to ensure the growth of the creative class jobs and have
the supporting industries flourish. The current vision and plans for building the bus rapid transit system first on the
407 transitway are inadequate and not very forward thinking. The 407 Rail Transitway will equal the ridership of the
Lakeshore line in less than five years of being built.
The Economic Generator - 407 Transitway Corridor: up to $1 trillion dollars in economic development
opportunities, home for nearly 2 million people, employment of 800,000 - 1,000,000 jobs will reside in the corridor,
over 125,000,000 square feet of office/commercial will be build and will generate between 750,000 - 1,000,000 daily
transit trips when fully implemented. If we continue down the road we are on, a small fraction of the opportunities can
be realized. The 407 Rail Transitway is equally as important if not more important than the Lakeshore Line.
The plan provides a frame work for new sustainable growth that would eliminate 25 million tons of CO2 emission yearly. Which is
the equivalent of planting 1 billion adult trees with an annual savings of $5 billion (carbon tax of $200 per ton) a year.
Helps reduce Gridlock with an annual savings of $10-15 billion dollars annually.
Eliminate 450,000,000,000 vehicle miles travelled yearly in the GTAH, with a annual saving of 52,125,000,000 litres.
Reduces health care costs because less pollutants will be going into the atmosphere.
The 407 Transitway’s Transit Dependent Development will deliver 1,000,000 more cars off the roads - 1,000,000 more people will
be taking transit on a daily basis over time as this corridor gets build out.
Conclusions:
Framework for grow in Quebec/Ontario’s Mega Region - GDP will growth from 600 billion to 1.5 trillion over the next 50 years
We can’t get density without rail transit and rail transit without density - conundrum
Plan and design for 80% modal split on the 407 Transitway Network by integrating TDD into all the stations
Planning the 407 Transitway is much more than a environment assessment (E/A) to determine the route - it is the future of Ontario.
E/A’s process for Rail Transit, should determine the most direct route and then mitigate the environment
Holistic planning to ensure implementation of the vision of moving people, jobs, competitiveness and prosperity for all
Eliminate all the barriers to ensure success - get rid of the government silos
The transit network should be people, environmentally and operationally friendly
Rail Transit will change land use but buses won’t
Innovative, flexible design & management, alternative financing, employ leading technology, private sector involvement,
Design a synchronous network versus the asynchronous networks we have today ... build in network versatility
Need for a competitive Request for Proposal Process (RFP), alternative financing and a sense of urgency to get things done
Leadership is needed from the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premier of Ontario for the transformation of the 407
Transitway corridor spine into a major Ontario mega-region economic engine: All levels of Government’s Ministries,
Agencies, Crown Corporations, 407ETR and Hydro One must work together has a “Can Do” team to make the growth of the
Ontario mega-region economy happen.

Executive Summary - Markham Live
New Options for Personal Mobility: Cars are here to stay. More efficient, no petroleum vehicles are
needed to reduce oil use and greenhouse gases. Developing these vehicles should be given high priority.
Another priority is providing travel options beyond cars, creating more ecologically sound transport by
dismantling the car-centric transportation monoculture. Doing so would lead to a more efficient transportation
system with a long list of co-benefits, from congestion reduction to enhanced communities. Transforming
vehicles is difficult.
Transforming entire transport systems is incredibly daunting. But the eventual benefits would be almost
unimaginably huge. Rising to meet this challenge requires us to recognize that today’s car-based transportation
system isn’t optimal or sustainable for either society or individuals. Average households spend over $15,000
on the automobile in a year.
There is such a thing as a better transportation system. Many profit from this dependency and from the
sprawled development that goes with it, from automakers to land developers.
Two other important building blocks for creating a more diversified and efficient transportation system - with
less vehicle miles traveled are better land use management and greater use of pricing. Pricing can be road
pricing, insurance based on kilometers travel, and gasoline pricing.
Better land use management - greater geographic density leads to less travel. With greater density, more
destinations can be accessed by walking, and all forms of transit can be provided more effectively and less
expensively.
Markham Live Vision: Markham Live is a sophisticated, 21st Century, high intensity urban community
designed to appeal to a global market. Integrating the finest retail, office, condo residential and entertainment
venues, built to the highest global architectural and environmental design standards, Markham Live will be a
world-class destination.
Rise of the Mega Region: Mega-regions range in size from 5 million to more than 100 million people. They
produce hundreds of billions - sometimes trillions of dollars - in economic output. They harness human creativity
on a massive scale and are responsible for most of the world’s scientific achievement and technological
innovations.
Power of the Grid The current economic crisis and the reality of global climate change require us to work
hard at getting the most out of our existing and planned infrastructure. Imagine boarding the 407 Rapid Rail
Transit Express. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds higher than 130-150 kilometres an hour, walking
only a few steps to other public transportation or ending up just blocks from your destination. Imagine what a
great asset an integrated 407 high-speed rail transit system would be to our mega-region.
High-Speed 407 Transitway: It is estimated that the 407 corridor has approximately 1 trillion dollars of
economic development potential if the proper transit dependent development solution is designed, planned
and implemented. If we continue down our present path of connecting the northern part of the GTA with bus,
it will be a small fraction of its potential.
Cost of Gridlock: The cities of the world are being overwhelmed by traffic. From Paris to Jakarta, urban
residents and commuters are confronting traffic conditions that are becoming increasingly unbearable. The
average speeds of road travel in many cities aren’t much greater today than they were in the days of horse
drawn vehicles of the 19th century. For hours each day, many motorways and main thoroughfares resemble
car parks more than roadways. Without radical reforms, this situation will only get worse. In the GTAH, for
instance, it is forecast that gridlock will rise 188 percent on urban roads by 2014.
Power of Place: Markham is 20 minutes from the shores of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes. Our
location and geography play a key role in our economic success. Markham is less than a day’s drive from more
than 135 million customers in Canada and the United States. With the North American Free Trade Agreement
facilitating access, Markham and the Greater Toronto Area are a major gateway to the entire continent for trade
and tourism – a market of more than 440 million people, with a combined GDP of more than $16 trillion
Fields of Green: Markham Live showcases a broad range of leading-edge and innovative ‘green’ initiatives
that benefit the environment, including improved sustainability in community design and practices to achieve
ecological biodiversity. Strategies that maintain and improve watershed health and resilience within the
context of climate change and urban intensification are at the core of Markham Live.
High-Speed Rail Network is the Economy: It is estimated that the 407 corridor has approximately 1 trillion
dollars of economic development potential if the proper transit dependent development solution is designed,
planned and implemented. If we continue down our present path of connecting the northern part of the GTA
with bus, it will be a small fraction of its potential.
Anchor Hubs in Markham: Transit Dependent Development (TDD) will demonstrate, to North America and
the world, that combining targeted residential densities with integrated transit infrastructure in a mixed-use,
ecologically designed community will lead to dramatic reductions in the environmental footprint of urban
development. Integrated residential density is the critical ingredient for a true quantum leap in sustainability.
Only at larger increments of development are resource-efficient systems like cogeneration, anaerobic
digesters and personal rapid transit (PRT) systems viable and effective. Only a significant concentrated
residential population can support the shops, offices, and civic services that make a community balanced
and livable.
Markham Live includes:
• Multi-Purpose Entertainment Centre National Olympic Aquatic Centre
• National Olympic Training Centre Trade Centre / Field House
• Five Star Hotel Convention Centre
• Office Commercial World Class Retail
• Residential Metrolinx Anchor Hub
• Performing Arts Centre Multi-Media Entertainment Centre
P3, TDD and 407 Technology Motions: A public-private partnership is, “A cooperative venture between
the public and private sectors, built on the expertise of each partner, that best meets clearly defined public
needs through appropriate allocation of resources, risks and rewards.”
Spanning the 407 Highway: Imagine joining Richmond Hill/Langstaff Gateway or the divided Markham
Centre (Provincial Growth Centres) by innovations, such as creating useable urban space over the 407
Highway which is an urban separator today.
The Golden Economic River: Especially critical to the economic success and the future of urban centers
is the rail transit spine network. The development of competitiveness, quality of life and environmental
protection in urban areas is unachievable without a functioning mass rail transit service.
Try to Leave Everything Better that What We Inherited: The United States has 750 cars for every 1,000
people. China, on the other hand, has 4 cars for every 1,000 people. If China gets to only half the ownership
rate of the United States, it means an additional 400 million cars on the road, looking for gasoline. That’s
almost like adding another two United States’ worth of cars to the world. Moreover, even if the price of oil gets
so high that it creates serious demand destruction in places like the United States and Europe, the use of
oil will still increase in economics such as China’s which is growing at a 10% clip. Growth that size doesn’t
evaporate overnight, and economies, especially China’s, need oil and energy to grow.
The world’s total population will jump by 1 billion people in the coming 11 years, but the middle class will add
1.8 billion to its ranks, 600 million of them in China alone. Middle class will comprise 52% of the earth’s total
population by 2020. China’s middle class will be the world’s largest in 2025 and India’s will be ten times its
current size.
There remains little easy-to-get oil. After 147 years of almost uninterrupted supply growth to a record output
of some 81-82 million barrels/day in the summer 2006, crude oil production has since entered its irreversible
decline. This exceptional reversal alters the energy supply equation upon which life on our planet is based.
It will come to place pressure upon the use of all other sources of energy - be it natural gas, coal, nuclear
power, and all types of sundry renewables especially biofuels. It will come to affect everything else under the
sun.
Go Directly to High-Speed 407 Rail Transitway and By-Pass 407 BRT
Don’t Implement Fossil Fuel Systems - Electric Trains are Carbon Neutral
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The Magic of Markham Live

Table of Contents
Overview
Letter to: The Prime Minister of Canada and The Premier of Ontario 2
Executive Summary 3
Markham Live Vision 6,7
Mega Region
Mega Region Maps 8
Rise of the Mega Region 9
Markham - Centre of Mega Region 10
Population Projections 11
Metrolinx Transit Routes 12
407 Transitway
Power of the Grid 13
The Missing Link 14
Economic Generator 15
Green Economy Express 16
High Speed Rail Transit and Transit Oriented Development 17
Markham in the Mega Region
The Power of Place 19
Fields of Green - Vision 20
Markham’s Transit Oriented Development
Rail Transit Network is the Economy 23
Anchor Hubs in Markham 24
Langstaff 25
Markham Centre 26
Cornell 27
Markham Live
Illustrators 28,29,30
Introduction 31
Plan Vision 32,33
Entertainment Centre 34
National Aquatic Centre 35
National Olympic Training Centre 36
Trade Centre 37
Five Star Hotel 38
Convention Centre 40
Retail 42
Office Commercial/Retail 44
Residential 46
Performing Arts Centre 48
Multimedia Centre 49
Spanning the 407 Highway as a Hub Integrator 50/51
Appendix
A Next Steps/Challenges 52
B Public Private Partnerships 53
C Land Owners 54
D Plan and Budget 55
E Yonge Street Request for Proposal and 407 Transitway Motions 56/57
F Langstaff Hub Alignment and burying hydro lines 58/59
G 407 Transitway Design Criteria and Timing and TDD Potential 60,61,62,63
H Transit Oriented Development 64
I Mayor and Members of Council 65
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Markham Live - Vision
Markham Center - 407 Transitway Alternatives
Designer Dwell Time Cost to Build Lost Citizen Time
MTO 1 3.00 350m 100m a yr
MTO 2 3.00 350m 100m a yr
PCA 1 .45 100m 0m
PCA 2 .30 75m om
Viva 80m
Taking 407 Rail Transitway to the Local Viva Bus Terminal
Poor Transit Planning and Vision

Markham Live - Vision
Making our old economic model greener and more sustainable is like inventing a
healthier form of cancer, rather than eliminating it. The twentieth century was the
last and worst of the “de” centuries. The “de” age was based on development;
depletion (fisheries, topsoil); degradation, despoilment, and defilement (pollution,
destruction of heritage); devitalization (of communities and ecosystem services);
decrease (of biodiversity); decline (in the planet’s inventory of fossil fuels, fossil
waters, old-growth forests, and other irreplaceable assets); and destabilization
(of our global economy and our global climate).
Markham Live is a sophisticated, 21st Century, high intensity urban community
designed to appeal to a global market. Integrating the finest retail, office, condo
residential and entertainment venues, built to the highest global architectural
and environmental design standards, Markham Live will be a world-class
destination.
Destination:
Markham Live will be a thriving 24-hour downtown-style domain incorporating
prestigious residential dwellings and corporate offices and labs. Residents,
businesses and visitors will enjoy a wide range of amenities including a Performing
Arts Centre, a major league sports arena, five star hotels with banquet and
conference facilities, a convention and trade centre, a diverse range of night
clubs and dining facilities, athletic clubs and wellness centres. Approximately
15.0 million square feet of office and retail space will be constructed. 50,000
people will work in Markham Live and 80,000 people will call it their home.
Environment:
Markham Live will be distinguished by its high environmental design standards,
and by its outstanding natural setting. Traversed by the Rouge River Valley
parkland system, Markham Live offers its residents, businesses and visitors
a network of cycle routes, parks, jogging paths, and well designed pedestrian
routes set within 75 acres of parkland and 195 acres of natural and landscaped
open space.
Frame Markham’s growth issues in a comprehensive manner, clearly expressing
the role of land use in meeting greenhouse gas reduction targets through
integrated defensible analysis (land and water consumption, vehicle miles
traveled, air pollution, infrastructure costs and building-related energy and water
use and cost).
Connect provincial and national goals for energy independence, energy
efficiency, and green job creation to land use and transportation investments.
Connectivity:
Bounded by Highway 7 and the 407ETR, and served by a network of local
streets, Markham Live is easy to access and parking will be available for 6,000
cars. A system of interconnected transit service converging at the on-site
Unionville Go-Train Station will provide easily accessed and rapid service to
and from Markham Live, including the 407 Transitway connecting to seven Go-
Transit lines, four light rail lines and the Yonge and Spadina subway lines.
407 Transitway is the GTA’s Mega-Region Economic Alternative:
Emergence of rail-connected nodes or hubs along the 407 Economic Corridor
throughout the GTA Mega-Region will spark a new economic opportunity for
development and intensification that cannot be ignored or allowed to proceed
piecemeal. The Mega-Region has outgrown traditional transit migration via bus
ways. Population and densities being planned and their implementation along
the 407 corridor support the move now to the ultimate solutions ... light and
heavy rail. Markham Live will be one of the major nodes in this 407 Corridor.
Running in its own elevated, grade-separated track, the 407 Transitway will
provide high speed service across the GTA Region enabling direct point-topoint
travel between Oshawa and Burlington in under 60 minutes.
The Public Realm - Pedestrian Friendly:
Retail will be well-designed and appropriately integrated into Markham Live
so that residents, tourists and shoppers can meet their daily needs through
walking, cycling and transit.
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Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
M - Milton Go Transit
G - Georgetown Go-Transit
B - Proposed Bolton Go-Transit
BB - Bradford/Barrie Go-Transit
RH - Richmond Hill Go-Transit
U - Uxbridge Go-Transit
H - Peterborough - Havelock Go-Transit
B - Bloor Subway Line
Y - Yonge Subway Line
S - Spadina Subway Line
H - Hurontario Light Rail Transit
J - Jane Light Rail Transit
DM - Don Mills Light Rail Transit
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Rise of the Mega-Region
Mega-regions range in size from 5 million to more than 100 million people. They
produce hundreds of billions - sometimes trillions of dollars - in economic output.
They harness human creativity on a massive scale and are responsible for most of
the world’s scientific achievement and technological innovations.
Cities have always been the natural economic units of the world. But during the
past several decades, cities with central cores surrounded by rural villages and
later by suburbs, have grown into mega-regions composed of two or more cityregions,
such as Boston-New York-Washington corridor. Mega-regions are more
than just a bigger version of a city. In the way that a city is composed of separate
Mega-Region Population GDP2000 GDP2009 GDP2031
1. Greater Tokyo 55 million people $2.5 trillion
2. Boston New York Washington 54 million people $2.2 trillion
3. Chicago to Pittsburgh 46 million people $1.6 trillion
4. Amsterdam Brussels Twerp 60 million people $1.5 trillion
5. Osaka Nagoya 36 million people $1.4 trillion
6. London Leed Chester 50 million people $1.2 trillion
7. Rome Milan Turin 48 million people $1.0 trillion
8. Charlotte Atlanta 22 million people $730 billion
9. Southern California 21 million people $710 billion
10. Frankfurt Stuttgart 23 million people $630 billion
The top twenty mega-regions in terms of economic activity account for 10 percent
of the world’s population, 57% of economic activity, 76% of patented innovations,
and 76% of the most-cited scientists. The Ontario Government, GTHA Region
and Markham must develop a competitive transportation system that includes a
high speed rail transit network, seamlessly integrating high density nodes where
heavy rail crosses heavy rail, density around anchor transit hubs, and major transit
interchange gateways, and other rail transit stops.
neighbourhoods, a new natural economic unit is emerging that results from cityregions
growing upward, becoming denser, and growing outward and into one
another.
The mega-regions of today perform functions that are somewhat similar to those
performed by the great cities of the past --- massing together talent, productive
capability, innovation, and markets. But mega-regions do so on a far larger scale.
Cities now compete on a global terrain. That means that bigger and more competitive
economic units -- mega regions -- have super ceded cities as the real engines of
the global economy.
2000 - World’s top 20 Mega-Regions cited in Richard Florida’s – “Who’s Your City?”
Mega-Region Population GDP2000 GDP2009 GDP2031
11. Barcelona Lyon 25 million people $610 billion
12. Toronto Buffalo Ottawa Montreal 22 million people $530 billion
13. Seoul-San 46.1 million people $500 billion
14. Northern California 12.8 million people $470 billion
15. Southern Florida 15.1 million people $430 billion
16. Fuku-kyushu 18.5 million people $430 billion
17. Paris 14.7 million people $380 billion
18. Dallas-Austin 10.4 million people $370 billion
19. Houston-Orleans 9.7 million people $330 billion
20. Mexico City 45.5 million people $290 billion
In order to ensure that we have a competitive economy, we must have a competitive
rail transit network. Metrolinx, the regions and the communities that have major
transit hubs must do proper Transit Oriented Development planning to ensure
the success of its portion of the rail transit network. We should be able to work
where we want to work, live where we want to live and play where we want to play.
Proper connectivity produces choice, not congestion.
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Markham: Located at the Center of the Greater Toronto Area

