11-02-2016, 10:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-02-2016, 11:00 PM by DHLawrence.)
(11-01-2016, 01:17 AM)dunkalunk Wrote: Stage 1 routing has been decided and is set.
Stage 2 is still under consideration. Some new information about the feasibility of the rail crossing on Eagle street came to light which necessitated the Region re-examine the routing for Stage 2. The Region was to present their preferred option for Stage 2 ION this fall, however the consultations have been pushed into the winter.
I can't believe Shantz Hill is on the books again. It is physically impossible for a rail vehicle of any kind to make that incline without a rack. Maple Grove solves the problem but then you have it running through greenfield development, exactly what light rail is meant to hold back - not to mention eliminating Preston service entirely is going to be politically unpalatable. It's going to look like another project that feeds Galt and ignores the rest of the city.
The Galt alternative routes make more sense to me. The hill at GCI is too steep. Rerouting does reduce the likelihood of a connection with a future GO service, unless GO trains are long enough to reach the LRT right of way or they give up on using the old station. The walk would be too long. Proposing a GO station for downtown Galt is certainly an interesting thought, but I would have thought the creek parallel to Beverley was a flood plain, therefore off limits to development.