Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

[danbrotherston]

"That's not true. The new highway will by-pass a dozen signalized intersections, so in addition to the higher highway speeds it will also have less intersection delay. I'm going to guess that the new route will be 5-10 minutes faster, which does matter."

Exactly.  Plus the development that is going in will slow down the road even more because there's at least 1 and I think 2 new roundabouts planned for the current highway. 


I think my biggest problem with what Dan's saying is that it just feels like he's against anything remotely related to outward growth / improved car transportation.  And that's just not practical/reasonable for where we are right now.  And I also find it hurts the overall transit strategy by turning a lot of people off.

Like I said, I'm not against growth, even greenfield growth, so long as it's smart growth, sustainable growth.  I'm against continued unsustainable "dumb" growth, which I see, building a highway, and no transit as perpetuating.

That's all.

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