Population Projections: York Region and Surrounding Area
Estimated Greater Toronto Area Hamilton (GTAH) Population
Region 2009 2031 2050
Toronto 2,700,000 3,250,000 3,700,000
Hamilton 500,000 650,000 800,000
Durham 650,000 900,000 1,250,000
Halton 493,500 750,100 1,150,000
Peel 1,400,000 1,800,000 2,300,000
York 1,016,000 1,650,000 2,300,000
Total - GTA 6,759,500 9,000,000 11,500,000
Other Regions Surrounding GTA Population
Simcoe County 450,000 700,000 1,000,000
City of Barrie 130,000 210,000
Grey County 104,063
Durham County 200,425
Wellington County 92,612 97,676
Region of Waterloo 539,000 750,500
Oxford County 105,000
Brant County 34,415
Halimand County 48,000 56,000
Region of Niagara 442,121 545,100
Victoria County 76,000 100,000
Peterborough County 134,000 156,568
Northumberland County 87,000
York Region Top 10 Employers
Rank Company Name Location Total Employees
1 Magna International Inc. York Region 9,600
2 IBM Canada Ltd. Markham 8,737
3 American Express Markham 4,100
4 Canada’s Wonderland Vaughan 3,600
5 AMD Technologies Markham 2,200
6 CGI Information Markham 2,050
7 United Parcel Services Ltd. Vaughan 1,900
8 The Miller Group Markham 1,700
9 The TD Financial Group Markham 1,630
10 Con Drain Co. (1983) Vaughan 1,600
Municipalities in York Region 2001 Pop 2009 Pop Est 2031 Pop
Aurora 41,595 52,274 70,400
East Gwillimbury 21,197 23,235 88,000
Georgina 40,979 46,889 70,700
King 18,994 20,501 35,100
Markham 217,150 300,141 485,900
Newmarket 68,116 82,479 97,300
Richmond Hill 137,857 185,444 277,800
Vaughan 190,573 272,006 463,800
Whitchurch-Stouffville 22,859 33,991 60,800
York Region 759,320 1,016,960 1,650,400
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Mega-Region - Benchmarks for Success
Legend
Anchor Hub
Urban Growth
Centre
Hamilton
Milton
Population Growth GTHA
4 million people over the next 25 years
8 million people over the next 50 years
Year Expected World Population
2008 6,500,000,000
2010 6,900,000,000
2031 8,400,000,000
2050 9,500,000,000
Georgetown
407 Transitway Electrification Station
Bolton
MARKHAM
Barrie
North Richmond Hill
Oshawa
Peterborough
• Seamless Integration and Connectivity between hubs
• Equity in Geography in moving between regions/municipalities
• Development/Intensification are drivers for aligning rail transit decisions
Bus Rapid Transit does not change land use
Rail Transit and density inextricably linked
• Transit + Investment in a sustainable way
( Integrating natural, built & socioeconomic environment)
• Rail Transit Backbone Network • Solar/wind - electrification • (re-economy – re wealth)
• Bus Rapid Transit • Fossil Fuel Based • (de-economy – de wealth)
Uxbridge
Brooklyn
That the Government of Ontario through the Growth Secretariat undertake a
comprehensive Transit Oriented Development study along the 407 corridor for the
purpose of identifying the real development potential, to optimize ridership and
based on the best high-speed rail transit network solutions being implemented
(Utilizing 50 year and beyond horizon)
Port Hope

Power of The Grid
In 1954 the political leaders of the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario recognized that
Toronto was growing north along the Yonge Street corridor and built Canada’s first subway.
During the past 50 years there have been many extensions to the Yonge Street Subway. The
Provincial Environmental Assessment has been completed for the extension of the Yonge
Street subway to Highway 7.
The Province has recognized that the Greater Toronto Area is now growing at a much faster
rate than in 1954; however the direction of growth is now east/west along the path of the
Highway 407 from Hamilton/Kitchener to Oshawa. The Province has also recognized that
population and jobs are greater in the suburbs than the City of Toronto. The automobile traffic
in and out of the city is about equal at rush hour. Therefore, the Province has initiated the
Environmental Assessment Process for the most important and vitally strategic transit system
since 1954, a high speed separated rail transitway along the 407, joining all the radial lines
(subways, GO Trains, light rail transit, buses and local systems) from the core of Toronto.
This will allow people to take transit from their homes in Toronto to their Jobs in the cities and
towns along the 407 corridor and vice versa.
The current economic crisis and the reality of global climate change require us to work hard
at getting the most out of our existing and planned infrastructure. Imagine boarding the 407
Rapid Rail Transit Express. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds higher than 130-150
kilometres an hour, walking only a few steps to other public transportation or ending up just
blocks from your destination. Imagine what a great asset an integrated 407 high-speed rail
transit system would be to our mega-region.
City cores alone cannot handle the growing demand for urban living, leaving only one practical
choice – urbanization of the suburbs.
The systematic development of suburban sprawl was the big architectural project of the past
50 years. The redevelopment of sprawl into more urban, more connected, more sustainable
places is the big project for this century.
It’s a simple idea which requires out of the box thinking. Then, there is the catch-22 of density,
destinations and transit. Studies show that those willing to live in retrofitted suburbs want
good high-speed rapid transit more than anything else. Without convenient high-speed transit
and seamlessly integrated destination stops, it’s difficult to get buyers for condos or tenants
to fill up apartments. But without density and destinations, it’s extremely hard to persuade
government authorities to create the rail transit lines.
Rail transit and density are inextricably linked. Any solution to this problem virtually requires
an “if we build it, they will come” mentality. There’s evidence that this can work, most notably
in Arlington County, Virginia, just outside Washington, District of Columbia. Decades ago,
Arlington opted for rail stations along a faded and underused corridor of the county. This
investment paid few dividends for many years. But development eventually took off, and rail
transit is the main reason. Unlike Arlington, the more than twenty four planned rail transit
stops or the milk-run approach of more than 45 stops along the 407 corridor will direct where
intensification will and should occur. Unlike Arlington, intensification will quickly happen.
The connection ultimately drawn from “Retrofitting GTA’s Suburbia” is a bit paradoxical.
Retrofits have to be really big to work. Piecemeal conversion tends to fade out before it can
make a significant change in the life of a community. On the other hand, piecemeal conversion
is pretty much where we are at this point. If we settle for this, we will not be able to build
ourselves out of this situation.
High-density integrated development and a rapid rail transit network are important tools in
combating sprawl, climate change, and are key to achieving the critical mass that makes
vital, walkable Transit Oriented Development communities possible.
Approximately, 150,000 people move to the Greater Toronto Area each year. What is
needed is to redirect some of that growth to the high speed 407 Rail Transitway corridor
to help jump start the building of this critical and strategic piece of Transit infrastructure
and thereby guaranteeing instant transit ridership success when the 407 Rail Transitway
is completed. These fully integrated and complete communities need to be architected so
as to accomplished an 75-85 percent modal split in flavor of rapid transit and lessen the
dependency on the automobile. This will help reduce CO2 emission thereby reducing the
carbon footprint and helping Canada and Ontario to attain our goals in lessening global
warming and climate change challenges.
The Ontario Government needs to bury the hydro lines to free up the lands for the building
of high density transit dependence development within a one kilometre radius of these
planned major 407 Transit nodes. The site densities have to be developed at a minimum of
700-1000 people or jobs per hectare.
These major nodes need to be developed as destinations for office, commercial, jobs, retail,
recreation, entertainment and residential.
That is why we have developed Markham Live. It’s the right idea at the right time … we
invite the private sector, federal and provincial governments to be a part of it.
Running the GTA economy is complicated, so leaders seek simplicity. This is one reason
they latch onto prepacked solutions that are easy to communicate. The problem with the
Metrolinx plan is that it lacks vision, and a strategic direction. The Metrolinx plan is Lakeshore
centric, City of Toronto centric and basically a Go-Transit connectivity and maintenance plan.
Even the Places To Growth act doesn’t really address a strategic architecture blueprint and
implementation strategic plan that addresses support for a rail transit spine. The next 20
years the development industry could build approximately 5,000 - 10,000 high-rise condo
buildings within the GTA, but they probably will not solve the grid-lock challenge because they
were not strategically situated in a transit environment.
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High-Speed 407 Transitway - The Strategic Missing Link
We need to take a balanced approach to rail-based mobility -
from mass transit to regional to main-line services for people
and goods.
Mega-Cities & Urban Transportation:
Especially critical to the economic success and the future of
urban centers is the rail transit spine network. The development
of competitiveness, quality of life and environmental protection
in urban areas is unachievable without a functioning mass rail
transit service.
We need to:
• Connect congested urban areas
• Make it easy for people to transfer to other attractive means of
transportation
• Provide attractive services that offer reliability and security in the
vehicles, in the stations and on the lines.
• Improve passenger information
• Increase the transport capabilities and the availability of rail vehicles
• Install fully automated systems that can adjust more flexibly to
changing demand.
• Need to create major rail 407 Transitway spine to grid up the rail transit
network.
• Need to redirect growth to the 407 Rail Transitway corridor to jump
start the building of the most critical and strategic Transit infrastructure.
Thereby guaranteeing instant transit ridership success when the 407
Rail Transitway is completed in 5-7 years.
• Need to design and build fully integrated complete communities to
meet the requirement of an 80 - 90 percent modal split in flavor of rapid
transit and therefore lessen the dependency on the automobile.
Economic Generator:
The 407 Transitway is a true economic generator for the
Greater Toronto area if it is incorporated with the planning of
Transit Dependent Development around the major rail transit
stops.
During the next 50 years, it is estimated that the world population
will increase by forty-six percent or 3 billion people; eight million
more people will call the GTA mega-region home. More than
84% of these people will settle within 15 kilometres on either
side (green shaded area) of the proposed 407 transitway
corridor from Oshawa to Hamilton rather than settling within the
City of Toronto or along the Lakeshore corridor (pink shaded
area) from Oshawa to Hamilton.
It is estimated that the 407 corridor has approximately 1
trillion dollars of economic development potential if the proper
transit dependent development solution is designed, planned
and implemented. If we continue down our present path of
connecting the northern part of the GTA with bus, it will be a
fraction of its potential.
Taking four years to do an environmental assessment for
just 23 kilometres of 407 transitway and especially for bus is
absurd. The 407 transitway should be designed for speed,
operational efficiency and transit ridership convenience. The
best route should be selected and engineered, then mitigate
the environment. Need to think of burying hydro lines,
building over the 407 Highway to bridge hostile interfaces and
development compact, intense integrate communities around
major transit nodes instead of marginalizing the province’s $8-
15 billion investment in the 407 Transitway and the harm it
could have on the GTA economy.
The Premier get involved in the transformation of
the 407 Transitway Corridor
Premier instruct all the ministries, agencies, crown corporations,
407ETR and Hydro One to work together for the good of the GTA
meg-region economy and premier police this initiative to ensure that
this is happening on a on-going basis
MTO, PIR, Finance, Metrolinx, Hydro One, 407ETR, Minister of
Environment, should become part of the Can Do Team versus being
the Can’t Do Team
Places to Grow - 407 Transitway Corridor will
contribute Up to $1 trillion dollars in economic development
opportunity, home for approximately 2 million people, 840 -800,000
jobs, 125,000,000 square feet of office/commercial and 750,000-
1,000,000 transit trips a day when fully build-out
Eliminate 15 million tons of CO2 emissions a year with a savings of
$3,000,000,000 a year
Help eliminate Gridlock with a savings of $10-15 billion dollars a year
in lost productivity.
Eliminate 350,000,000,000 vehicle miles travelled a year in the GTA,
saving 42,125,000,000 litres of fuel a year
Reduces health care costs because less pollutants going into the
atmosphere with an estimate savings of $2-3 billion a year
TDD - 1,000,000 cars off the road - An additional 1,000,000 people
will be taking transit on a daily basis over time - as 407 corridor get
build-out
That the Government of Ontario through the Growth
Secretariat undertake a comprehensive Transit Dependent
Development (TDD) Corridor Study along the 407 corridor
for the purpose of identifying the real development potential,
to optimize transit ridership and design and based on the best
high-speed rail transit network solution (utilizing a 50 year
horizon and beyond).

