ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

[the_conestoga_guy]

Some news today in the Record about Phase 2 and the upcoming business case - expected to be ready "end of 2025."

https://archive.is/VUc4R

The business case will now also consider several scenarios:

• the original full proposal to extend the Ion 18 kilometres from Fairway station in Kitchener to downtown Galt;
  
• a shorter route from Fairway to Pinebush Road for $2.9 billion,
  
• a mid-length route from Fairway to the Delta in Cambridge for $3.9 billion;
  
• a stand-alone Cambridge LRT from Preston to downtown Galt with a bus link to Fairway;
  
• bus rapid transit, where buses would travel from Fairway to downtown Galt on dedicated lanes and have traffic signal priority.
  

I've personally wondered about option 4 (assuming it still follows the original Hespeler Rd alignment) as a possible interim option, with a BRT link between Preston and Fairway. At this point, I'd be happy to even see a full BRT system. It would at least reserve the space for upgrading to rail in the future while also making Hespeler Rd a more livable space.