King-Victoria Transit Hub

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I know they were looking into the potential of modifying or closing any of the at-grade crossings in this area. An engineer I'm friends with told me about this maybe a year or two ago, but I guess nothing really evolved out of the idea. I hope they figure something out, though. It makes no sense to have a commuter train line into a region that'll have a million people soon enough, having to slow down for at-grade crossings. Imagine anywhere in the GTA having to deal with that?

Until a couple of years ago, the Stouffville GO line had a level crossing at Steeles Ave. On Steeles!

My point is that we are not the only one suffering from lack of infrastructure.

In any case, the Lancaster study should be completed later this year.

I imagine the Lancaster grade separation study is also tied up with the regional investigation on upgrading Lancaster from Victoria to Wellington (the current approved reconstruction plan addresses Lancaster from Wellington to Bridgeport, and I'm certain I read somewhere that the last couple of blocks were left out specifically because of the rail crossing). Likely the region would only want to approve things on their end if they can account for space for all the things they want - namely, lanes for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. 

That said, I can't see why Lancaster can't be narrowed from 4 lanes to 2 between Victoria and Wellington to match the rest of Lancaster if traffic is no longer stopping for trains in this space, and we see some vehicles rerouting to the Bruce St extension that will link Wellington and Victoria 1km down the road.