407 High-Speed Rail Transitway - Strategic GTAH Economic Generator
The 407 Transitway is the “economic engine” for the Greater Toronto Area/Hamilton (missing in the
Metrolinx’s 15 year plan ... probably the most important of all the transit initiatives.
Markham’s intensification and transportation objectives are as follows:
• Reducing Gridlock
• Comprehensive Transit and Land Use Planning “The Power of Place”
• Improving the modal split “Smart Growth”
• Private sector investment
• Economic Growth
• Initial evaluation track be installed between Cornell/Markham and Highway 403/407
80 to 84% of the growth within the mega region over the next fifty years will occur within 15 km of the 407
Transitway Corridor.
407 Transitway is a high-speed grade separated (should be elevated and electrified) rail transit facility paralleling
407 Highway.
407 Transitway extends from Burlington to Oshawa – 140-160 km
Central Section - Highway 403/407 to Markham Road 71 km 29 Stations $3.85 Billion
East Partial Section - Markham Road to Brock Road 11 km 4 Stations $0.45 Billion
East Completion - Brock Road to Regional Road 34 28 km 9 Stations $1.04 Billion
West Section - Freeman Interchange to Hwy 403/407 30 km 7 Stations $1.35 Billion
Rail/Electrify – approximately – 10 million per km
• MTO/Go-Transit 407 Transitway
140km
160km
30+Stations
$1.40 Billion
$8 - 15 Billion
First Section to be completed of 407 Transitway
Vaughan Corporate Centre to Markham Centre 23km 7 Stations $1.40 Billion
Rail and Electrification/ $10 million per km 23km $.230 billion
Total $1.630 billion
99% of 407 Transitway Lands are in public ownership
Dedicated Funding for 8-10 Year construction – approximately $1.3 billion per year
Planned stops – 1st phrase of 407 transitway
1. Jane Street
2. Go-Barrie – Bradford Line
3. Bathurst Street
4. Yonge Street – Richmond Hill/Langstaff
5. Leslie Street – LRT
6. Woodbine Avenue/Rodick Road
7. Kennedy Road (Markham Centre)
7 Go Lines cross the 407 Transitway ( 2 are new)
1. Georgetown Go-Transit Line
2. Milton Go-Transit Line
3. Bolton (new) Go-Transit Line
4. Bradford (Barrie/Newmarket) Go-Transit Line
5. Richmond Hill/Langstaff Go-Transit Line
6. Stouffville Line (Markham Centre) Go-Transit Line
7. Havelock -Peterborough, Markham’s Cornell) Go-Transit Line (new)
Two subway lines (Yonge & Spadina) will cross the 407 Transitway
Three LRT Lines will cross 407 Transitway (Don Mills Road, Jane Street and Hurontario Street)
That the Expert Panel prepare a methodology for Expressions of Interest to Design, Build, Finance,
Administrate and Operate the 407 Transitway for a 50 years and beyond timeframe and,
That the Expression on Interest include consideration of:
• Design the 407 Transitway for maximum speed/efficiency and then mitigate for the environment
• Local - Oshawa to Burlington - 200 kilometers an hour
• Express - Montreal-Toronto-Windsor - 400-500 kilometers an hour
• Options that could include an elevated track
• Station located that generally be not less than 4 kilometers apart
• Major anchor hubs that incorporate Transit Oriented Development
• That the railbed be as direct as possible and not incorporate Texas T
• Engineering the most direct route and then mitigate the environment
• That the railbed shall be environmentally friendly and practical
• Buses come to trains, not trains going to buses
• The 407 Transitway being the highest order of transit and generally remain in the 407 right-of way
• Electrified 407 Transitway (renewable energy based)
• Evaluate building 407 Transitway stations on top of the ETR 407
• The 407 Transitway Design options integrate with the Windsor/Montreal high-speed train
That the Environmental assessment should be based on a transit solution that extends 50 years and
beyond. That an initial transitway be installed between Cornell/Markham and Highway 403/407.
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407 Transitway - The Green Economy Express
Cost of Gridlock
The cities of the world are being overwhelmed by traffic. From Paris to Jakarta, urban residents and
commuters are confronting traffic conditions that are becoming increasingly unbearable. The average
speeds of road travel in many cities aren’t much greater today than they were in the days of horse
drawn vehicles of the 19th century. For hours each day, many motorways and main thoroughfares
resemble car parks more than roadways.
Without radical reforms, this situation will only get worse. In the GTA, for instance, it is forecast that
gridlock will rise 188 percent on urban roads by 2014.
Congestion imposes huge costs on the economy. These costs include unpredictable travel times,
environmental damage, property damage, stress, delays, lost production and lost jobs to other
world jurisdictions. Congestion in the GTHA has an estimated economic cost in excess of $6 billion
annually.
Global Warming/Climate Change
Climate change is caused by the emission of heat-trapping gases – mostly carbon dioxide (CO2)
– from vehicles, industry, power plants and deforestation. As these gases build up, they act like a
thick blanket, overheating the planet, changing our climate, and threatening our health, economy and
natural environment.
If we can give residents greater choice among energy-efficient and environmentally friendly travel
options, we can make the transportation system more effective in the face of climate and energy
risks while also moving closer to other social, economic and environmental goals. It is estimated
that 10-15 million tonnes (Carbon tax of $200 a ton) of CO2 emissions can be eliminated from going
into our atmosphere each year – savings in excess of $3 billion a year (assuming a carbon tax).
Transportation plans must also address unpredictable challenges related to the global environment.
It likely seems that national and international efforts to reduce fossil fuel use will eventually require
the adoption of more energy-efficient transportation patterns across the GTA. Significant emission
reductions would require major changes in transportation behaviour.
Ideally, decisions on transportation projects should take into account the total costs, energy consumption
and emissions for these projects over their entire life cycle.
GTHA’s 407 Rapid (Rail) Transitway - “economic gold” - Creates a level playing field
• High-speed, fully grade-separated, intelligence transportation systems (ideally elevated & electrified) on a
separate right-of-way paralleling Highway 407
• Transitway extends from Burlington to Oshawa – 140km - 35+stations, park & ride & transit interface facilities
• Our rail transit network, nodes and development must be planned to achieve a 60-80% modal split
• Seven Go-Transit Lines will interface and cross the 407 Transitway
• Two subway lines (Yonge & Spadina) will interface and cross with 407 Transitway
• Three LRT Lines will interface and cross 407 Transitway (Don Mills Road, Jane Street and Hurontario Street)
• 99% of Transit Lands are in public ownership
• Plan Transit Dependent Development (TOD) Land use to your maximum transit system not to your road capacity
• Rail transit networks changes land use, buses do not
• Plan for average speeds of 130-200km for local and 300-500km an hour for high-speed long distance
• Flexibility in design, transit system should be automated/ programmed to ridership needs
• Keep high speed rail transit lines straight - use branches instead of circuitous routes
• Create wide route spacing - lower construction costs, higher service frequency and longer access distance
Gridlock cost GTHA economy approx $5-10 billion a Year
Eliminate 15 million tonnes of CO2 Emissions a year with
savings in $3 billion a year
Climate Change – End of Peak Oil - It could go to $500 a
barrel in 20 years. So why install fossil fuel based systems?
Environment
Global Warming
Climate Change
End of Peak Oil
Greenhouse Gas (CO2) Emission
Health Care Costs because of bad air 2.2 billion yearly
Economy
Jobs
Competitiveness
Transit Oriented Development
Cost of Gridlock
Insurance Costs
Productivity
People
Quality of Life
Travel Time
Health of Citizens
Urban Centres
Safety/Security
Cost of Ownership
LRT versus BRT*
100+ years Infrastructure
Eliminate need for road widening
Eliminate need for new roads
Investment versus costs
Rail Network & Stations Seamlessly Integrated
Return on Investment
Parking Lots
GTA Green Transit Express Business Case
Rapid Rail Transit versus Bus Rapid Transit*
Return on Investment – 25 Year Plan
In excess of 10 Billion a Year Savings for
GTA Economy
This is not a technical problem
This is an economic problem

Integrating High Speed Rail Transit System with Transit Oriented Development
Power of Seamless Integration: Light Rail/Subway moves 10,000 to
90,000 people per hour in both directions. Need 7 - 30 Trains an hour
in each direction.
407 Transitway plus GO-Transit Lines integrated into Transit City. This
would eliminate the need for 50 lanes of highway, region and local
Roads because transit use would increase 10 fold.
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) eliminates the need to develop
thousands of acres of farmland. We need to plan, develop and
implement intensification around major rail transit nodes.
TOD Langstaff 15,000 units 16,000 jobs 47 ha
Auto-Oriented Queensville
Development
10,000 units 14,000 jobs 1,187 ha
Light Rail/Yonge Subway – eliminates the need to build 26 lanes of highway
The “Power of the Grid” offers more flexibility, ridership capacity, line load
balancing, redundancy and travel alternatives for the average transit riders.
It allows the service providers to design, implement and operate a more
efficient automated rail transit network.
The network above is lopsided and basically services the downtown
Toronto central business district. It encourages building more office
towers downtown and adding more G0 Trains to service the central core.
Approximately 3.5 plus million people today live within 15 kilometers of the
proposed 407 Transitway while 3 million people live along the Lakeshore
line. The dark blue line going east west is the 407 Transitway. The Federal/
Ontario Government must start today to build the 407 Transitway to create a
more balanced high-speed rail transit network and a level playing field for a
competitive GTA mega-region.
Nine GO-Transit lines serve the Union Station hub plus the 130km
Lakeshore G0 Line from Hamilton to Oshawa. Seven of these Go-lines fan
out from Union Station across the northern part of the GTA and cross the
proposed 407 Transitway. Also, the Yonge/Spadina subway lines and 3 LRT
transit lines will also interface and cross the proposed 407 Transitway.
During the next 50 years, immigration will add approximately 8 million more
people to the GTA population. Eighty-four percent of these people will
settle within the 407 Transitway corridor. The current proposed method of
interconnecting all these rail transit options going north and south from an east
west perspective is by bus. It doesn’t help when the 407 Transitway ridership
modelling exercise was done using outdated official plan population numbers.
It is very important that the province does a Transit Oriented Development
study for the 407 Transitway and use these numbers.
This represents very poor planning for sustaining a competitive GTA megaregion.
Within 3-5 years of completion of the 407 Transitway will surpass the
Lakeshore line’s daily transit ridership.
Transit Oriented Development (TOD is the exciting fast-growing trend
in creating vibrant, livable communities. It creates compact, walkable
communities centred around high quality train/subway systems. This makes
it possible to live a higher quality of life without complete dependence on a
car for mobility and survival.
Factors Driving the Trend toward TOD.
• Rapidly growing, mind-numbing traffic congestion
• Distaste for suburbia and fry-pit strip development
• Growing desire for quality urban lifestyle and
• For more walkable lifestyles away from traffic
• Change in family structures: more singles, empty-nesters
• National support for smart growth
Components of TOD
• Walkable design with the pedestrian as the priority
• Train/Subway Station as prominent feature of the area
• A regional node containing in close proximity: office, residential, retail,
and civic uses
• High-density, high-quality development within 10-minute walk circle
surrounding train/subway station
• Collector support transit systems including streetcar, light rail, and buses
• Designed to include the easy use of bicycles, scooters, and rollerblades
as daily support transportation systems
• Reduced and managed parking inside 10-minute walk circle around transit
centre/ train/subway station
Benefits
• Higher quality of life
• Better places to live, work and play
• Greater mobility with ease of moving around
• Increased transit ridership
• Reduced traffic congestion and driving
• Reduced car accidents and injuries
• Reduced household spending on transportation, resulting in more
affordable housing
• Healthier lifestyle with more walking and less stress
• Higher, more stable property values
• Increased foot traffic and customers for area businesses
• Greatly reduced dependence on foreign oil
• Greatly reduced pollution and environment destruction
• Reduced incentive to sprawl; increased incentive for compact development
• Less expensive than building roads and sprawl
• Enhanced ability to maintain economic competitiveness
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Update map to come
Roger Burelle

Markham – The Power of Place
Location: Markham is 20 minutes from the shores of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great
Lakes. Our location and geography play a key role in our economic success. Markham is
less than a day’s drive from more than 135 million customers in Canada and the United
States. With the North American Free Trade Agreement facilitating access, Markham and
the Greater Toronto Area are a major gateway to the entire continent for trade and tourism
– a market of more than 440 million people, with a combined GDP of more than $16 trillion.
Markham, strategically located in the Greater Toronto Area, one of the fastest growing
municipalities in Canada with more than 300,000 people; 400 corporate head offices
and 900 high tech/life science companies are located here. Some 31,000 people, or
almost a quarter of Markham’s total employment of 137,000 jobs, work in these two
sectors. High quality facilities, a highly educated and diverse work force, and probusiness
environment are among the attributes that attract world-renowned corporations
to Markham.
Markham is Canada’s High Tech Capital leader in information and communications
technologies, biotechnology, culture and entertainment, and financial services. We are
poised for tremendous growth in the future.
Diversity: One of Markham’s strengths is the diversity of our population. People from
every part of the world call Markham home; as an example, 30% of our population is
Chinese origin. This diversity plays to our economic strength, because of the access
we have a broad range of ideas and innovations. As a result, Markham is becoming a
centre for creative industries, making us a hub for everything from medical devices to
software development to multimedia.
Markham’s diversified economy is comprised of a number of important sectors. With
approximately 900 high technology companies, Markham is a centre for Information
Technology, Life Sciences, headquarters, and screen-based industries. The new
National Centre for Medical Device Development is the latest example of leadership
in knowledge-based business and industry. Markham is home to several Fortune 500
companies including the Canadian headquarters of IBM, AMD, Apple, Motorola, Phillips,
Sun Microsystems, American Express, and Johnson & Johnson. We are also home to
renowned ICT companies such as Huawei Technologies and CGI.
Business_Climate: Our global business community is fully engaged in the knowledgebased
economy. Our traditional focus on Information/Communication Technologies
ICT and Life Sciences has evolved to include: Finance/Insurance; Design and Infotech/
Culture/Entertainment. Markham is focusing on research, innovation and successful
commercialization as they are the new foundations of prosperity.
Each of our leading economic sectors from biotechnology to information technology,
from culture and entertainment to financial services, relies upon the talent and skills
of our well-educated labour force. Approximately 60 percent of Markham residents
possess a post-secondary education. Compared with other parts of the GTA and
Canada, Markham has the highest number of residents with a university education.
Recent immigrants to Markham have comparable education levels to non-immigrants.
The region’s five universities and six colleges make initial training and regular upgrading
convenient and accessible for Markham’s work force.
The Town of Markham makes it a priority to ensure businesses have what they need to
grow and prosper. We continue to be serious about doing business.
International_Investment,_Transit_Links_and_Market_Reach: Markham is
strategically located at the intersection of Ontario’s major transportation and transit
links. The Province of Ontario’s transportation and transit planner – Metrolinx -- has
identified Markham’s three major transit hubs as Langstaff, Markham Centre, Cornell
Havelock.
Rapid transit improvements and a completely integrated transit development will put
Markham at the centre of our emerging mega-region. More than 1.4 million residents
within 15 kilo meters of Markham, more than 4.0 million residents within 30 kilometres
and 5.5 million residents within 50 kilometres of the town.
Markham’s_Vision_for_ the_Future: Markham is positioning itself for a worldclass
sports, entertainment, office and world class retail complex unlike anything else
in Canada. The vision incorporates: five-star hotels, convention centre, performing arts
centre, class A office commercial, residential, a world-class sports and entertainment
complex, professional (NHL) arena and a premier retail shopping centre on top of an
integrated Metrolinx transit hub.
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Markham’s Fields of Green

Vision – Markham’s Fields of Green
Markham Live showcases a broad range of leading-edge and innovative ‘green’ initiatives that
benefit the environment, including improved sustainability in community design and practices
to achieve ecological biodiversity. Strategies that maintain and improve watershed health and
resilience within the context of climate change and urban intensification are at the core of
Markham Live.
The Rouge River Valley is the green spine that connects Markham’s greenways and communitywide
trails network. The parks system includes the existing Milne Park and a series of new
public open spaces for Markham’s outdoor recreation facilities. Public urban spaces and
natural greenspaces are the setting for the urban parts of our community.
This ‘green’ framework covers a broad range of sustainable themes including:
Clean Healthy Environment:
We are developing a connected greenspace system by restoring the Rouge River watershed
with a range of public open space amenities woven through the community.
Our objectives are to:
• Reduce greenhouse gas emission
• Achieve zero-carbon goals
• Increase use of renewable and district energy
• Build green roofs
• Green the public realm
• Encourage urban agriculture
• Manage wet weather flow
Vibrant Stronger Communities:
We encourage a complete community with local jobs, local food and services, inclusive social/
cultural interaction, improved recreation space and the engagement of the public in shaping
the community.
Cultural Awareness and Activities:
We focus on collective and individual heritage, on site public art, aesthetic qualities of buildings
and landscape.
Enhanced Economic Activity:
The planning for Markham Live underscores the need for improved sustainability in community
design and improved practices to achieve a healthier and more resilient built environment.
We can raise ecological awareness and implement greening projects as part of Markham
Live by:
• Improving the ecosystem of the Rouge River and other natural heritage features
• Expanding the urban forest canopy
• Creating ‘complete streets’
• Providing a contiguous trails system beyond Markham Centre
• Providing walking access to parks and urban squares
• Enhancing existing parks and expanding programming
• Integrating storm water management to contribute to the public realm
• Creating a network of safe, walkable, pleasing streetscapes
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The Rail Network is the Economy
Transportation
Mode
Capacity
People
Average
Speed
Cost per
Vehicle
Life
Cycle
Bus 20-70 10-12km $700,000 12yrs
BRT (VIVA) 50-70 18-24km $850-1.5m 12yrs
LRT 100-400 18-24km $7m per car 40yrs
Subway Trains 1200-1500 30-32km $17-24m 40yrs
GO Transit Trains 3000-3600 40-50km $60m 40yrs
Lakeshore GO 3000-3600 60-100km $2-3m 40yrs
407 Transitway 1500-3600 120-200km $2-3m 40yrs
Vial Rail - M-T-W 1600-3000 270-450km $2-3m 40yrs
M- Milton Go-Transit
G - Georgetown Go-Transit
B - Proposed Bolton Go-Transit
BB - Bradford/Barrie Go-Transit
RH - Richmond Hill Go-Transit
U - Uxbridge Go-Transit
H - Peterborough - Havelock Go-Transit
B - Bloor Subway Line
Y - Yonge Subway Line
S - Spadina Subway Line
H - Hurontario Light Rail Transit
J - Jane Light Rail Transit
DM - Don Mills Light Rail Transit
LS - Lakeshore GO-Transit
407 - 407 Transitway
Via - Montreal-Toronto-Windsor
G
M
Georgetown
1
2
3
H
B
Vaughan
4
Barrie
BB
5
J
6
U
S
7
Y
RH
8
Langstaff
Richmond Hill
DM
B
Markham
9
Cornell
LS
P
10 11
Seaton
Uxbridge
U
407
Brooklin
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Anchor Hubs/407 Units Population
Port Hope
Commercial SF Jobs
1
Milton Go-Transit/403/407 20,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
2
Brampton - Hurontario LRT 20,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
3
Georgetown Go-Transit/407 20,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
4
Bolton Go-Transit/407 20,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
5
5
Vaughan Corporate Centre/407 40,000 100,000 20,000,000 50,000
6
6
Bradford Go-Line/407 20,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
7
7
Langstaff Richmond Hill 25,000 70,000 10,000,000 40,000
8
8
Markham Centre 30,000 80,000 15,000,000 50,000
9
9
Cornell Centre 15,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
10 Seaton 35,000 75,000 5,000,000 35,000
10
11 Duffin Heights 10,000 25,000 2,000,000 10,000
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12 Brooklin 10,000 25,000 2,000,000 10,000
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Total 215,000 585,000 66,000,000 255,000
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Anchor Hubs in Markham - The Metrolinx Model
Langstaff/Richmond Hill Gateway - Study done by Peter Calthorpe
Richmond Hill
Aurora Road
Vandorf
Bloomington Road
Stouffville Road
Elgin Mills
Major Mackenzie
16th Avenue
Langstaff/Richmond Hill Gateway
John Street
Steeles Ave - Markham/Toronto - Steeles Bus Rapid Transit
Toronto
Link with all Transit City (East/West) TTC Rail Transit Lines
Markham Centre Gateway - Study done by Andres Duany - Markham
- Markham Live Study by Peter Calthorpe
Uxbridge
Stouffville
Markham
Bur Oak
Main Street Markham
Centennial
Markham Centre
Steeles - Markham Village/Splendid China
Toronto
Link with all Transit City (East/West) TTC Rail Transit Lines
Havelock Cornell Gateway - Study approved by Council - to be done yet
Peterborough
Pickering Airport
Seaton
Markham
Cornell/Havelock Gateway
Steeles / Havelock
Toronto
Link with all Transit City (East/West) TTC Rail Transit Lines

