Dundas BRT

The BRT Corridor outside of the constrained area, or pinch point, between Jaguar Valley Drive and Confederation Parkway was developed to a 10% Preliminary Design level., Development was based on designs presented in the Dundas Connects Master Plan, the Initial Business Case, feedback gathered from the public and stakeholders and additional technical studies undertaken by the Project Team.

Design outcomes are:

• Right-of-way (ROW) widening up to 42m (from existing ROW of approximately 22 - 40m in the Cooksville pinch point, and approximately 36 - 40m outside of the pinch point), requiring property acquisition with potential impacts to landscaping, entrances and parking, and buildings and structures.
• Corridor alignment optimized to minimize impacts to built and natural heritage features, as well as non-heritage properties.
• Corridor design optimized to minimize impacts to existing utilities, most notably overhead hydro.
• Dedicated median BRT lanes to improve transit speed and reliability.
• Elimination of High Occupancy Vehicle Lane and maintenance of two general purpose traffic lanes in each direction, with minimum widths (i.e., 3.35m through lanes) applied to eliminate or minimize property impacts.
• Enhanced active transportation, including dedicated protected cycling facilities.
• Enhanced public realm, where possible, with widened sidewalks, furniture (e.g., benches) and tree planting zones. Reductions in localized areas to eliminate or minimize property impacts, including a reduction in the furniture/pole zone (0.6m minimum) and sidewalks (1.5m minimum).
• Existing bridge and culvert replacements.
• Platform stop locations and geometry, including enhanced passenger protection with platform widths up to 4.2m where feasible.

Widening of the right-of-way (ROW) is required to allow for the addition of dedicated BRT lanes within the corridor, which will improve bus transit service operations and efficiency in the area.

Since the existing road right-of-way is less than the planned ROW of up to 42 m, additional property will be required in certain areas along Dundas Street to accommodate the widened corridor. This may impact structures, parking, entrances, landscaping, or other features.

Opportunities to mitigate potential impacts to properties, where possible, will be explored through:

• Optimization of the corridor alignment (e.g., widened to north, or south, or about existing centreline);
• Applying minimum standards for design elements such as lane widths and platform widths; and
• Reducing boulevard space that can be widened and enhanced through future land redevelopments.

What is a pinch point?

Pinch points are areas of special interest where necessary road widening is constrained by the existing environment or where other design challenges are present (e.g., integrating BRT service into and gaining access to an existing transit station).

Work has advanced on establishing the proposed stop locations and potential amenities. Eight stop locations within Mississauga East have been identified.

For more information and update on this segment, visit:

www.mississauga.ca/dundasbrteast or email: RapidTransit@mississauga.ca