ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

[westwardloo]

The province just effectively cancelled Hamilton's LRT. I'm not sure how this will affect Waterloo in the future. Obviously we're not getting any funding under the current government, but that will likely change in 2022, and Hamilton may still want their funding as well.

https://twitter.com/robertbenzie/status/...0095163392

This is crazy news. I am sad for the people of Hamilton. Looks like another decade of debate for them with no investment in rapid transit. Unfortunately I do think this will drop phase 2 down the line. Luckily we as a region more or less have seen the benefits of the lrt system and are committed to building it to cambridge so maybe we will be more prepared than Hamilton to receive funding. 

I am interested to see how this effects development in Hamilton. Seems like we will se a slow down in investments there. I am also interested to see how this effect population growth. I know when I moved from Toronto I was deciding between kw or Hamilton but ultimately chose kw because of the lrt.