Langstaff/Richmond Hill Anchor Hub Massing Plan
The Langstaff Gateway Site has been identified as a critical urban infill redevelopment site, with
ramifications far beyond the Greater Toronto Area. Designated a major regional centre and a major
anchor mobility hub, it is a key connection point between north and south York Region and a
gateway to both Markham and Richmond Hill, two of the region’s largest municipalities.
The Langstaff Site enjoys an unprecedented level of planned and existing transit service. Locating
people, jobs and other amenities here will increase transit ridership; decrease dependency on cars,
roads and parking; and create a more even jobs-housing balance. It will provide the larger community
with access to the Langstaff Site: a new, pedestrian-oriented neighbourhood of jobs, shops, schools,
open space, and community services, linked by walkable streets, public transit, and bike paths. The
vibrant mix of uses will help people to accomplish daily tasks by foot, bicycle, or transit, as well as
by car.
The west (Langstaff TTC Subway station) and east (GO Train platform and Richmond Hill Transit
Terminal) transit nodes are the primary hubs of activity for the community. The greatest densities of
retail, high-rise residential, and office are around these transit-rich areas.
Fully 25 percent of the 48 hectares site is publicly accessible open space; 15 percent is parkland.
The site is connected east to west with a linear open space network of public parks and plazas.
Mixed-use buildings with ground floor community-oriented uses face the central open space spine.
This Transit Dependent Development (TOD) will demonstrate, to North America and the world,
that combining targeted residential densities with integrated transit infrastructure in a mixed-use,
ecologically designed community will lead to dramatic reductions in the environmental footprint
of urban development. Residential density is the critical ingredient for a true quantum leap
in sustainability. Only at larger increments of development are resource-efficient systems like
cogeneration, anaerobic digesters and personal rapid transit (PRT) systems viable and effective.
Only a significant concentrated residential population can support the shops, offices, and civic
services that make a community balanced and livable.
The Last Mile Problem: Personal Rapid Transit is a concept that provides direct point-to-point,
demand-responsive transit service to individuals and small parties. An automated control systems
routes small vehicles along a grade-separated guideway system allowing passengers to reach
a selected destination. Similar to automated guided transit (AGT), intervals between vehicles
are very short. Ultra (Urban Light Transit) System is an electric, battery-powered, 100-miles per
gallon equivalent, elevated personal rapid transit (PRT)system with many 5-person vehicles.
First “revenue service” for the Ultra system is scheduled for London Heathrow Airport in Q4
2009, to serve Heathrow’s new Terminal 5. Working as circulator transit for office parks, airports,
universities, and other major activity centers, Ultra is faster than a car. In these applications, Ultra
makes carpooling and transit more effective, by solving the “last mile problem.”
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Markham’s New Downtown
Markham’s New Downtown is under Construction
Markham Centre, occupying approximately 1,000 acres, bounded by Rodick Road and Kennedy Road, and Highway 7 East and
Highway 407, is the Town’s new city centre. The site is designated a major regional centre and a major anchor mobility hub, a key
connection between Uxbridge in the north and Toronto’s Union Station in the south, and gateway for east and west traffic on the 407
Transitway.
A host of challenges and opportunities face the 21st century city builders. While each urban area is a cohesive network, it is
also one node in a comprehensive network of global cities. Markham is committed to reshaping the urban future according
to uncompromising environmental principles. We seek to design node that process, as part of their design DNA, a transitcentric
density, a thriving, culturally distinctive environment, a secure infrastructure and sensible settlement patterns that enable
sustainable growth.
Markham Center is designed according to carefully developed principles addressing quality of life and quality of place. Quality of
place depends on the adoption of flexible planning frameworks that are scalable and adaptable over time, while incorporation of
natural features and smart infrastructure can yield environmentally sound development. Along with environmental sustainability
and flexible planning in city building, we must understand the human scale of development and contribute to the creation of
pedestrian orient areas imbued with the vitality that characterize all great places.
“A great city anywhere in the world should be beautiful, culturally rich and generally
shining with the human energy that courses through its street and public places”.
There will be space for congregation, celebration, work and commerce, as well as space for repose and retreat. Markham Live
will be designed and build to be a source of pride for its residents and offer a sense of wonder and comfort for visitors and resident
alike.
The design criteria for Markham Live:
Restore the land and natural setting
Establish an economically viable plan that can be sustained for future generations
Create a new generation of unique, dynamic neighborhoods
Define walkable neighborhoods with easy access to schools, churches and community services
Explore small, pedestrian friendly blocks that allow for a variety of uses and building types
Develop a strong relationship between all neighbourhoods
Integrate new neighbourhoods with established communities
Allow for a broad range of housing types
Provide new amenities and resources for residents and the larger community
Design streets that are green and walkable
Explore alternative transit modes
Build a new generation of neighbourhood parks
Create exciting centers for entertainment, shopping and living
Create centers for continued learning and discovery
Provide space for play
Employ energy efficiency in everything we do
Respond to the local climate
Understand additional benefits to the community and the region
Respect the heritage and spirit of place
These point, among others, will allow millennium cities to become a means for billions of people to live in harmony with
the environment on this earth. Markham’s goal is nothing less than to find the clear path to what we believe is the 21st
century urban destiny.

Cornell Havelock Markham’s Eastern Gateway
• Metrolinx and the Town of Markham have identified a third Mobility Hub opportunity in Markham –
the “Havelock/Cornell Centre” eastern gateway, at the intersection of the planned Hwy 407 transitway
and the CPR Havelock Rail Line. The Havelock Line will run from Peterborough in the northeast and
dissect the new proposed Pickering International Airport to Toronto’s Union Station in the south and be
a gateway for east and west traffic on the 407 Transitway.
• The eastern gateway includes lands beside Hwy 407, in the Box Grove and Cornell Secondary Plans.
Both approved Secondary Plans identify opportunities for high quality employment lands near Highway
407 and the Donald Cousens Parkway.
• The Box Grove Secondary Plan specifically identifies the Business Park lands bounded by the Donald
Cousens Parkway, Highway 407, Reesor Road and the CPR Havelock Line as a “Regional Gateway”,
as a future site for a transfer point among various modes of local, regional and interregional transit
facilities.
• The Cornell Secondary Plan identifies lands immediately north of Hwy 407 as “Cornell Centre” – a
mixed use district to be developed as a compact, high-intensity, pedestrian-friendly, transit supportive
urban node incorporating a balance of live/work opportunities. The Cornell Centre area will provide
for:
• Development of Avenue Seven as a high quality urban boulevard and major mixed use spine
incorporating a regional transitway and characterized by higher density, multi storey buildings and
retail/residential
• Redevelopment and expansion of the Markham Stouffville hospital, and integration with surrounding
“wellness” and community uses, including the new East Markham Community Centre
• Regional employment focus at the eastern gateway to Markham, where local, regional and provincial
roads and transit corridors intersect serving as a gateway to the proposed future Pickering Airport
• An eastern terminus for the Avenue Seven regional rapid transit system and connections to future
rapid transit along Highway 407 Transitway and CPR Havelock Line (future GO service)
• Use of green infrastructure technologies and practices, environmental sustainability, energy efficiency
and conservation, and efficient waste management practices.
• Metrolinx has approved this eastern gateway for a future “Mobility Hub” and convergence point for
future GO Rail service (CPR Havelock Line), Highway 407 Transitway, and York Region rapid transit
services along Highway 7.
• The Development Services Committee and Council of the Town of Markham recently authorized Town
staff to engage a multi-disciplinary consultant team to undertake a Land Use, Transportation and Urban
Design Study for the Havelock / Cornell Centre Mobility Hub area.
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View looking West along 407 Highway

View Looking West along Garden Avenue
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Markham “Live”

Markham Live - Introduction
Markham Live is an 6.0 - 10.0 million square feet mixed-use complex that will
be built at an estimated cost of three to five billion dollars. It will be Markham’s
competitive edge in the worldwide competition for jobs.
The project goals are to:
• Make Markham the centre of Canada’s largest mega region
• Create connectivity, using the 407 Transitway and Unionville Go-Transit Line
Venue # of Seats Sq. Ft. Est. Capital Cost Partnership
20,000 Seat NHL Arena 20,000 839, 793 $362,987,000
3,300 Seat Performing Arts Centre 3,300 ????? ?????
5,000 Seat National Aquatic Centre 5,000 164,000 $141,459,500
National Olympic Training Centre 2,000 150,000 $84,560,500
4 Community Arenas 1,000 153,500 $73,031,553
6,000 Seat Trade/Field House Centre 6,000 200,000 $111,232,000
Condominiums/Apartments 8-15,000 18,000,000
Private Sector Public Sector Ontario Government
Many opportunities arise from the design of this ambitious project. They include
knitting a large-scale project into a community with finer grain scaling and massing.
We propose to achieve this balance by aligning the major part of the project along
the north side of Highway 407. This achieves two things. The community is buffered
from the highway by large scale buildings. It also benefits from a complex that is
lively, urbane and socially animated.
The 407 side of the development is designed as a large scale series of walls
that the facility, and the Town of Markham, can promote events with large-scale
graphics. The north side will include a green pedestrian road lined with trees,
cafes, restaurants and other entertainment amenities, within the complex and on
the opposite side of the proposed street.
• Develop Markham as a green and sustainable environment
• No building backing on to the Rouge River Parkland
• Intensify development around rail transit hubs and stations
• Make Markham Live the kind of community that attracts the best and brightest
talent for the knowledge economy
• No single story retail buildings in the downtown
Venue # of Seats Sq. Ft. Est. Capital Cost Partnership
Twin Towers - Five Star Hotel 600 - 800
rooms
2,204,760 $900,000,000
Major Convention Centre 2,000 seats 300,000 ?????
Metrolinx Anchor Hub ??????? ?????
Major Retail on top of the hub 1.8 to 2 million ?????
Major Office/Retail Centre 4-8 million ?????
Multimedia Entertainment Centre 120,000 ?????
As a regional transit hub, Markham Live can connect the lines of at least four
different transit groups, loading and unloading up to 100,000 people a day from
the time it is completed in 2013. It then can grow to a projected 200,000 – 250,000
a day within five years. Markham Live will be a hub of social activity for our
community and an important global centre. In concert with Markham’s Sports
Complex, Class A Office Commercial, World Class Retail, Performing Arts Centre,
and the Five Star Hotels and Convention Centre, Markham Live will redefine
Markham and the GTA.
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Proposed Facilities: Plan View
Longitudinal Section

Markham Live “View from Kennedy Road Looking West”
Markham Live “Master Plan”
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Multi-Purpose Entertainment Centre: Professional Hockey
This 20,000 seat multi-purpose arena is a venue designed to
accommodate a number of different functions. It will be designed
to both NHL, Olympic and NBA standards for professional and
Olympic hockey and basketball respectively.
Along with the arena and support functions, it will also house
restaurants, bars and administration office space.
The Facility will be equipped with state of the art change rooms,
sports clinics and massage and fitness space. Abundant box
seating will be provided as a source of revenue generation. World
class facilities for the press will be available as well.
It will be also be capable of hosting both NHL and NBA level events
but will also program large music concerts. The facility will also
be able to transform to a “concert bowl” for smaller performances
as well. We are expecting to host everything from Canadian acts
Neil Young and Autorickshaw to Cirque de Soleil and Stars on
Ice in either centre stage or end stage arrangements. A world
class entertainment company has express interest in being a
major tenant in Markham’s Multi-Purpose Entertainment Centre
The home of the future NHL “Markham Coyotes”, will be the
feature building of the overall Markham Live Sport Complex and
occupy the most visible part of the site at Kennedy Road and
Highway 407. This will in effect make it a gateway project to the
Town of Markham announcing emphatically Markham’s efforts to
acknowledge its higher profile status as a regional transit hub.
Community Arenas for Olympic Ice Training Facilities
Training facilities will be used for Olympic winter sports like ice
hockey, figure skating, short track speed skating, and area and
community ice hockey leagues and training.
4 - Training and Hockey Ice Pads 165,500 square feet
2 - Olympic Size Ice Pads
2 - NHL Size Ice pads
NHL Arena (20,000 seats) GFA (sf)
Site Development:
Parking/Retail/Ticket booth
82 suites (12-36 seat capacity)
Arena (20,000) (NHL - 20,000/NBA - 21,000)
139,793 sq. ft.
700,000 sq. ft.
Sub-Total: 839,793 sq. ft.
Construction Costs $223,870,000
Construction Contingency
Allowance (post contract) $8,694,000
Fees, Permits, Development
FF&E
Charges, miscellaneous – 25% $43,468,000
Allowance $86,955,000
Total Project Costs excluding
Land Costs, financing/ Legal / GST
Contaminated material
Retail and corporate box fit-out
Escalation contingency
Total $362,987,000
Olympic Hockey, Figure Skating,Short Track Speed Skating Centre
4 - Training and Hockey Ice Pads 165,000 square feet
4 - Community Arenas $ 40,909,577
Site Preparation $ 3,000,000
Soft Costs $ 7,943,260
FF&E $ 15,889,991
Construction Contingency $ 1,588,725
Area Specific Infrastructure $ 3,700,000
Total with Parking $ 73,031,553
Programs and costing details information will be done in the
Markham Live master plan design planning process.

