[S-Man]

It'll be a shitstorm all right.

Another issue Leiper must follow through on is the expenditure of extra tens of millions of dollars to completely bury a short segment of western LRT in an area with a high water table so residents backing onto the river don't freak out. It's something like the cost of an entire extra LRT line leg somewhere else to pull this off.

Hobbs told people what they didn't want to hear on that issue (given that extra money had already been allocated to it), so it's Leiper's job to convinve the city that a small group of residents in his ward are more important than entire other neighbourhoods elsewhere who would have their transit project pushed back or cancelled in order to free up the cash.

And, from what I read, the Scott street people want the transitway converted simultaneously with buses running down it, to avoid detours. So, they want LRT, but not any of the annoyances that will come with getting a transit upgrade.

I'd hate to be the person trying to keep these people happy. Frankly, it seems like a thankless chore. But, you'll net $96,000 a year doing it, so there's that perk.