6 hours ago
The parking is expected, since hospitals see a lot of visits from people with cars and lots of staff at WRHN come from the suburbs, townships and in some cases even further, parking is added and future proofed for more. Parking at the current hospital sucks, with many staff having to park off site so this is good.
But yeah transit could be better, but a big factor was finding space to build the facility. Not much land exists for such a large building and parking. Plus, they wanted it near the university for the research and education aspect. But as mentioned, this is going to be here a long time so I am sure transit will improve. The two other hospitals will remain and St. Mary's will close (potentially, it's owned by someone else and they are undecided on what to do with it). The existing main hospital has the LRT and Freeport is a different kind of hospital. So time will tell with what the region can do for transit over the next few decades.
But yeah transit could be better, but a big factor was finding space to build the facility. Not much land exists for such a large building and parking. Plus, they wanted it near the university for the research and education aspect. But as mentioned, this is going to be here a long time so I am sure transit will improve. The two other hospitals will remain and St. Mary's will close (potentially, it's owned by someone else and they are undecided on what to do with it). The existing main hospital has the LRT and Freeport is a different kind of hospital. So time will tell with what the region can do for transit over the next few decades.