There have been discussions about the various ways LRT could possibly climb the mountain, and none of them seemed straightforward. It's far from impossible, though.
Viewfromthe42, The Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster actually did say that EMF created by LRT would disrupt their very sensitive microscopes, and it was not a disingenuous concern- there probably would be an impact. The City of Hamilton paid for a report investigating the impact of the EMF on CCEM, and gave some details on mitigation strategies. Bottom line is that the impact can be mitigated, even for extremely sensitive equipment like CCEM's Scanning Electron Microscope. So it was surprising to hear UWO (er, "Western University," ugh) claim that this made LRT a non-starter somehow.
Viewfromthe42, The Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster actually did say that EMF created by LRT would disrupt their very sensitive microscopes, and it was not a disingenuous concern- there probably would be an impact. The City of Hamilton paid for a report investigating the impact of the EMF on CCEM, and gave some details on mitigation strategies. Bottom line is that the impact can be mitigated, even for extremely sensitive equipment like CCEM's Scanning Electron Microscope. So it was surprising to hear UWO (er, "Western University," ugh) claim that this made LRT a non-starter somehow.