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Originally Posted by padthai
Ugh...just more signals to Metrolinx and the upper levels of government that Hamilton is schizophrenic and unable to make up its mind. Why are we even spending all this time and effort studying the B-Line if the mayor's going to change his mind on a whim?
Starting to feel like the stadium debate all over again..."Maybe an LRT to Confederation Park? No wait...I meant West Harbour...no wait...what are we talking about again?"  |
It's not just Hamilton that can't make up it's mind. Just look at Toronto or even worse Ottawa. In Toronto they cancelled LRT and the Transit city plan to build a subway extention. In Ottawa they cancelled the first plan they had already contracted for, costing them millions in penalties to the contractors and the newest plan is also facing huge problems getting approved.
In both cases the province has sat back and let the city's make their decisions without threat. Why would our process be any different than theirs. If anything we have been moving along alot smoother than them with less opposition. At least most of our councillors are on board with the idea of LRT. Why would the province be threatening to pull our funding and not theirs.
It's unfortunate that the process in this city has been hijacked by a handful of zealots who are trying to steer the process in the direction that they want it with as little discussion as possible. It's almost as if they are hiding something or trying to pull the wool over our eyes so they can ram this through without the idea being properly vetted. What don't they want us to know?