Ontario Construction News staff writer
York Regional Council has approved $1.5 billion in capital spending for 2026, part of a record-level $14 billion 10-year capital plan to fund growth-related priority infrastructure projects and maintain assets in a state of good repair.
Capital highlights over the next 10-years include:
- Building seven paramedic response stations
- Adding 287 new emergency and transitional housing beds
- Expanding new water and wastewater infrastructure capacity to 150,000 housing units to help local municipalities meet their provincial housing targets
- Adding 96 new lane kilometres of roads and improving 150 intersections
- Building over 580 new community housing units across four Housing York Inc. projects
The budget also includes funding for 79 additional kilometres of active transportation, with bike lanes and walking trails and advancing design of priority bus rapidways and continuing to support Yonge North Subway Extension construction.
Adding over 190 kilometres of fibre network, bringing the total to more than 1,500 kilometres, enabling greater connectivity, will focus on rural and underserved areas
For additional information, please visit york.ca/Budget.
