01-05-2026, 10:33 AM
Good article. It actually understates the problem a bit by saying it's over a half-kilometre walk. It's almost a full kilometre using the current roads, and that's only to the nearest side of the proposed hospital.
The Region is negligent if it doesn't push back on this. We have an opportunity to have a brand-new hospital directly adjacent to the new rapid transit system we spent the better part of a billion dollars to build. Building parking lots on that land, and the hospital just outside of walking distance from that same station, is unconscionable.
I think the writer has a point that Grand River Hospital could be developed instead. It seems like there's no interest in that, but it's too bad. The seven-and-a-half acres being used for parking at Union and King are a huge opportunity.
The Region is negligent if it doesn't push back on this. We have an opportunity to have a brand-new hospital directly adjacent to the new rapid transit system we spent the better part of a billion dollars to build. Building parking lots on that land, and the hospital just outside of walking distance from that same station, is unconscionable.
I think the writer has a point that Grand River Hospital could be developed instead. It seems like there's no interest in that, but it's too bad. The seven-and-a-half acres being used for parking at Union and King are a huge opportunity.