National Olympic Aquatic Centre
This Facility will be an Olympic Level venue complete with a 50 metre ten lane competitive pool as well as
a 50 metre ten lane training pool and a 10 metre competitive diving tank. Competition at both the ten lane
competitive pool and the diving tank will be able to be seen by 5000 seated spectators.
The pool will be about a metre deeper than most Olympic size pools to minimize turbulence and promote
speed. Special gutters are designed to siphon off water from waves created by swimmers themselves.
The Facility will be supported by full shower and dressing rooms, therapeutic saunas and steam baths.
As an indoor facility it will have the highest level mechanical systems to deal with the special concerns of
humidity but will also be designed with high performance glass to allow non-glare natural light to flood the
room. The principle assumption of this design relies on the evidence based notion that access to natural
light increases both well being and performance.
This building is designed to yield the best performance possible from the athlete.
1 - 50 metre Competitive Pool with sliding bulkhead
1 - 50 metre warm up pool with sliding bulkhead
10 metre dive tank and tower
Electronic scoring, full media communication systems
Aquatic therapeutic Centre - whirlpool and hot tubs, learn to swim pool
Permanent Seating 5,000 seats , Temporary Seating 5,000 seats
Change room facilities
National Olympic Aquatic Centre GFA (sq. ft.) Costs
Hard Construction Costs 164,000 $ 68,552,000
Site $ 4,000,000
Soft Costs (30%) $ 25,975,500
FF&E
Land
$ 7,000,000
Construction Escalation $ 3,126,000
Construction Contingency All
Tenant Improvements
$ 3,907,000
Total W/O Parking $ 112,560,500
Parking (600) Spaces - Go-Transit Partnership 313,875 $ 22,599,000
Parking (1,000) Surface $ 2,500,000
Area Specific Infrastructure $ 3,800,000
Total 477,875 $ 141,459,500
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham Live master plan design
planning process.
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National Olympic Training Centre - Fieldhouse 1
The vision behind the National Olympic Training Centre is to provide a facility dedicated to
the promotion and development of athletes. It will house a state of the art sport medicine
clinic and training program, a fitness centre for both Olympic and Paralympic athletes as
well as a sport psychology clinic.
In addition the project will also house venues for world class level smaller, indoor sport
such as Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Gymnastics, Table Tennis, Combative Sport
such as Judo, Boxing, and Wrestling, Fencing and Tai Kwon Duo
Administration offices for the promotion of athletes and athletic programs as well as the
overall business unit of the entire Markham Live Sport Complex will be housed in this
150,000 square feet integrated Olympic Training facility
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4 Full Size International Standard gymnasiums (12 Volleyball Courts)
Combative Sports Area
Artistic & Rhythmic Gymnastics Area
Dry Land Training Area
Badminton and Table Tennis Area
Fitness Centre
Health and Wellness Centre
Field house 1 (Olympic Training Centre) GTA (sq. ft.) Costs
Hard Construction Costs 150,000 sq ft $ 38,400,000.
Site Preparation $ 4,000,000
Soft Costs (30%) Field house $15,168,000
FF&E $3,000,000
Land Costs TBD
Construction Contingency $2,867,000
Construction Escalation (4-5%) $2,293,000
Total W/O Parking 150,000 65,728,000
Parking Spaces (500) 261,562 $ 18,832,500
Total 411,562 $ 84,560,500
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham Live master
plan design planning process.
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Trade Centre/Fieldhouse - 2 - GO Transit Underground
This component of the development is intended to have built in flexibility
to aid in accommodating other activities to ensure the facility is able to
be programmed between events. The intention here is to be able to accommodate
larger more complex trade shows over the athletic surface
above.
The principle athletic program here is an indoor 400 metre track able to
accommodate indoor track and field training for both Olympic and Paralympic
athletes. It will be able to seat 3000 permanent and 3000 temporary
seats for yet greater flexibility.
Indoor soccer, fieldhockey, track and field and other tracking facilities
It is planned adjacent to the convention centre hotel which affords it further
flexibility and efficiencies with shared loading.
Field house 2 / Trade Centre GFA (sq. ft.) Costs
Hard Construction Costs 194,000 $ 69,710,998
Site Preparation $ 4,000,000
Soft Costs (30%) $ 26,316,899
FF&E $ 4,000,000
Construction Escalation $ 4,450,000
Construction Contingency $ 5,562,000
Land Costs TBD
Total W/O Parking $ 114,039,898
Parking Spaces (1,100) 523,125 $41,431,500
Area Specific Infrastructure $ 4,400,000
Sub-total before Go-Transit Funding $ 159,871,398
Parking Funded by Go-Transit ($ 41,431,500)
Total 717,125 $118,439,898
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham
Live master plan design planning process.
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Twin Towers - Five Star Hotel
A modern five star hotel, Grand Hyatt Markham offers the best of both
world - a subtle blend of western and oriental traditions encompassing
contemporary hotel design and world-class standards of service.
This luxury hotel will punctuate the full development and act as an anchor
to support the array of sporting, trade show and other events anticipated.
It will have 600 - 800 rooms and include executive and elite suites.
It will further be supported by a 3,000 seat ballroom, business centre,
conference centre and home to award winning restaurants, including
club Oasis Spa and a resort-style indoor pool. A soaring sky garden
will look back to the skyline of Toronto and out over Lake Ontario on the
South and pastoral Markham beyond Town Centre to the North.
Convention Centre/Hotel
Hard Construction Costs GFA (sq. ft.) Costs
Hotel 1,190,498 $239,290,000
Lobby (one storey) 79,406 $ 24,298,000
Conference Centre 99,696 $ 25,821,000
Restaurant / Retail 50,472 $ 14,485,000
Parking (1,500) 784,688 $ 56,498,000
Sub-Total: 2,204,760 $378,256,000
Escalation All (12 mos - 4%) $ 15,130,000
Construction Contingency $ 18,913,000
Project Soft Costs (fees, permits, misc 25%) $ 94,564,000
FF&E / Equipment budget (allowance) $ 27,000,000
Total Project Cost excluding TBD
Land / Financing / Legals TBD
GST /PST / Contaminated Soils TBD
Retail & Corporate Fit-Out TBD
Construction Escalation (4-5%) TBD
Total $533,863,000
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham
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Convention Centre
The convention centre will make available 300,000 square feet of floor area
comparable to the upcoming Ottawa Congress Centre. It will house 100,000
square feet of break out area and will have 35 foot high clearance to the lowest
portion of any ceiling.
This Facility will also have kitchen, servery and catering service to accommodate
everything from concessions to full dining capability.
Equipped to meet the needs of any-sized gathering, Markham’s Convention
Centre will be a sleek, modern facility that can accommodate groups
ranging in size from 40 to 6,000 people, and its 300,000 square feet of flexible
exhibit space will be able to accommodate a wide range of floor plan
configurations. In addition, the centre will be designed with 50 furnished
meeting rooms encompassing 75,000 square feet and two multi-purpose
carpeted ballrooms that cover 50,000 square feet and include high ceilings,
upgraded features and flexible lighting.
Convention Centre GFA (sq. ft.) Costs
Hard Construction Costs
Parking (1,000)
Soft Costs (30%)
Sub-Total:
FF&E
Construction Contingency
Land Costs
Construction Financing
GST
Financing / Legals
Associated Transit Costs
Site Development
Construction Escalation (4-5%)
Total
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham
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Office Commercial at the Hub
Markham has been designated by Metrolinx as a “Regional Transit Hub.” This has specific language
and expectations associated with it. For example, the following text from Metrolinx’s own
definition: “Regional transit hubs are major transit station areas with significant levels of transit
service planned for them in the Regional Transportation Plan, high development potential, and a
critical function in the regional transportation system as major trip generators. They are places of
connectivity where different modes of transportation — from walking to high-speed rail — come
together seamlessly and where there is an intensive concentration of employment, living, shopping
and/or recreation. In addition to serving as places to arrive, depart and wait for transit, successful
mobility hubs have the potential to become vibrant places of activity and destinations in
themselves.”
The Tower office comprise of eight world-class grade A office buildings, all located in Markham
Live’s Transit Hub, - the multi-function developments that commands a total area of approximately
400,000-800,000 square metres. The Tower offices will be home to a multitude of world renowned
tenants, many of which are listed on the Fortune 500 or are leading firms in their respective
industries spanning the areas of high-tech, investment/securities, finance/banking, insurance,
accounting, law, pharmaceuticals, media and advertising, luxury goods, provincial and federal
government ministries. The typical floor plate for the Tower offices is 3,000 square metres making
it the perfect place for large corporate headquarters while offering flexibility for subdivision into
smaller operations.
Office Commercial GFA (sq. ft.) Costs
Hard Construction Costs 8,000,000
Parking (1,000)
Soft Costs (30%)
Sub-Total:
FF&E
Construction Contingency
Land Costs
Construction Financing
GST
Financing / Legals
Associated Transit Costs
Site Development
Construction Escalation (4-5%)
Total
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham Live master plan
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Retail World at Class the Retail Hub at the Hub
Markham has been designated by Metrolinx as a “Regional transit Hub.” It will be a hub of activity for Markham
and a regional centre that is anticipated to grow proportionally faster than the city of Toronto for the next 10 years.
In concert with the Markham Sport Complex and the Markham Hotel and Convention Centre, Markham Live will
simply redefine Markham and York Region.
The malls occupying a total area of 180,000 sq.m. are an integral part of the Metrolinx’s Transit Hub spacing - one
of the largest commercial complexes in Canada. Situated in the heart of Markham’s Central Business District and
the GTA, the complex is located between the 407 Highway, Kennedy Road, Warden Avenue and Highway 7. The
malls will be one of the most popular shopping destinations in the GTA for locals and visitors alike.
The malls - a flagship store pooling the world’s top products, department stores and national restaurants and comprised
of six theme shopping malls - together, they offer world-class shopping, dining and entertainment facilities
never seen before in the GTA.
• Zone 1 is a family oriented section that boasts a bright and spacious environment filled with activities
• Zone 2 is a flourishing section that captures the upbeat spirit and contemporary lifestyle of Markham
• Zone 3 is located in the middle of the mall and connects with the 5 star hotel-featuring international top brands
• Zone 4 embodies elegance and sophistication
• Zone 5 is a fun-filled area focused on entertainment
• Zone 6 will a delectable range of fine dining options, presenting a multitude of world-class restaurants.
Hard Construction Costs GFA (sq. ft.) Costs
Go-Transit Hub 77,275 $29,055,000
Retail (400,000 sq. ft.) 400,000 $80,000,000
Restaurants
Parking (1500 spaces) 747,000 $65,736,000
Site Dev (25% of total) 358,046 $17,864,000
Sub-Total: 1,224,275 $192,655,000
Escalation Allow ( 12mos – 4%) $7,706,000
Construction Contingency – Post contract (5%) $9,632,000
Proj Soft Costs (Fees, Permits, Misc) $48,164,000
Furniture / Equipment Budget Allowance $5,000,000
Sub-Total $70,502,000
Other Costs:
Land/ Financing/Legals/GST, Development Charges by Markham
Associated Transit Costs (GO,MTO,YRT/VIVA etc)
Retail Fit-Out, Contaminated material, Escalation contingency
Total Estimated Project Costs $263,158,000
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham Live master plan design
planning process.

Retail on top of Hub
Retail Underground
Retail on the Street
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Residential at the Transit Mobility Hub
The Oriental Plaza is a unique city-within-a-city in the heart of Markham Live. Commanding a
prime 100,000 square metre site area and spanning a total floor area of 800,000 sq. m., Oriental
Plaza represents one of the largest commercial and residential complexes in Canada.
With a first-class location in Markham Live, Oriental Plaza is unrivalled in the GTA for the sheer
scope and quality of its services and facilities.
Boasting such extraordinary scale, a highly efficient and hi-tech office concept, a superb range of
serviced apartments and an endless array of shopping and leisure offerings, Oriental Plaza is the
realization of a grand vision, Markham Live’s new era of business and lifestyle choices.
In the very heart of Markham Live, at Oriental Plaza, the epitome of elegant living awaits. The
Tower Apartments offer the utmost in comfort and convenience and present the preferred choice
for modern living.
The Tower Apartments at Oriental Plaza are composed of two luxurious blocks: Millennium
Heights and Centennial Heights . Designed with meticulous care and uncompromising attention
to quality, the apartments are a luxurious place to call home. Fabulous choice of layout configurations
with sizes ranging from 70 square metre to 500 square metre.
Residentail GFA (sq. ft.) Costs
Hard Construction Costs
Parking (4,000)
Soft Costs (30%)
Sub-Total:
FF&E, Land Costs, GST
Construction Contingency
GST
Financing / Legals
Associated Transit Costs
Site Development
Construction Escalation (4-5%)
Total
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham Live master plan
design planning process.

Residential at the Transit Mobility Hub
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Performing Arts Centre
Markham Performing Arts Centre will consist of one 1800 seat
proscenium theatre, one flexible 800 seat theatre with a thrust stage
and a 500 seat Black Box Theatre for contemporary theatre and theatre
workshops.
The 1800 seat theatre will be equipped with a fly-tower, an orchestra
pit and a trap room. There will be two balconies carrying 1000 of those
seats.
The Thrust Stage Theatre will be able to be transformed to a theatre
in the round for 500 seats. The Black Box Theatre is designed for
experimental theatre and for local groups and Theatre Schools to stage
smaller productions as well as to accommodate theatre workshops.
The grouping will be organized around a courtyard which can be used
for outdoor theatre as well.
Performing Arts Centre GFA (sq. ft.) Costs
Hard Construction Costs
Parking (1,000)
Soft Costs (30%)
Sub-Total:
FF&E
Construction Contingency
Land Costs
Construction Financing
GST
Financing / Legals
Associated Transit Costs
Site Development
Construction Escalation (4-5%)
Total
Programs and costing details information will be done in the Markham
Live master plan design planning process.

Multimedia Entertainment Centre
Exquisite style flows through Markham Entertainment Centre’s public
and private areas with custom pieces such as carpet, furniture,
lamps and fine artwork hand-chosen by a top-notch design team.
These pieces intermingle with tasteful and spectacular horticulture,
making Markham’s Entertainment Centre a living piece of art. Natural
light permeates the 40,000-square-foot atrium at the hotel’s strip
entrance, where more than one chirping bird has been spotted flying
between the live trees.
After the show, the Revolution Lounge and adjoining Abbey Road Bar
keep the Beatles vibe going strong. The nightclub experience is in full
force at Jet, which appeals to a wide crowd with its three distinctive
rooms, featuring different music and atmospheres.
Multi-media Entertainment
Centre
Hard Construction Costs
Parking (1,000)
Soft Costs (30%)
Sub-Total:
FF&E
Construction Contingency
Land Costs
Construction Financing
GST
Financing / Legals
Associated Transit Costs
Site Development
Construction Escalation (4-5%)
Total
GFA (sq. Ft.) Costs
Programs and costing details information will be done in the
Markham Live master plan design planning process.
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Spanning the 407 Highway as a Hub Integrator
Image joining Richmond Hill/Langstaff Gateway or the divided Markham Centre (Provincial
Growth Centres) by innovations, such as creating useable urban space over the 407 Highway
which is an urban separator today.
Access and mobility are essential elements of good mega-region building. The interconnection
and balance of multiple modes of transportation must be achieved in order to provide access
to global and regional economies, reduce traffic congestion, air pollution and enable healthy
lifestyles that encourage walking and cycling. Strong transportation links to regional employment
centers and other popular destinations reduce a community’s reliance on cars, which, in turn,
reduces impacts on the environment.
Great cities have vibrant urban districts. These exist at a variety of scales that range from very
dense downtown core areas, to medium density mixed-use districts focused around commuter
transit facilities, to more traditionally-scaled urban neighborhoods distinguished by corner stores,
beautiful residential blocks and pocket parks.
The design of urban districts is an art form. It involves the skillful blending of streets, transit,
parking, retail, entertainment and access with a rich variety of building typologies to provide
choices in housing, commerce together with parks schools and other public facilities.
Vibrant urban districts are memorable and provide a rich mix of opportunities for diverse groups
of people. In this regionally significant transit node connecting both sides of the freeway is
critical. Access to the multi modal centre and the destinations at Markham Live can be improved
by developing a seamless connection to lands south of the 407 in Markham Live’s case.
This may be accomplished by developing the ‘air rights’ over the freeway with buildings, transit
hub, parking facilities or parks. A notable example of this approach is in downtown Seattle where
its convention center and parks spans Interstate 5. This provides a key connection across the
freeway and allows for additional development.
Given the significant investment that is going to be made in the 407 Transitway, it makes sense
to spend the money in a way that will maximize benefits to the surrounding community. The
most significant such benefit for communities along the 407, such as Langstaff/Richmond Hill
Gateway and Markham Centre, would be to remedy the divide created by the 407 Highway itself
by spanning the highway with high quality public space and transit station infrastructure. This
approach will not only allow the 407 Transitway to stay in its linear highway alignment but will
literally stitch divided communities back together. Transit infrastructure will be a bridge between
the areas to the north and the south of the 407 highway.
Components - Markham Centre Estimated Costs Savings
Eliminate MTO Crossing 407 and back and forth $150,000,000
Eliminate dedicated Simcoe Promenade for Viva $ 80,000,000
Parking on South Side of 407 - Cheaper/Easier to construct
407 Rail Transitway - Straighter alignment
Hub Station - Most efficient design
MTO - Free up 12 acres $ 24,000,000
Markham Centre Hub - Easier transition to integrate Markham Live
Need to design the 407 Transitway and hubs efficiently from both an operations and ridership
interface standpoint. Need the transit carriers like VIVA and MTO Transitway Projects to think
of the big picture. The 407 corridor is the highest transit priority and has the greatest impact on
the GTA economy. Need to use where possible the 407 real estate for transit hubs, etc. Need
the 407ETR and MTO to work cooperatively and seamlessly to ensure the best 407 Transitway
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Proposed Work Plan - Next Steps & Challenges
1. Entertainment Venue Determination (Investors)
2. Multi-Media Entertainment Centre Current Provincial Climate (Investors)
3. Memorandum of Understanding (Landowners Group)
• Markham Live Land Ownership Group
4. Markham Live Consortium “Memorandum of Understanding (Investors - Syndication)
• Master Plan Study – 172 acres in the Markham Live boundaries
• Agreement with Landowners involved
• Finance Master Plan
5. Markham Downtown Master Plan (incorporating Markham Live)
– 172 – 240 acres (Investors/Landowners)
• Master Planning (e.g. Peter Calthorpe)
• Master Plan Architects (e.g. B+H Architects)
• Landscape and Open Space (e.g. Dillon Consulting Limited)
• Official Plan Document (Bousfields Inc.)
• Consortium Lead Planner (e.g Steve Wynn)
• Traffic Planning (e.g. IBI)
6. Secure private sector Investors and involvement strategy
(e.g. Investors - Syndication)
• How investors participate in ownership
7. Professional Arena and Hockey Franchise (Owner/Investors)
• NHL Franchise (Team) Ownership Group
• Arena Potential Owners Group
• AEG – Entertainment
8. Other (All)
• Funding – Master Plan and Communication Activities
• Explore Development Permitting with Province
• Explore Tax Increment Financing
9. Review of various destination locations –
Town/Landowners/Consortium
10. Investing Financing Opportunities - China
(i.e. Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Zhengchou, Macau, Taiwan)
11. Pursuing 407 Transitway – advancing construction/financing (Metrolinx / Fed Gov’t / Prov Gov’t)
12. Funding for Markham Sports Complex (All Levels of Government)
• National Aquatic Centre
• National Olympic Training Centre
• Indoor Field house/Trade Centre
13. Prepare for a “shovel ready” Markham Sports Complex”
(e.g. B+H Architects)
• National Aquatic Centre
14. Visual Preference Survey

