Simcoe Chapter Dinner Meeting: Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Simcoe Chapter Dinner Meeting: “Delivering Transit Faster”

Held Tuesday, October 24, 2023

LOCATION: Royal Canadian Military Institute, 426 University Avenue

NETWORKING RECEPTION: 6:00 p.m.
DINNER: 7:00 p.m.
PRESENTATION: 8:00 p.m.

SPEAKERS:

Lorraine Huinink
Director, Rapid Transit & Transit Oriented Development
Regional Municipality of Durham

Mark Conway
President and Senior Partner
N. Barry Lyon Consultants

Rob Spanier
President, Spanier Group

On September 25, 2023, the province introduced Bill 131, the Transportation for the Future Act, 2023. The Act introduces a new funding tool for municipalities to facilitate the construction of new GO transit stations by imposing a charge on new development. Hear from municipal and development experts on how this new tool may be utilized and anticipated impacts.