Parking in Waterloo Region

[ookpik]

I'm actually in favour of the construction taking place right now. That area is such a mess that we might as well go for broke.

This, plus a delay of development approvals for a relatively arbitrary "now is not a good time" reason would likely get the city taken to the OMB.

If only we could "get it over with" in one period of construction hell. But we can't. Construction "messes" will continue to occur for years following the completion of the LRT, at least if intensification along the LRT route is the intent. 

As for the OMB, why can't the city exert a bit of moral suasion on developers? Perhaps they don't have the same regulatory powers as say the feds have over banks. But surely they could do some horse-trading, e.g. relax some of the parking requirements or zoning restrictions in  exchange for the developer delaying construction until after the LRT "mess" is over.