Markham Live – P3 Expression of Interest
P3 MOU and Verbal – Expression of interest
• Jiangsu Province Jianxin Group
• Baiquan (U.S.A.) Investment Group Co. Ltd.
• Shanghai Construction Co.
• Zhengdao Industry Company, Limited, Henan, China
• Nanjing Jinling Chamber of Commerce
• Hong Kong Construction Company
• South China Railway Company
• Maylink Investment Inc.
Landowners Letters of Support
• The Remington Group
• Times Development Group
• Markham Development Corporation
• GPMA Real Property
Government Letters of Support
• Go-Transit/ MTO/ORC / • PIR
• York Region
• Pubic and Separate School Boards
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Land Owners
Id No Registered Owner Name Company Contact Title Bus Telephone Email Acreage
5A* Ruland Properties The Remington Group Rudy Bratty President & CEO 905-760-2600 (215) rbratty@bratty.com 46.04
5B Ruland Properties The Remington Group Rudy Bratty President & CEO 905-760-2600 (215) rbratty@bratty.com 63.82
7A* Ruland Properties The Remington Group Rudy Bratty President & CEO 905-760-2600 (215) rbratty@bratty.com 18.77
7B Ruland Properties The Remington Group Rudy Bratty President & CEO 905-760-2600 (215) rbratty@bratty.com 31.37
8 G0-Transit (Metrolinx) Metrolinx Gary McNeil Executive V.P. & G.M. 416-869-3600 (5367) garym@gotransit.com 10.09
9 Ontario Realty Corp Ontario Government David Livingston President & CEO 416-327-3933 4851) david.livingston@infrastructureontario.ca 12.26
10 YMCA of Greater Toronto YMCA of Greater Toronto Madhmedhat Mahdy President 416-413-1020 (2348) madhmedhat.mahdy@ymcagta.org 4.00
11 The Town of Markham Town of Markham Andy Taylor Chief Administrative Officer 905-477-4705 ataylor@markham.ca 10.37
12 Markham Centre Development Markham Centre Development Charlie Moon President & CEO 416-923-2300 (222) Moon@yorkvillecorporation.com 6.54
Corporation
Corporation
13 GPMA Real Property Town Of Markham Andy Taylor Chief Administrative Officer 905-477-4705 ataylor@markham.ca 12.96
14 The Town of Markham Town of Markham Andy Taylor Chief administrative Officer 905-477-4705 ataylor@markham.ca 2.03
16 Markham Centre Development Markham Centre Development Charlie Moon President & CEO 416-923-2300 (222) moon@yorkvillecorporation.com 5.12
Corporation
Corporation
17 Sylmatt Sylmatt Mike Kopansky President 905-475-6397 (5269) mike.kopansky@millergroup.ca 5.00
37 Trak’s Communications Ltd. Markham Honda Kap Dilawri President 905-762-7300 J_kirshner@dilawrigroup.com 6.00
* Not to be included in Markham Live but will be planned for integration into the project/area
Markham Live Total Land Area 169.56

Proposed Action Plan & Budget
– “Markham Live” City Centre
Markham Live Master Plan – Retail/Entertainment/Hospitality/Sports
$????? Programming / Planning – National Aquatic Centre
$????? Develop a Master-Plan for Markham Live
• National Aquatic Centre / NHL Arena / Field House 2 (200m Track – Trade Centre)
• Fieldhouse 1 (gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis and combative Sports,
structure parking
• Transit hub including facilities for GO Transit, 407 Transitway, VIVA/YRT/TTC, major retail (i.e.
Eaton Centre), food services, structure parking
• Fitness Centre, Health Sciences Research Centre, Sports Club Offices, Meeting Rooms and
Wellness Centre
• Accommodation for a 5 Star Hotel and Convention Centre
• Market Strategy for Office/ Commercial and Strategy for Retail tying into hub
• Strategy for culture (i.e. Performing Arts Centre)
Modeling, Marketing, Quantity Surveying, Updated Presentation Material/Application Ready
Costing
$????? 3D Presentation Material
• Modeling – Calthorpe’s Langstaff – Markham Centre – Hub/Retail Destination
• Drawings – of Reconfigured Site Arrangement and suggested layouts
• Capital Costing Information and who pays for what
• Renderings
• Animation
• Physical Model
$????? Investor and government Relationships
• Presentation / Investment Prospectus / Lobbying NHL / Investors / Governments / Communication
System – Collaboration Tools and Website (Intranet and Internet)
• NHL Lobbying
$????? Contingency
$????? Preparation of Revised City Centre “Markham Live” Master Plan
__________
$??????
Shovel Ready Action Plan – National Aquatic Centre
Markham Sports Complex Master Plan
Programming / Planning – National Aquatic Centre
Development a Master-Plan for the Markham Sports Complex
• Aquatic Facility / Arena Centre / Field House (400m Track)
• Fieldhouse 2 (gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis and combative Sports
• Transit hub including facilities for GO Transit, 407 Transitway, VIVA/YRT/TTC, retail, food services,
Provincial and Federal Association Offices and structure parking
• Fitness Centre, Health Sciences Research Centre, Sports Club Offices, Meeting Rooms and
Wellness Centre
• Accommodation for a hotel and convention centre
Architectural Drawing & Fee for Phrase 1, the Aquatics Centre with the schedule milestone
challenge of being “shovel” ready in four months
$650,000 Schematic Design (12.5 total basic Architectural Service Fees)
$650,000 Design Development (2.5 basic Architectural Service Fees)
$2,600,000 Construction Documents and bidding and Approvals including the following:
• Design Start Date Dec 1st, 2009
• Tender 1 Rough Excavation April 15th, 2010
• Tender 2 Finish Excavation and Foundation May 3rd, 2010
• Tender 3 Super Structure June 24, 2010
• Tender 4 Envelope June 30, 2010
• Tender 5 Interiors July 8, 2010
• Tender 6 FF&E July 16, 2010
Opening Ceremonies Oct 1st, 2011
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407 Transitway Public Private Partnership
P3 Definition: A public-private partnership is, “A cooperative venture between the public and private sectors,
built on the expertise of each partner, that best meets clearly defined public needs through appropriate
allocation of resources, risks and rewards.” There must be a transfer of risk evident in the arrangement.
A contribution from the private sector in kind or risk evident in the arrangement. A contribution from the
private sector in kind or actual payment (a sponsorship for example), with no risk obligation would not meet
the test in our organization’s definition.
- Jane Peatch, Executive Director, Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
Without the risk factor, such deals are just privatization of public assets, which often creates effective
monopolies. This is ironic for two reason: (1) most government procurement processes emphasize
competitive bidding, and (2) companies specializing in the privatization of public utilities claim they will be
more efficient because of the competitive pressures that typify the private sector. The effect of these abusive
contracts, unfortunately is usually to shield the winner from competitive pressures, thus neutralizing both of
those factors. Partnering is always needed when risk needs to be transferred to the private sector.
What is Design-Build? Design-build is an integrated delivery process that has been embraced by the
world’s great civilizations. In ancient Mesopotamia, the Code of Hammurabi (1800 BC) fixed absolute
accountability upon master builders for both design and construction. In the succeeding millennia, projects
ranging from cathedrals to cable-stayed bridges, from cloisters to corporate headquarters, have been
conceived and constructed using the paradigm of design-build.
Return to the time-honored approach of the Master Builder, where a single source has absolute accountability
for both design and construction. When the citizens of classical Greece envisioned their great temples, public
buildings and civil works, master builders were engaged to both design and construct these monumental
structures. Master builders accepted full responsibility for integrating conceptual design with functional
performance. To assume anything less than complete accountability for delivering a project was unthinkable.
Throughout each massive logistical undertaking, they commanded skilled craftsmen, procured time-tested
materials, and controlled every aspect of the project. A master builder was the chief architect, engineer
and builder molded into one. Enduring structures such as the Parthenon and the Theatre of Dionysus are
testimony to an age and a process that are greatly admired, though the process was thought to be virtually
abandoned by modern designers and constructors.
Today, however, there is a resurgence of the master builder’s approach in the new world. Informed owners
have begun asking practitioners to take more than just an artistic (and more than simply a means and
methods) interest in their facilities. Steeped in the work ethic exemplified by the ancient master builders,
today’s design-build process offers reassurance that the design and construction industry can deliver
comprehensive services. This valued assurance can only be provided by a singular source.
Design-builders want full accountability for architecture, engineering and construction. In fact, like the
ancient Greek master builder, they insist on it. By knowledgeably pursuing design quality, and by effectively
controlling costs and schedule, a design-builder makes certain that concept-to-completion is more than idle
discourse. It is a reality carved in stone.
For more info: http:www.cdbi.org - Source: Canadian Design Build Institute
Yonge Street Request For Proposal (DBFM)Motion
(Design Build Finance Maintain)
Moved by: Regional Councillor Jim Jones
Seconded by: Mayor Frank Scarpitti
Subject: Yonge Subway Resolution to the Premier, Ministers of Public Infrastructure Renewal/Energy and
Transportation
Whereas on June 15th 2007, the Honorable Dalton McGuinty Premier of the Province of Ontario and the Honorable Donna Cansfield then Minister of
Transportation made a joint Announcement”Move Ontario 2020”, and
Whereas this joint announcement stated “ The Ontario Government is launching a multi-year $17.5 billion rapid transit action plan for the Greater Toronto
Area and Hamilton that will deliver jobs and investment by reducing congestion”, and
Whereas the Premier also stated “Tackling gridlock is one of the most important things we can do to build a strong and prosperous economy” and
“Building a modern rapid transit system that moves people and goods quickly and efficiently will ensure we can attract and keep thousands of good highpaying
jobs”, and
Whereas the Premier also stated “The time to make this sort of ambitious but realistic investment is now. Our economy demands it” and
Whereas the Premier went on to say “What is more, our families deserve it, because gridlock not only saps strength out of our economy, it steals time
from our families” and
Whereas the projects listed as priorities in the Premier’s announcement included the extension of the “Yonge Subway line to Highway 7”, “Expanded
express bus service across Highway 407” and Toronto’s Transit City vision for light rail across the city, and
Whereas Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield said the projects will be built over the next 12 years and financed over 50 years, and
Whereas the Premier stated that “The GTA is one of the fastest growing regions in North America, increasing its population by approximately 100,000
people – and 50,000 cars – every year. Commuting in the GTA currently takes 32 per cent longer than it would in free-flowing conditions. The economic
cost of congestion in the GTA is $6 billion per year, this will rise to $15 billion in 12-15 years if action is not taken now”, and
Whereas recent transit initiative announcements by the Premier go a long way to achieving the Move Ontario 2020 vision, and
Whereas the Region of York immediately after the June 15th 2007 Move Ontario announcement began the Environment Assessment for the Yonge
Subway Extension at its cost to assist the Province in meeting its defined needs, and
Whereas the Minister of the Environment has approved the Environment Assessment, leaving the Subway extension virtually shovel-ready, and
Whereas the Town of Markham has completed a Transit Oriented Secondary Plan calling for in excess of 1,000 people and jobs per hectare (15,000
dwelling units and 20,000 full time jobs on 45 hectares) and the Town of Richmond Hill is completing a Secondary Plans for a major Transit Oriented
Development, both at the Richmond Hill/Langstaff Gateway, and
Whereas a platform capacity problem has been identified at the Bloor Yonge Subway Stations and whereas the large building slated for development on
the Southeast Corner of Yonge and Bloor has been put on hold, this would be an ideal time to begin construction to expand the capacity of the stations,
and
Whereas the funding to VIVA for Yonge Street and Highway 7 Bus Rapid Transit is appreciated, there is the one noticeable gap, being the Yonge Street
Subway extension, which leaves buses in mixed traffic and gridlock from Highway 7 to Finch Ave, and
Whereas the Province of Ontario is in a position that is not equal in many places in the world, that is to have a made in Ontario Subway Solution: the
tunnel boring machine, the rails, and subway cars are made in Ontario, the funding can be from Ontario sources and the leading engineers for subways
are Ontario engineers, Ontario architects can design all stations and this province has some of the best contractors in the world.
Now, Therefore be it resolved that the Honorable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario be requested to initiate the public process to implement the
alternate financing method for the immediate Finance, Design, Build for the Yonge Subway Extension and the Yonge Bloor platform modification project
and implement value engineering to study cost reductions, and
Further that the environmental assessment be modified to leave the subway alignment on Yonge Street at Richmond Hill Centre and that consideration
be given to a 1.0 kilo meter extension to 16th Avenue and Yonge Street.
.cc : Ontario Minister of Energy and Public Infrastructure Renewal
Ontario Minister of Transportation Ontario Minister of Environment Ontario Minister of Finance
Metrolinx Town of Richmond Hill City of Vaughan

407 Transitway Express of Interest RFP Proposal (DBFAOM) Motion
(Design Build Finance Administrate Operate Maintain)
Moved by: Regional Councillor Jim Jones
Seconded by: Councillor Alex Chiu
Motion: That the Premier create a panel of world class transportation and economic experts to determine the best
High-Speed Technology to be used for the 407 Transitway (i.e Iron Wheel or MegLev etc) and,
That the Expert Panel prepare a methodology for Expressions of Interest to Design, Build, Finance, Administer,
and Operate the 407 Transitway for 50 years horizon and beyond; and,
That the Expression of Interest include, consideration of:
Design of the 407 Transitway for maximum speed and efficiency
z Local Oshawa to Burlington - 200 kilometers an hour
z Express Montreal-Toronto-Windsor - 500 kilometers an hour
Options that could include an elevated track
Station locations that generally be not less than 4 kilometers apart
Major anchor hubs that incorporate Transit Oriented Development, minimum standards in accordance with Growth
Secretariate Plans and Studies
That the railbed be as direct as possible and not incorporate Texas T’s
z Engineering the most direct route and then mitigate the environment
That the railbed shall be environmentally friendly and practical (should be elevated for cost efficiency and speed)
The 407 Transitway being the highest order of transit and remain in the 407 right-of-way
Electrified transit rail (renewable energy based)
Dwell Time be 30 seconds at each station
Planned speed between stations should be 130-150 km per hour (same as BART Transit System in San Francisco)
No stops at only parking lots
Planned journey from Burlington (Freeman Interchange) to Oshawa (Harmony) (roughly 120 km) should be
approximately 1 hour
407 Transitway should be design for high-speed Rail Transit (forget bus) and never leave the 407’s Right of Way
(ROW)
The 407 Transitway Design options to considering the integration with the Windsor/Montreal high-speed train
That the Environment assessment be undertaken for the entire planned Highway 407 Transitway, and be based on a
transit solution that extends 50 years and beyond; and,
That an initial transitway line be installed between Cornell/Markham and Highway 403/407 and be implemented as a
prototype for clean, high speed technology. (This corridor crosses five GO-Transit lines and two planned Go-Transit lines,
three planned light rail lines (LRT) and two planned subway lines); and further,
That the Honorable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario be requested to initiate a process to expedite the planning, design,
implementation and construction of the 407 Transitway, which is the most strategic transit infrastructure joining all communities
in the GTA mega-region. This will give access to the 100s of thousands of jobs and residences in the 407 corridor.
cc: Ontario Minister of Energy and Public Infrastructure Renewal
Federal Minister of Finance Federal Minister of Environment Federal Minister of Transportation
Ontario Minister of Transportation Ontario Minister of Environment Ontario Minister of Finance
Peel Region Halton Region Metrolinx York Region
Town of Richmond Hill City of Vaughan City Brampton Simcoe County
Town of Milton City of Burlington City of Oakville Durham Region
City of Pickering City of Ajax Town of Whitby City of Oshawa
407 Corridor Transit Oriented Development Study Motion
Moved by: Regional Councillor Jim Jones
Seconded by: Councillor Alex Chiu
That the Government of Ontario through the Growth Secretariat undertake a comprehensive
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) study along the 407 corridor for the purpose of identifying
the real development potential, to optimize transit ridership and based on the best high-speed rail
transit network solutions (Utilizing a 50 year horizon and beyond) and,
That the study be undertaken by an world-class expert team selected by the province and,
That the study include the following:
• All planned 407 Rail Transit Stops
• All GO-Transit stops upstream and downstream from the 407 Transitway
• All Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines that cross the 407 Transitway and include all their
upstream and downstream station stops
• All Subway extensions that cross the 407 Transitway and include all planned station stops
• Transit Oriented Development potential within walking radius of each station and of each
feeder station
• Looking at burying line within a km radius of the 407 Transitway Hubs or Gateway Stations
• Building concourses across the 407 linking divided communities or isolated by the 407
Highway
• Using TIF’s - don’t encourage sprawl
• The Premier instruct all the ministries, agencies, 407ETR and Hydro One to work together for
the good of the economy and make it happen
That the study be based on the economic development potential for the 407 corridor for a 50 year
time horizon and beyond and not the current 20 year community plans and,
That the Province takes the lead on Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and Transit Dependent
Development (TDD)
That the Honorable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario be requested to immediately commence and
complete the 407 Corridor Transit Orientated Development Study.
cc : Ontario Minister of Energy and Public Infrastructure Renewal
Federal Minister of Finance Federal Minister of Environment Federal Minister of Transportation
Ontario Finance Minister Ontario Minister of Environment Ontario Minister of Transportation
Peel Region Halton Region York Region Town of Richmond Hill City of Vaughan
City Brampton Durham Region Metrolinx Town of Milton City of Burlington
City of Oakville City of Oshawa City of Ajax Town of Whitby City of Pickering
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407 Rail Transitway With Its Own ROW - Yonge
Subway on Yonge Street, Go-Transit stays put
Capital Costs
Land Expropriation Costs $ 0
Business Expropriation Costs $ 0
Construction Costs
Subway $ 75,000,000
Go-Transit $ 10,000,000
407 Transitway $ 30,000,000
Bury the Hydro Lines $ 100,000,000
Bus Terminal Relocation $ 10,000,000
Economy Costs - 100 years
Lost Time Costs - Citizens 0
Land Reclaimed - 100 acres $ 250,000,000
Operation/Maint Costs-Trains $ 0
Improved Bus Circulation $ 250,000,000
Reclaim Land - Developable $ 5,000,000,000

