05-26-2015, 08:45 AM
I'm not sure where to put this (Outside Waterloo Region?), but the provincial government is in the process of announcing a billion dollars for LRT in Hamilton.
The reason I think it's salient to Ion is that I continue to believe this sets a good precedent for funding the conversion of aBRT to Cambridge to LRT. The plans for that exist, the business case exists (and is arguably better than Hamilton's), the support is there (unlike in Hamilton, where there is deep division over whether they want LRT or not). I think this (along with the Hurtontario announcement the other week) bodes well for us to go for very generous funding for Phase II funding sometime in the near future.
Maybe we should have an Ion- Phase II thread? Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I think it will be sooner than later when we start talking seriously about going after the money. Not long after opening day of Phase I, I reckon.
The reason I think it's salient to Ion is that I continue to believe this sets a good precedent for funding the conversion of aBRT to Cambridge to LRT. The plans for that exist, the business case exists (and is arguably better than Hamilton's), the support is there (unlike in Hamilton, where there is deep division over whether they want LRT or not). I think this (along with the Hurtontario announcement the other week) bodes well for us to go for very generous funding for Phase II funding sometime in the near future.
Maybe we should have an Ion- Phase II thread? Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I think it will be sooner than later when we start talking seriously about going after the money. Not long after opening day of Phase I, I reckon.