General Road and Highway Discussion

[cherrypark]

Not really - Berry's no motion was close but lost and then it wasn't a recorded vote to accept. From vote counts it seemed like Harris wasn't present last vote and that was the difference to make it a tie. Whole different discussion in there on why tie votes default to the status quo but anyways...

Hope the MTO comes through? First time I've ever said that.

What I found interesting:

The reason why the Mayor of Waterloo wanted it closed.
The reason why the Mayor Kitchener wanted it opened.
The ex-mayor of Cambridge voting to keep it open.

I have to admit I don't fully support the Mayor of Waterloo here. From anytime I seen her talk, she seems way off on things. Her voting NO had nothing to do with the safety of residents (Kitchener) using Lancaster for walking/cycling, but rather self-serving "something something Erb" in Waterloo.

I do get why the Kitchener Mayor wanted this. Right or wrong, I get it.

As for Doug Craig -- he's not a pro-Kitchener guy, but that vote to keep it open was a shot at Waterloo. Can't blame him for that, right or wrong.

Except it's not self serving if you listened to her point: that closing Lancaster links to the network on Bridgeport/Erb and would create a link to DTK of the same quality, as well as potentially influence the decision making on carrying the changes to the Bridgeport/Erb interchange with the MTO. That is inherently looking out for the safety of those road users in both cities.

If you found Vrbanovic's argumentation stretches convincing and McCabe's reasoning "off" it seems more like its informed by your preferences to me. 3/4 Kitchener councillors voted to close, so not sure what your point is on the city vs. city divide by mayors.