Metrolinx not renaming Eglinton LRT science centre stop ‘at this time’ despite recommendation
Global News
The Ford government will move the Ontario Science Centre from its current location, leaving the transit stop named after the attraction in limbo.
The agency responsible for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT says it has no plans “at this time” to rename the Ontario Science Centre transit stop, despite a concession by the Ford government that the station will received a provincial rebrand.
The station, intended to serve as a destination point on the Ontario Line, has already been decked out with signage that bears the name of the nearby tourist attraction.
Shortly after the Ford government revealed plans to move the science centre programming to Ontario Place, the government said the transit stop would have to be rebranded.
An internal Metrolinx briefing note obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws shows the provincial transit agency considered six alternative names for the stop.
The document contains a staff recommendation to come up with a new name for the station, something that would “take time and result in additional costs.”
Metrolinx said in a recent statement to Global News that it isn’t moving to rename the station at present, but “will be exploring potential naming options” for the station as it builds the Ontario Line.
It offered no timeline or details for that plan.
The decision to name the Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue station after the Ontario Science Centre was made eight years ago. The name was one of 25 agreed upon in January 2016, while the Eglinton Crosstown LRT was being planned.
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