Langstaff 407 Transitway Alternatives
Designer Dwell Times Cost to Build Lost Citizen time
407 ROW
.30 50m 0m a yr
Viva PCA 1.00 10m 0m a yr
MTO 1 3.00 500m 200m a yr
MTO 2 3.00 500m a yr
Viva MTO 5.00 50m 100m a yr
Taking 407 Rail Transitway to the Local Viva Bus Terminal
Estimates are not MTO’s
Capital Costs
Land Expropriation Costs $ 150,000,000
Business Expropriation Costs $ 100,000,000
Construction Costs
Subway $ 200,000,000
Go-Transit $ 20,000,000
407 Transitway $ 300,000,000
Economy Costs
Lost Time Costs - Citizens $ 1,000,000,000
Operation/Maint Costs-Trains $ 1,000,000,000
Reclaim Land - bury hydro $ 5,000,000,000
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Cost To Bury Hydro Lines
Per Line - 8-11 million per km
Tunnel - 2.5 Million a km

407 Transitway Integrated Communities Environment Green InitiativesStandards
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Highway 407 Transitway Green Corridor - “The Golden River” - GTA Mega-Region’s Economic Generator
407 Transitway - “Levels the Playing Field”
407 Transitway Corridor Design Imperatives
Ensure the 407 Transitway has instant ridership success day one
The aim is to design and build the 407 Transitway to move people as efficient and timely as possible
The goal would be to achieve a 80% modal split by creating great Transit Dependent Development Nodes
Can’t get 407 Rail Transit without Density and Can’t have Density without Rail Transit (conundrum)
Bury the hydro lines where it is economical around major transit nodes and reclaim the land for TOD transit dependent development
(eliminate the blight - return the earth to be more environmentally friendly and humane )
Design, Build and Integrated, rail transit dependent complete communities (retail, office, residential, entertainment, recreation,
institutional parks and the public realm)
Transit Oriented Development Built Form at 10-12 times FSI - 700-1000 jobs or people per hectare
Build concourses, atriums, convention centre, sports facilities and fieldhouses over the 407 Transitway to link both sides of the 407
when and where appropriate
Redirect the population growth to the 407 Transitway’s integrated Transit Dependent Development Nodes along the 407 corridor
Use the 407 Corridor Lands efficiently - create a great pubic realm
No surface parking - underground and structured paid parking only
Design 407 rail transitway for 10,000 - 100,000 transit riders per hour
407 Rail Transitway should never leave the 407’s Right-of-Way (ROW)
Harness the Power of the Grid - create a versatile competitive network for the people living in the GTA Mega-Region - 8 Go-Transit
Lines, 4 LTRs and 2 Subway Line plus 10-20 Bus Transit lines interfacing at station stops and will stimulate more north/south LRTs
No station stops should be planned just for parking
All station platforms are 200-300 metres long - to accommodate trainsets of 200 metres plus
Create the Mega-Region’s 407 Rail Transitway spine (the 407 TransitwayNetwork should be the Metrolinx Board’s highest priority
If a 53 Station 407 Transitway (milk-run) station design is needed, then design for 4 tracks instead of just two tracks
Rail Transit Network should be design to be an synchronous network versus an asynchronous networks we currently have
407 Transitway E/A should be designed for high-speed Rail Transit (forget bus - obsolete business plan)
Current Environment Assessment (E/A) Process is obsolete for Rail Transit - should be based on cost to build , operate and
efficiency for both the transit rider and transit operations and then mitigate the environment
GTA Economy Productivity: The 407 Rail Transitway should be designed and planned for a total of one hour trip across the GTA
which includes travel and dwell time from Burlington (Freeman Interchange) to Oshawa (Harmony) roughly 140km
The design and build for the 407 Rail Transitway should be grade separated and elevated tracks only
Design, Build & Integrate the TOD (TDD) Development along the 407 Transitway
Solarize the 407 Highway Corridor - 407 - “The Green 407 Corridor”
Design the 407 Rail Transitway for speeds of 200 km per hour for local transit and 500 for high-speed from Montreal to Windsor
Design speed of 130-150km per hour between 4km station stops - faster for express or longer distances
Dwell time at all stations stops - 30 seconds - 407 Transitway is highest level of transit
Design an grade-separated, elevated, straight as possible, electrified 407 Rail Transitway
Eliminate Rupe Goldberg Interfaces - it seriously marginalizes 407 Transitway Investment - quite frankly it is an insult to the
engineering profession
Design the 407 Transitway Corridor to reduce the Carbon Footprint significantly
Design, Build & Integrate as efficient and as tightly integrated as possible from the ground up an TDD & 407 Transitway Environment
Should 62 be designed with automated train control
Train Frequencies - 12 trains an hour in peak times and 6 Trains in off peak times (6 car trains initially expandable to 12 car trains)
Financial and Economy Consideration
407 Transitway - Key Economy Generator - Helps Establishes a Worldwide Competitive GTA Mega-Region for jobs and investments
Develop a Competitive P3 and ensuring it is win for all parties
Create a Re wealth, Re-Development versus De wealth, Development Environment
Create special development tools for the 407 TDD Transitway project
Fares - basic & distance
Work with MCAP to not tax underground parking and structure parking in the 407 Corridor but tax surface parking
Automatic Collection method - RFID - eliminate cash
Using TIF’s - should ensure it discourage sprawl
Re Wealth the 407 Transitway Corridor spine and Environment - Up to $1 Trillion opportunity - after development it should be a
great place to live and truly transit dependent development
Involved the Pension Funds - P3 or Alternative Financing Method - Develop a comprehensive holistic financial development solution
Encourage larger size apartment/condo units - maybe development charges are the same for all unit sizes /reduce property tax
Investigate the possibility that the tracks in the evening 11pm - 5 pm could be used for freight
The Premier become involved in the transformation of the 407 Transitway Corridor
Premier instruct all the ministries, agencies, crown corporations, 407 ETR and Hydro One to work together for the good of the GTA
meg-region economy and premier police this initiative it to ensure that it is happening on a on-going basis
MTO, PIR, Finance, Metrolinx, Hydro One, 407ETR, Minister of Environment, should become part of the Can Do Team versus being
the Can’t Do Team
Places to Grow - 407 Transitway Corridor will contribute Up to $1 trillion dollars in economic development
opportunity, home for approximately 2 million people, 840 -800,000 jobs, 125,000,000 square feet of office/commercial and 750,000-
1,000,000 transit trips a day when fully build-out
Eliminate 15 million tons of CO2 emissions a year with a savings of $3,000,000,000 a year
Help eliminate Gridlock with a savings of $10-15 billion dollars a year
Eliminate the need for 10,500,000,000 gallons of fuel a year
Eliminate 350,000,000,000 vehicle miles travelled a year in the GTA, saving 42,125,000,000 litres of fuel a year
Reduces health care costs because less pollutants going into the atmosphere
TDD - 1,000,000 cars off the road - 1,000,000 people will be taking transit on a daily basis over time - as 407 corridor get build-out
York Region 407 Transitway Hubs - Approximately 4km spacing
Municipality YR Anchor & Gateway Hubs Hydro Costs Acres Units Pop Office sq ft. Jobs
Vaughan Martin Grove/Kipling - Hwy 27 52,000,000 100 20,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
Bolton Go-Transit 35,000,000 100 20,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
Vaughan Corporate Centre 71,000,000 700 60,000 125,000 20,000,000 100,000
Bradford Go-Transit 35,000,000 100 20,000 35,000 2,000,000 10,000
Bathurst Street 35,000,000 20 5,000 2,500 1,000,000 5,000
Markham Langstaff/Richmond Hill 100,000,000 400 30,000 70,000 10,000,000 40,000
Leslie Street 35,000,000 100 10,000 25,000 2,000,000 10,000
Woodbine Avenue 35,000,000 100 10,000 25,000 2,000,000 10,000
Markham Centre 120,000,000 500 35,000 80,000 15,000,000 60,000
Markham Road - Hwy 48 55,000,000 100 10,000 25,000 1,000,000 5,000
Havelock / Don Cousen Pky 150 10,000 25,000 2,000,000 10,000
York Region $573,000,000 2,370 230,000 482,5000 59,000,000 270,000

Station
No
Transit Station Distance
Between
Dwell
Time
Timings
Between
Design and Build Integrated 407 Communities within the 407 Transitway Corridor
Parking
Spaces
Station
Costs
Parking
Revenue
Stops -
KMs
Seconds Stops
Costs
Freed Up
1 Burlington Freeman Interchange /407 5.8 300 3.30 1500 $25,000,000 $3,750,000 290,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
Section
Construction
Hydro Line
Buried-Km
Hydro Costs Number
of Acres
# of Units Est.
Population
Ridership
Daily
Ridership
Revenue
Office SF Jobs
2 Dundas /407 3.6 60 2.02 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 180,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000 3,000,000 15,000
3 Appleby / 407 3.0 60 2.23 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 150,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000 3,000,000 15,000
4 Bronte / 407 4.6 60 2.30 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 230,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000 3,000,000 15,000
5 Neyagawa / 407 3.0 60 1.42 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 150,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000 3,000,000 15,000
6 Trafalgar / 407 2.6 60 1.33 600 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 130,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000 3,000,000 15,000
7 Ridgeway / 407 3.5 60 2.01 2000 $25,000,000 $5,000,000 175,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000 3,000,000 15,000
8 Britannia / 407 3.0 60 1.46 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 150,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000, 3,000,000 15,000
9 Darry / 407 1.3 60 .68 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 65,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000 3,000,000 15,000
10 Milton Go-Transit Line / 407 - CP Galt 3.3 60 2.01 1000 $25,000,000 $2,500,000 165,000,000 150 25,000 60,000 24,000 240,000 3,000,000 15,000
11 Winston Churchill / 407 2.7 60 1.32 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 135,000,000 80 15,000 60,000 14,000 140,000 2,000,000 10,000
12 Mississauga Road / 407 3.1 60 1.38 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 155,000,000 2.0 71,000,000 80 15,000 35,000 14,000 140,000 2,000,000 10,000
13 Mavis / 407 2.1 60 1.13 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 105,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 3,000,000 15,000
14 Brampton/Hurontario/407 2.0 60 1.19 800 $25,000,000 $2,000,000 100,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 15,000 35,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
15 Highway 410 /407 2.9 60 1.22 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 145,000,000 1.5 52,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
16 Dixie Road / 407 2.4 60 1.22 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 120,000,000 1.5 52,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
17 Georgetown Go-Transit/407 -Torbram/Bramalea 2.4 60 1.22 1500 $25,000,000 $3,750,000 120,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 10,000 2,000,000 10,000
18 Airport Road /407 1.3 60 .68 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 65,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
19 Goreway Road / 407 2.1 60 1.20 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 105,000,000 1.5 52,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
20 Highway 50 / 407 - 60 700 $15,000,000 $1,750,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
21 Highway 27 / 407 3.0 60 1.80 700 $15,000,000 $1,750,000 150,000,000 1.5 52,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
22 Martin Grove / 407 / Kipling 2.1 60 1.10 700 $15,000,000 $1,750,000 105,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 10,000 2,000,000 10,000
221323 Bolton Go-Transit/407 1.1 60 .61 1500 $30,000,000 $3,750,000 155,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 35,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
2424 Pine Valley / 407 1.9 60 1.12 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 95,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
2525 Weston Road / 407 1.6 60 1.03 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 80,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
26 Vaughan Corporate Centre/407/Jane LRT 2.3 60 1.20 2500 $30,000,000 $6,250,000 115,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 80 50,000 125,000 14,000 100,000 20,000,000 100,000
27 Keele Street / 407 .9 60 .39 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 45,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
28 Bradfort Go-Transit/407 2.6 60 1.35 1,500 $30,000,000 $3,750,000 130,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
29 Dufferin / 407 2.0 60 1.10 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 100,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 5,000
30 Bathurst Street / 407 2.3 60 1.22 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 115,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 25 5,000 12,500 5,000 50,000 0 0
31 Langstaff/Richmond Hill Go-Transit - Yonge Street /407 2.0 60 1.10 2500 $50,000,000 $6,250,000 100,000,000 3.0 100,000,000 100 30,000 75,000 30,000 300,000 10,000,000 40,000
32 Bayview Avenue / 407 1.5 60 .59 1200 $15,000,000 $3,000,000 75,000,000 .5 18,000,000 25 3,000 7,500 3,000 30,000 0 0
33 Leslie Street LRT/407 2.1 60 1.10 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 105,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 70 10,000 15,000 6,000 60,000 2,000,000 10,000
34 Woodbine Roddick/407 1.7 60 .58 600 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 85,000,000 1.5 52,000,000 80 3,000 7,500 3,000 30,000 2,000,000 10,000
35 Warden Avenue / 407 1.8 60 1.06 600 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 90,000,000 1.0 0 40 5,000 12,500 5,000 50,000 1,000,000 5,000
36 Markham Centre /407 2.0 60 1.09 2500 $30,000,000 $6,250,000 100,000,000 3.5 115,000,000 110 35,000 80,000 32,000 320,000 15,000,000 60,000
37 McGowan Road / 407 2.0 60 .59 700 $15,000,000 $1,750,000 100,000,000 1.0 35,000,000 50 3,000 7,500 3,000 30,000 0 0
38 Markham Road-Highway 48 / 407 1.9 60 1.3 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 95,000,000 1.5 52,000,000 70 10,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
39 Nineth Line /407 1.6 60 1.3 600 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 80,000,000 30 1,000 2,500 500 5,000 0 0
40 Havelock Go-Transit / 407 2.7 60 1.35 1500 $30,000,000 $3,750,000 135,000,000 100 15,000 35,000 14,000 140,000 3,000,000 15,000
41 York Durham Line 2.2 60 1.11 500 $15,000,000 $1,250,000 110,000,000 150 15,000 25,000 10,000 100,000 2,000,000 10,000
42 Whites Road - Seaton/Pickering Airport / 407 2.2 60 1.21 500 $15,000,000 $1,250,000 110,000,000 150 10,000 25,000 10,000 10,000 6,000,000 30,000
43 Dixie Road - 407 1.3 60 1.14 500 $15,000,000 $1,250,000 65,000,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 20,000 2,500,000 12,500
44 Brock Road / 407 Duffin Heights / 407 60 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 200,000 2,500,000 12,5000
45 Westney / 407 60 500 $15,000,000 $1,250,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 200,000 2,500,000 12,500
46 Lakeridge /407 60 500 $15,000,000 $1,250,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 200,000 2,500,000 12,500
47 Highway 12 - Brooklin / 407 60 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 200,000 2,500,000 12,500
48 Thickson /407 60 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 200,000 2,500,000 12,500
49 Simcoe / 407 60 800 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 200,000 2,500,000 12,500
50 Harmony /407 - Oshawa 60 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 200,000 2,500,000 12,5000
51 Courtice /407 - Highway 115/35 300 500 15,000,000 150 20,000 50,000 20,000 200,000 2,500,000 12,500
Total 50,850 $910,000,000 $127,250,000 6,000,000,000 5,000 880,000 1,920,000 71,000,000 290,000
63

