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  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
Just to clarify, Cambridge ER is still an option for south Kitchener.
   bravado Urban Issues 241 37,209 11 hours ago
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
This specific route would be smaller electric units, closer to LRT units than big diesel ones. The fact that the rails exist and need minimal new crossings/signaling is the only positive behind the ag...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 2,002 1,180,531 11 hours ago
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news/perfect-scenario-would-have-go-train-construction-start-in-cambridge-in-6-years/article_27d3b6fa-ce4e-52c2-9408-d1675d2b9951.html Quote: -- If everything goe...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 2,002 1,180,531 Yesterday, 10:06 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Didn’t you know? Only concrete (conveniently) has no ongoing pesky “maintenance” like other, prettier alternatives do when it comes to budget time.
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 3,137 2,247,898 05-14-2024, 03:56 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Because high vehicle speed and local neighbourhood safety are fully incompatible with each other. Trying to do both is how we got the status quo.
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 935 832,075 05-14-2024, 02:52 PM
  Thread: 247 Lowther Street North | 3fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 247 Lowther Street North | 3fl | Proposed
Good to see a FedEx yard being replaced with housing. The housing in question seems to be mostly parking with some incidental housing attached to it but still better than the current lot. Also righ...
   bravado Urban Areas 2 145 05-13-2024, 03:06 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
If my hospital budget is interfering with my bike lane budget then I’m quite concerned because they’re very much not related
   bravado Urban Issues 241 37,209 05-11-2024, 12:28 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
Whew, close call… citizens almost learned what the government was doing! Think of the disaster that could have happened if things were open.
   bravado Urban Issues 241 37,209 05-10-2024, 12:38 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Yeah, it looks like their original sandwich wine salad bistro thing didn’t really take off and they immediately found a new tenant with this fine dining option.
   bravado Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,310 2,047,263 05-08-2024, 10:20 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
Imagine thinking you’re entitled to pay less than others do for public services because your income is acquired a different way
   bravado Politics 111 20,971 05-04-2024, 08:17 AM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded
   bravado Outside Waterloo Region 20 685 05-03-2024, 09:53 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
ijmorlan Wrote: (05-02-2024, 06:13 PM) -- bravado Wrote: (05-02-2024, 12:50 PM) -- Even ignoring the fairness of it all - do we want to reward potentially-damaging investing and punish productive la...
   bravado Politics 111 20,971 05-02-2024, 08:11 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Even ignoring the fairness of it all - do we want to reward potentially-damaging investing and punish productive labour? Because so much of our productivity issues in the economy seem to come from the...
   bravado Politics 111 20,971 05-02-2024, 12:50 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
dtkvictim Wrote: (05-01-2024, 03:20 PM) -- KevinL Wrote: (05-01-2024, 11:44 AM) -- Strasburg got some basic traffic calming installed very recently -- New slalom course just dropped? https://old.r...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 3,137 2,247,898 05-01-2024, 03:55 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
Rainrider22 Wrote: (05-01-2024, 08:36 AM) -- Please tell me that that ugly thing isn't going to be the bridge... -- Who cares about beauty when you’re driving everywhere? Signed,  Your local ...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 88 39,195 05-01-2024, 11:46 AM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Or “bringing investment up to similar taxation levels as income”
   bravado Politics 111 20,971 05-01-2024, 08:34 AM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
If it was your primary residence then no problem - if not, then you won’t get much sympathy from many.
   bravado Politics 111 20,971 04-27-2024, 03:49 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
ac3r Wrote: (04-26-2024, 11:36 AM) -- Took them long enough! That's great news. They collaborate so much already, that it only makes sense to merge the two. I'm surprised Cambridge Memorial and GRH h...
   bravado Urban Areas 5,589 3,999,025 04-26-2024, 11:58 AM
  Thread: 102 Fountain Street South (former Preston Springs Hotel) | 26, 24 & 22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 102 Fountain Street South (former Preston Spri...
Sign: “There could have been a house here for you, but your potential future neighbours hate you Regards, City of Cambridge”
   bravado Urban Areas 57 7,339 04-26-2024, 10:41 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
I meant that the region has plenty of zoned industrial land scattered over the 3 cities, a single 700 acre plot handled under unexplained expropriations is unusual and led me to believe that it was a ...
   bravado Politics 196 7,622 04-25-2024, 10:11 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
There's not many other uses for 700 acres of land allocated at the same time other than absurd mega-hospitals and new automotive manufacturing. It's a pretty normal leap. But now we're in the dark aga...
   bravado Politics 196 7,622 04-25-2024, 05:55 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
ac3r Wrote: (04-25-2024, 05:39 PM) -- They are and they actually do know what they're doing most of the time, despite what some extremely nihilistic people who aren't planners believe. -- They know...
   bravado Transportation and Infrastructure 3,137 2,247,898 04-25-2024, 05:52 PM
  Thread: Cambridge Mill Hotel | 38 & 24 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Cambridge Mill Hotel | 38 & 24 fl | Proposed
I think there’s plenty of stories from cities like London where the rich residents get the main entrance and the legally-mandated affordable units get a separate, much sadder entrance around the corne...
   bravado Urban Areas 89 45,388 04-23-2024, 03:01 PM
  Thread: Cambridge Mill Hotel | 38 & 24 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Cambridge Mill Hotel | 38 & 24 fl | Proposed
I didn't expect this project to be continuing with the capital crunch, but here's some news: https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/cambridge-mill-condo-and-hotel-towers-inch-closer-to-reality-8636...
   bravado Urban Areas 89 45,388 04-22-2024, 10:23 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
There's nothing I hate more than property tax-paying lots, bleh
   bravado Suburbs 1,234 957,143 04-22-2024, 10:13 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
westwardloo Wrote: (04-22-2024, 10:57 AM) -- It would be huge news if it ended up being Honda that sets up in the Region. I expect they will end up in Alliston. Not sure how many more jobs Alliston c...
   bravado Politics 196 7,622 04-22-2024, 11:14 AM

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