Mayor Chow is on a mission, and Torontonians are pleased.
It is not often that an elected official demonstrates such commitment to fulfilling promises as Mayor Chow does. She has been very active recently, and the people of Toronto appreciate her efforts.
Her latest achievement involves transforming the defunct Scarborough Rapid Transit corridor into a modern busway, with a $93.8 million budget. Remarkably, the project is progressing ahead of schedule and is set to be completed in the fall of 2026—one year sooner than planned!
In a congratulatory statement issued today, Mayor Chow announced, “I have good news: the Scarborough busway will open in September 2026. Now, riders will enjoy faster commutes and have more time for what matters.” She referenced a Toronto city report estimating that the commute will take about 15 minutes, saving riders approximately seven minutes compared to current conditions on bus priority lanes.
Notably, the new facility will feature an independent bus lane that will not share the road with other public transportation, serving 118,000 commuters daily. It will connect to Line 2, also known as the Bloor-Danforth line, and will eventually link to the long-awaited Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown.
The busway will include stops at Kennedy Station, Tara Avenue, Lawrence East Station, Ellesmere Station, and Triton Road.
This busway will serve as a temporary solution for commuters until Metrolinx’s Scarborough Subway Extension is completed, which is expected to finish by 2030. Once operational, the Subway Extension will extend subway service nearly eight kilometres further into Scarborough, improving transit access to downtown and key destinations. The budget for the Extension project is set at $10.2 billion and will include three stops at Lawrence East, Scarborough Centre, and Sheppard East, connecting from its starting point at Kennedy Station to its destination, a new station at Sheppard Avenue East and McCowan Road.
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