Try to Leave Everything Better than What We Inherited: Excerpts From $20 Per Gallon by Christopher Steiner
Economy: In the not-too-distant future, whether we like it or not, the price of gasoline will begin a rise that will continue for
decades. It will increase so much, in fact, that many aspects of everyday life will be dramatically altered and altered in ways that
most of us wouldn’t necessarily anticipate. For example, we envision a future where we travel by train, not by plane. One where
today’s distant suburbs gradually become ghost towns. I have gone through the different scenarios when gasoline reaches these
price levels. What is the provincial and federal government doing to insulate the public in the event this happen? The consensus
is that we have reached peak oil and any oil we find will be expensive and won’t be the big oil fields of the pass.
$4 The Road to $20 Oil & Civilization Renovation: Consider this: The United States has 750 cars for every 1,000 people.
China, on the other hand, has 4 cars for every 1,000 people. If China gets to only half the ownership rate of the United States, it means
an additional 400 million cars on the road, looking for gasoline. That’s almost like adding another two United States’ worth of cars to
the world. Moreover, even if the price of oil gets so high that it creates serious demand destruction in places like the United States and
Europe, the use of oil will still increase in economics such as China’s which is growing a 10% clip. Growth that size doesn’t evaporate
overnight. And Economies, especially China’s, need oil and energy to grow.
The world’s total population will jump by 1 billion people in the coming 11 years, but the middle class will add 1.8 billion to its ranks,
600 million of them in China alone. Middle class will comprise 52% of the earth’s total population by 2020. China’s middle class will
be the world’s largest in 2025 and India’s will be ten times its current size.
The following two statements, in most sane circles, are accepted as fact:
z The demand for oil will gradually increase and will continue to increase as the global middle class expands
z The oil that remains in the earth, will be more and more expensive to locate and extract
Leads to the conclusion that price of gas will climb far past where we’re at right now and will continue to climb.
There remains little easy-to-get oil. After 147 years of almost uninterrupted supply growth to a record output of some 81-82 million
barrels/day in the summer 2006, crude oil production has since entered its irreversible decline. This exceptional reversal alters the
energy supply equation upon which life on our planet is based. It will come to place pressure upon the use of all other sources of
energy - be it natural gas, coal, nuclear power, and all type of sundry renewable especially biofuels. It will come to affect everything
else under the sun.
$6 Society Change and the Dead SUV At $4 a gallon, North Americans cut back their driving by billions of miles. SUV plants
were shut down, hybrid cars became best sellers. New Car sales lots became lonely places. Families cut back on vacations, rationed
car use and left their 4runners and Explorers in the garage in favor of driving their sedans.
At $6.00, our lives , our businesses, our families, will all be caught, unready for the coming cavalcade of evolution and adaptation that
rising gas prices will bring. Monthly gas stations bills for families that were $500 at $2.00 will be $1,500 at $6.00. $6.00 gas, though
its specter may sound implausible, isn’t too far away, says Jeffrey Rubin, a respected economist and the chief strategist and managing
director of CIBC World Markets. Rubin say gasoline will likely cost $7.00 a gallon by 2010. As a Result, he says “Over the next four
years, we are likely to witness the greatest mass exodus of vehicles off America’s highways in history. By 2012, there should be some
10 million fewer vehicles on American roadways than there are today Of those 10 million vehicles that Rubin predicts will come off
U.S. roads, many will be SUVs.
For the first time in American history in 2008, higher gas prices compelled Americans to drive 100 billion fewer miles in 2008 than
they did in 2007. Higher gas prices could mean a skinner North America, Fatness costs the Americans a lot of money: 117 billion per
year in early mortality and extra medical expenses and 112,000 deaths related to complications and diseases stemming from obesity
When gas hits $6.00, asphalt will be more expensive than ever
$8 The Skies will empty When gas inevitably climbs to $8, the airline carnage will be vast and it will come swiftly. To keep their
testaments to human genius flying 500 mph at 40,000 feet, airlines use fuel that’s classified as Ujet A1. Jet fuel is basically kerosene,
and jet engines burn it like flash paper. A 737 burns about 13 gallons a minute. Plane people talk about fuel in pounds, not gallons,
however, so that’s 91 pounds a minute. A 737 flight from Chicago to Los Angeles burns about 25,000 pounds Jet fuel comes from the
same oil-refining process that produces gasoline, diesel, and asphalt, so its price is a volatile as gasoline’s. With $8.00 gasoline, the
American domestic network will contract to 50% of its current size. Planes burn an inordinate amount of fuel just getting up to cruising
altitude, so shorter flights cost more per mile. Few people will pay $750 for a 200 miles flight, so major air service between cities in the
same regions will cease. At $12 gas, trips less than 500 miles will be done by car, bus, or by rail. A standard coach ticket for a U.S.-
European flight will cost $2,000 on the cheap end with sustained gas prices of $8.00 a gallon. Airline terminal that once stretched like
monolithic petals from a giant airport stem will be closed. The U.S. airline business is a big one. When half of it vanishes, it will leave
a crater. Losing half of the airline business will ground 2,800 planes, 200,000 jobs lost, 13,000 flights eliminated, and $67 billion of
revenue gone. The above figures apply to job losses only at the airlines. Thousands more jobs will be lost throughout the structure
that supports their light network, jobs at airports, maintenance shops, plane caterers, rental car companies, travel agencies, aircraft
leasing companies, and even airport peripheral players such as taxi and shuttle drivers. The economic damage will be deep and
pronounced. This will be the beginning of the destruction of a major piston in our economy. A lot of people will have been set loose
without jobs and without hope of employment elsewhere in their industry.
$10 The car diminished but reborn It will require a mammoth amount of determination to change how and what we drive in this
country. People won’t give up their SUVs and their sports cars without a reason so compelling they can no longer deny its fundamental
honesty. Ten dollars gasoline will be a crescendo. It will tear down bulwarks to progress and technology. It will change how we
think about travel. And most of all, $10 gas will be the powerful force that nudges Americans away from their deep relationships with
the automobile. 64 Most people know change is coming; they may bury their acknowledgement deep in their psyche, but they know.
Gas prices of $10 a gallon may seem far away but if you look at the fundamentals of the world’s supplies and the certainty of rising
demands, it’s a number we will almost definitely see within the next 8-10 years or less. Can we afford to gamble on the future?
UPS said when gas approaches six and eight dollars a gallon, we’ll certainly be expediting the examination of their fleet and how they
can move away from gasoline but at ten dollars a gallon, you can bet there will be real change.
$12 Urban Revolution and Suburban Decay In our current world, with our current attachment to individualized transportation,
the New York city subway system, built anew, couldn’t happen. But the world of $12 gas will be much different. In the world, subway
systems will romp across our cities and course beneath our homes, rerouting America toward an urban ideal. As gas prices increase
from $6 to $10 to $12 a gallon, the value of mass transit infrastructure will only increase, and more and more cities and their populations
will think and want to behave as New York have been doing for decades. Taxes supporting new mass transit projects, taxes that would
be outrageously unpopular in our current times, will pass with ease.
It is important to realize, too, that electric cars, though they will be swingingly popular, can’t and won’t stop our assimilation into cities.
Getting an electric car will be possible, but it won’t be cheap and won’t be plentiful; and our thorough change over to electric cars will
take decades. In the meantime, many people will be looking to drive less or not al all. This movement will give rise to a massive shift
of population as our fringe suburbs lose their value and our inner cities reinvent themselves again. When gas reaches $12 a gallon,
Americans will feel themselves in a limbo of sorts, the nascent stage of electric vehicles’ slow takeover and gasoline prices so high
that driving to the supermarket becomes an exercise of coasting through stop signs in neutral to save every precious drop of fuel..
The only thing real, the only thing proven to save us money and time and to stand the perseverance of market swings and real estate
undulations, will be our cities’ great neighborhood and the infrastructure that supports them. Trains will overflow. New subway and
heavy rail cars will be brought and manufacturing will revive on the back of this movement as the demand for light rail, urban electric
trains and buses spikes to level unforeseen. The dream of one acre lots, four bedrooms homes, three car, and a suburb full of sparking
big box stores will be shaken. The dream of America won’t fail, but it will change. No city will reach New York’s level of compression;
but the densification of our cities is academic. It is a question of when energy prices and gas prices soar past $10 to $12.
$14 The Fate of Small Towns, U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance and our Material World There will be two things stemming
from high gasoline prices that contribute to the obsolescence of big box stores that, in most cases, are located on the fringes of towns
and suburbs rather than city cores. Electric cars will exist, yes, but cars and roads will not be the glue of society any longer. People
will walk or travel to stores less than two miles from their home, not five to ten miles people now do to make a visit WalMart, Meijer, or
Target. The second and biggest reason for WalMart’s demise - will be the outrageous cost of maintaining the retailer’s vast distribution
and product network. WalMart’s model works because of cheap gasoline. The company is able to leverage cheap labor in China to
make many of its wares because of the low cost of getting those products back to the United States aboard giant cargo ships. Without
gasoline at affordable prices, goods from China didn’t float in at mass quantities, choking a main Wal-mart Advantage. Flinging the
goods around the country, from port to distribution centre to store, will be come prohibitively expensive.
$16 The Food Web Deconstructed Reshuffling the world’s spidery and sometimes nonsensical food web will be one of the last
tricks turned by rising gas costs. The giant lever awaits at $16 gasoline. Everything starting with farming, will change. The changes
will ripple through to things like fish and livestock, then to dairy and other animal products. Our fertilizers, mostly imported and made
straight out of fossil fuel will change. We will no longer eat oil. The price of everything will increase, But these price increase will enable
one to grow locally. When gas reaches $16 a gallon, natural gas’s price will become exorbitant. To sustain life we must have ammoniabased
fertilizers. We used to use water to make ammonia 100 years ago and we will once again. Harness the abundant wind power
to use electrolysis to make ammonia from water and nitrogen.
$18 Renaissance of the Rails The reason for our train system’s demise are numerous, but there’s one common stitch that
binds all of that together: cheap oil. Cheap oil has enabled us to live where we want on our terms. Sprawling metros,
enabled by cheap gasoline and the automobile, have pushed far away from centrally located train stations. The advent
of a true high-speed train network will be the ultimate sign that our world has adapted to oil‘s Scarcity. Fire-breathing jet
engines and carbon dioxide-sputtering cars will fade off into history, part of another era of transportation for an evolving
human race and civilization. In a world of $18 gasoline, high-speed rail is necessary to stay relevant to other world powers,
some which have a large head start on electrically powered trains (150 for LRT High-speed and 400 km per hour for longer
distances..
$20 The Future of Energy There is no reason why North America can’t reestablish itself as a manufacturing heavyweight
if we get smarter about how we use energy. We will need to, finally, orchestrate a comprehensive energy plan that secures
our country’s supply of electrons far into the future. A big part of that plan will be not only finding new sources of supply,
such as more wind and nuclear, but also shoring up the massive amounts of energy waste that take place every day. Every
time you pass a paper mill or a power plant or a refinery of some type that is billowing steam or a flame into the air - and
there are thousands across North America - you’re watching raw energy spewed into the atmosphere. All for the simple
reason that buying additional energy supplied by fossil fuels has been the cheap and easy choice for these companies to
make before energy prices began their climb. Our electrical grid in 1910 operated at 65% efficiency, that means 65% of
the power we made eventually got into the hands of end users. From then until 1957, the efficiency of our national power
grid eroded to 33%, which is where it is today/ Cheap energy, however, drew the world away from such efficiencies. By
capturing waste heat at just the U.S. manufacturing levels will bring 65,000 megawatts back to the grid, enough for 50
million homes. It is energy we’re already making and that comes cheaply-cheaper than wind, solar, nuclear, or even coal.
The role of nuclear will have to increase in a world of higher gasoline and energy prices. Four pounds of enriched uranium
has as much energy as a million gallons of gasoline. And there are no sooty nuclear emissions.
Go Directly to High-Speed 407 Rail Transitway and By-Pass BRT
Don’t Implement Fossil Fuel Systems - Electric Trains are Carbon Neutral

Station
NO.
The Most Strategic Asset the Ontario Government has and doesn’t know About
407 Transitway
Gateway and Anchor Hub Station
Distance
Between
Dwell
Time
Timings
Between
Parking
Spaces
Design and Build Integrated 407 Communities within the 407 Transitway Corridor
Station
Costs
Parking
Revenue
Stops-KMs Seconds Stops
Costs
Freed Up
1 Burlington Freeman Interchange -Lakeshore Go 0.0 300 0.00 1500 $75,000,000 $3,750,000 20 1,000 50,000 2,000 20,000 2,000,000 10,000
2 Appleby / 407 11.3 30 3.93 1000 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 565,000,000 100 15,000 50,000 2,000 20,000 3,000,000 12,500
3 Neyagawa / 407 10.4 30 3.56 1000 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 520,000,000 100 15,000 50,000 2,000 20,000 3,000,000 12,500
4 Ridgeway / 407 8.3 30 2.51 2000 $25,000,000 $5,000,000 400,000,000 100 15,000 50,000 2,000 20,000 3,000,000 12,500
5 Milton Go-Transit Line / 407 - CP Galt 6.7 30 2.74 1000 $25,000,000 $2,500,000 335,000,000 100 15,000 50,000 5,000 50,000 3,000,000 12,500
6 Mississauga Road / 407 6.1 30 2.39 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 305,000,000 2.0 km 71,000,000 100 15,000 50,000 5,000 50,000 5,000,000 30,000
7 Brampton/Hurontario/407 5.4 30 2.15 1000 $25,000,000 $2,000,000 270,000,000 1.0 km 35,000,000 100 10,000 50,000 5,000 50,000 2,000,000 10,000
8 Georgetown Go-Transit/-Torbram/Bramalea 6.0 30 2.45 1500 $25,000,000 $3,750,000 300,000,000 1.0 km 35,000,000 100 10,000 35,000 5,000 50,000 2,000,000 10,000
9 Goreway Road 4.0 30 1.63 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 200,000,000 1.5 km 52,000,000 100 10,000 35,000 2,000 20,000 2,000,000 10,000
10 Martin Grove/Kipling - Highway 27 4.0 30 1.63 1000 $15,000,000 $1,750,000 200,000,000 1,5 km 52,000,000 100 10,000 35,000 2,000 20,000 2,000,000 10,000
11 Bolton Go-Transit/407 4.0 30 1.63 1500 $30,000,000 $3,750,000 200,000,000 1.0 km 35,000,000 100 10,000 35,000 3,000 30,000 2,000,000 10,000
12 Vaughan Corporate Centre/407/Jane LRT 4.5 30 2.02 2500 $30,000,000 $6,250,000 225,000,000 2.0 km 71,000,000 100 50,000 125,000 8,000 80,000 20,000,000 100,000
13 Bradford Go-Transit 3.4 30 1.39 1500 $30,000,000 $3,750,000 170,000,000 1.0 km 35,000,000 100 10,000 35,000 2,500 25,000 2,000,000 10,000
14 Bathurst Street / 407 4.3 30 1.75 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 215,000,000 1.0 km 35,000,000 55 10,000 25,000 1,000 10,000 1,000,000 5,000
15 Langstaff/Richmond Hill Go-Transit - Yonge Street 2.5 30 1.02 2500 $50,000,000 $6,250,000 125,000,000 3.0 km 100,000,000 100 35,000 70,000 8,000 80,000 10,000,000 40,000
16 Leslie Street LRT/407 3.6 30 1.47 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 180,000,000 1.0 km 35,000,000 100 10,000 15,000 3,000 30,000 2,000,000 10,000
17 Woodbine Roddick/407 2.4 30 1.00 1000 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 120,000,000 1.5 km 35,000,000 100 15,000 25,000 2,000 20,000 2,000,000 10,000
Section
Construction
Hydro Line
Buried-Km
Hydro Costs Number
Of Acres
# Of Units Est.
Population
Ridership
Daily
Ridership
Revenue
Office SF Jobs
18 Markham Centre /407 2.9 30 1.18 2500 $30,000,000 $6,250,000 145,000,000 3.5 km 120,000,000 150 35,000 80,000 6,000 60,000 15,000,000 60,000
19 Markham Road-Highway 48 / 407 4.5 30 1.84 1000 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 225,000,000 1.5 km 55,000,000 100 10,000 20,000 3,000 30,000 2,000,000 10,000
20 Havelock Go-Transit / 407 3.8 30 1.55 1500 $30,000,000 $3,750,000 190,000,000 100 15,000 35,000 3,000 30,000 2,000,000 10,000
21 Whites Road - Seaton/Pickering Airport / 407 4.8 30 1.96 1000 $15,000,000 $1,250,000 240,000,000 100 15,000 80,000 2,000 20,000 6,000,000 30,000
22 Brock Road / 407 Duffin Heights / 407 4.5 30 1.84 1500 $15,000,000 $2,500,000 225,000,000 100 15,000 25,000 2,000 20,000 2,500,000 12,500
23 Highway 12 - Brooklin / 407 10.0 30 4.10 1000 $15,000,000 $2,000,000 500,000,000 100 15,000 25,000 2,000 20,000 2,500,000 12,500
24 Harmony /407 - Oshawa 18.0 300 3.28 1000 $65,000,000 $2,500,000 900,000,000 100 15,000 25,000 2,,000 20,000 2,500,000 12,500
30 Train Sets - 200 metres long @$33,000,000 999,000,000
Unusual Engineering 1,000,000,000
Train Maintenance Facilities & Misc 1,000,000,000
Electrification $10,000,000 km x 120km 1,200,000,000
Contingency - 407 Transitway Station Costs $365,000,000
Total 120.0 1320 49.00 32,500 $1,000,000,000 81,250,000 $10,954,000,000 22.5 km 556,000,000 2350 620,000 1,150,000 53,500 785,000 97,000,000 475,000
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Transit Oriented Development

Mayor
Frank Scarpitti
April 15, 2010
Deputy Mayor
Jack Heath
Ward 1 Councillor
Valerie Burke
Ward 5 Councillor
John Webster
Regional Councillor
Jim Jones
Ward 2 Councillor
Erin Shapero
Ward 6 Councillor
Dan Horchik
Regional Councillor
Gordon Landon
Ward 3 Councillor
Don Hamilton
Ward 7 Councillor
Logan Kanapathi
Ward 1
A-2006 21,902
T-2031 41,800
J-2031 57,800
Regional Councillor
Joseph Virgilio
Ward 4 Councillor
Carolina Moretti
Ward 8 Councillor
Alex Chiu
Ward 2
A-2006 25,431
T-2031 27,000
J-2031 31,000
Mayor and Members of Council
Ward 6
A-2006 30,964
T-2031 74,550
J-2031 74,550
Ward 3
A-2006 31,062
T-2031 55,900
J-2031 72,900
Town of Markham: Ward map
Ward 4
A-2006 32,275
T-2031 71,750
J-2031 71,750
Ward 8
A-2006 38,709
T-2031 43,350
J-2031 51,350
Ward 7
A-2006 38,442
T-2031 45,250
J-2031 53,750
Ward 5
A-2006 34,260
T-2031 69,200
J-2031 73.200
Total Population
A-2009 253,045
T-2031 423,800
J-2031 486,500
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Mayor Frank Scarpitti
Town of Markham
101 Town Centre Boulevard
Markham, Ontario L3R 9W3
Bus:905-479-7775
Email: fscarpitti@markham.ca
www.markham.ca
Jim Jones - Chair Markham Live
Regional Councillor
Town of Markham
101 Town Centre Boulevard
Markham, Ontario L3R 9W3
Bus:905-479-7757
Email: jjones@markham.ca
www.markham.ca