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Originally Posted by Buggys
Lol. Don't take it personally. I was just looking at the population statistics.
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Well, this is called an 'affordable' plan. Extending LRT from Bayshore to Kanata will cost at least an additional $1B and to CTC will be $1B++++.
I will go on the record as being from the south end (but I will not benefit from an extension of the O-Train) but it is high time that the south end receive some decent transportation infrastructure especially given that the airport acts as a huge blockade limiting transportation routes and the NIMBYs who have effectively blocked the development or expansion of existing transportation corridors such as the Airport Parkway and the Alta Vista Parkway. I would much prefer that we invest in rail transit that road expansion.
We simply cannot continue to funnel all traffic onto Riverside Drive and Bank Street. You will note the Bus Route 99 cannot even use Riverside Drive because of horrendous traffic conditions around the Hunt Club Road Bridge.
So what is your answer to south end transportation issues? Do nothing for the next 35 years? Remember the affordable plan means that not much else will be built until after 2048. We have choices for the south end. Extend the O-Train, build a Transitway across the Greenbelt or do a whole load of road expansions. I don't see any big savings amongst those choices when compared to the O-Train.