Canada and Ontario invest in a Second Barrie Go transit station

April 03, 2009

BARRIE — GO Transit commuters in Barrie will benefit from a $3-million investment in a new GO Transit station in downtown Barrie, Patrick Brown, Member of Parliament for Barrie, and Ms. Aileen Carroll, Member of Provincial Parliament for Barrie, announced today. 

“Projects such as this one will help increase economic growth and improve service for commuters in Barrie,” said Patrick Brown.  “This investment in public transit will improve the local economy and improve Canada’s lasting legacy. This was a promise I made during the last election campaign and I am tremendously proud to see it come to fruition.”

“A second GO station will add an increased level of service for commuters,” said Ms. Carroll. “I’m so pleased that commuter rail service has been so well received in Barrie and we are able to continue to grow to meet the needs of commuters.”
 
“These investments in public transit will give people more time with their families while also creating jobs and making a real difference to the communities GO serves,” said Canada’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, John Baird.  “We’re getting people moving, and the economy going.”

“Ontario is investing in public transit to combat congestion and climate change and to make transit more convenient so more people leave their cars at home,” said Ontario’s Transportation Minister, Jim Bradley. “Supporting public transit creates jobs that help boost the economy.”

The Allandale Station will be the second train station in Barrie. Design is expected to start in summer 2009 and construction to run from 2010 to 2011. This new station will provide a new travel option for GO customers from the Barrie area.

The Government of Canada is setting aside up to $1.5 million for this project. This project is one of several GO Transit service improvements across the Greater Toronto Area announced today as part the $500 million in joint federal and provincial funding for GO service improvements originally announced Tuesday, February 17, 2009, by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.