vivaNEXT Yonge Street Rapidway

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vivaNEXT Yonge Street Rapidway

The Project consists of the design and construction of Bus Rapid Transit

RapidLink is constructing three segments of the BRT, running north and south along Yonge Street in the Towns of Newmarket and Richmond Hill.

Client:

Regional Municipality of York / Metrolinx

Market:

ADM

Sector:

Transit

Delivery:

Design-Build

Location:

Richmond Hill and Newmarket, Ontario

Project Overview

The vivaNext system improvements in Richmond Hill and Newmarket will complement the planned Yonge Subway extension and provide connections to Viva, GO Transit, YRT, and other transit systems. The project consists of three segments:

  • Y2.1 from Hwy 7 (Richmond Centre) to Major Mackenzie (3.8 km)
  • Y2.2 from Levendale Avenue to Gamble Road / 19th Avenue (3.1 km)
  • Y3.2 from south of Mulock Drive to Davis Drive (2.5 km)

Systems features include construction of a dedicated median rapidway, new stations, medians and boulevard landscape and streetscape, new bicycle lanes and traffic management during construction.