Metrolinx and province will make GO announcement in Stoney Creek

Metrolinxand two LiberalsMPPswill make a "significant" announcement about GO transit in Hamilton and Niagara Thursday.

St.CatharinesMPPJim Bradley and TedMcMeekin,MPPforAncaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, will hold the event at the site of the future Confederation GO station in Stoney Creek.

The Confederation GO station, due to open in 2019, will be Hamilton's most easternstation for GO trains.

Metrolinxplans to expand GO trains to St.Catharinesand Niagara by 2023, and is currently designing a Casablanca GO station in Grimsby.

Construction is already underway for the Stoney Creek station at 397 Centennial Pkwy. N. That includes excavating the property, building sewer connections and culvert extensions, and clearingthe rail corridor.

Late last year,Metrolinxheld a series of public meetings in Hamilton and Niagara asking people what expansion to Niagara should look like.