General Road and Highway Discussion

[ZEBuilder]

It would be nice, but I doubt they'd be willing to spend the money to do that.

But isn't Ottawa the preferred street to use for a third line anyways?

Ottawa St is the preferred street for a third line, Victoria/Highland and University were all potential options but the Region has already laid ground work for Ottawa St in ROPA 6 by denoting it as a "Regional Intensification Corridor".

From ROPA 6 section 2.D.3.5,

"As part of the next update to the Region’s Transportation Master Plan, the Region, in collaboration with the area municipalities, will examine the potential for establishing a new ION rapid transit route along the east-west Regional Intensification Corridor shown on Map 2 that would: (i) provide a direct link from the Region’s transit system to the Region of Waterloo International Airport; and (ii) serve as a key transit corridor connecting the west side of the City of Kitchener to the East Side Lands Employment Area in the Township of Woolwich, and City of Cambridge via the Fountain Street corridor."

There is more in ROPA 6 section 2.D.3 that talks about the Regional Intensification Corridor's but it all effectively wants Ottawa St to be the next LRT corridor without explicitly stating that.