Metrolinx says Toronto police are investigating after a noose was found at an Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction site on Wednesday— the second time a noose has been found at one of the project’s sites since last summer. 

The first noose was found at a site near Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West, the location where Fairbank Station, one of the stops on the light-rail route, was being built in July of 2020. 

Anne Marie Aikins, a spokesperson for the province’s regional transit agency, told CBC Toronto she was notified by Crosslinx, the construction company managing the project, that workers found a noose on the site on Wednesday at the Leaside Station, construction site. 

In a tweet, Ontario Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney said she’s aware of the situation and that the ministry is working with Metrolinx. 

“Racism and hate, in any shape or form, will not be tolerated in Ontario,” the tweet reads. 

Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster said the agency has been assured that Crosslinx is taking the incident seriously and is cooperating with the police investigation.

“At Metrolinx, we value and celebrate diversity and inclusion and were appalled to learn about this abhorrent act at a Crosslinx construction site,” said Verster in a statement. 

The most recent discovery comes after a series of hateful acts and messages were found at four different construction sites since June of 2020. 

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