Little progress made on Hazel McCallion Line. It’s taken six months to complete one intersection and one platform.
Anyone driving around central Mississauga this past summer would get the sense that there was a lot of construction chaos and traffic delay but very little progress being made on the Hazel McCallion Line. The most recent updates from Metrolinx show that this was exactly the case.
While a Metrolinx spokesperson stated in a recent email to Mpulse that “construction is advancing” and “significant milestones” have been reached, the numbers provided by Metrolinx prove that progress has been extremely slow.
Metrolinx says that track work is finished at 34 of 55 intersections. When Mpulse last reported on the progress of the HML in May 2025, track work was completed at 33 of 55 intersections. That’s one completed intersection in six months. At this continued rate of track work completion, it will take 10 years to finish the remaining 21 intersections.
Metrolinx also says that nine out of 19 station platforms are complete. In May, 2025, 8 platforms were completed. Again, at a rate of 1 platform every 6 months, it will take 5 years to finish the remaining 10 platforms.
According to Metrolinx, it’s not their fault the Hazel McCallion Line is over budget and behind schedule. The problem is Mobilinx. It is the international construction consortium that won the 30 year contract back in 2019. Mobilinx is responsible to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the LRT. As the Metrolinx spokesperson wrote in an email to Mpulse, “We will continue to press Mobilinx for sustained progress.”
While Mobilinx may be responsible for some of the challenges facing the Hazel McCallion, the Metrolinx project the Eglinton Crosstown is likewise plagued with budget and schedule matters. Mobilinx has not worked on the Crosstown at all, which is still not open and now five years behind schedule.
In an interview with InSauga, Mayor Carolyn Parrish mused that the Line would be unlikely to open before 2029. It means it is pushed 5 years behind schedule.
Have your say? What do you think about public transit in Mississauga? Is it proceeding well or do you want to see things done differently? Email us at info@mpulse.ca and we may print your comments in an upcoming edition.
