Issue 1 | August 2013 how to sign up for updates
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VivaNext is constructing a state-of-the-art
Operations, Maintenance and Storage
Facility [OMSF] near Leslie Street and
16th Avenue in the Headford Business
Park in the Town of Richmond Hill.
The nine-acre, 527,969 square foot, will be LEED® certified upon completion.
The facility will include energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly features such as harvesting rain water for washing buses.
The OMSF will be used to maintain and store up to 250 York Region Transit\Viva vehicles. This facility will be built to accommodate 430 parking spaces.
A design/build contract for this project was awarded to PCL
Constructors Canada Inc. in 2012. This facility will be one of four such facilities that YRT\Viva operates.
LEED® [Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design] is a third-party certification program operated by the
Canada Green Building Council and is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
The OMSF will be constructed in two phases. The first phase will see the construction of a bus repair garage, bus storage facility, administration offices and training facilities with a total Gross Floor
Area [GFA] of 44,749.48 square metres.
This phase will accommodate a fleet of
196 buses and approximately 338 staff.
The second phase of the expansion is to allow an additional 54 buses and more staff, resulting in a total GFA of 49,165.48 square metres.

your community liaison
Tamas Hertel
Community Liaison Specialist
Tel: 905.886.6767 ext 71357
Cell: 905.505.1430
Email: tamas.hertel
@ york.ca
keep in touch
For a more in-depth look at different elements of vivaNext plans, ongoing activities, visit vivanext.com
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R I C H M O N D
H I L L
VivaNext is currently working with the
Town of Richmond Hill on the parking requirements for each of the build out phases to modify the total number of parking spaces and sizes through a minor variance.
The proposed modifications include:
• A reduction in the total amount of parking spaces required in Phase 1 and
Phase 2 of the proposed development.
• A reduction in the minimum parking space size, from a width of 2.75 to
2.6 metres.
The rationale for the reduction of parking spaces was based on the future intended size and use of this facility. The proposed
M A R K H A M modifications best accommodate the expected staff and visitor parking for years to come.
Construction began late last year and will continue over the summer.
The anticipated completion date is mid-2015. This facility will play a critical role as a $1.7 billion bus rapid transit project is completed over the next five years across York Region.
We are making great strides in taking
Viva to the next level of rapid transit ridership has increased steadily to over 22 million boardings in 2012 .
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