ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

[ijmorlan]

Totally pipe dreaming at this point but what if we could just realign the CP right of way out of Downtown Preston?



You could either put it on a bridge through Riverside Park, or run it at grade and connect to the existing line using  the abandoned spur. ION alingnment options along the 401 and through Riverside Park are being considered at this point. While it is absolutely scope creep, it's not completely out of the question to just move CP's corridor to make ION routing easier.

That’s interesting. However, I’m pretty sure it would be cheaper just to buy all the houses on Eagle St. west of King and on that one block of Moore. Remember, we’re only talking about four blocks of running in the neighbourhood, so the actual number of people directly affected is tiny and probably not worth re-working the entire project. There are something like 30 buildings total fronting on the affected streets.