[originalmuffins]

Some councilors in Barrhaven East and West want to stop LRT Stage 3 to Barrhaven and do more "studies" saying they don't want to waste more funds because of Stage 1 failures lol.

What a waste. I really don't get it; the need is now and doing this plan would only delay Stage 3 to 15-20 years from now (and if it starts right away in 2025 then atleast we have a shot of it coming by 2030). That's 8 years from now at best, we don't need more "do we need it", we need more doing.

There was already verbal commitment at the higher levels and every other major suburb is getting it. It encourages better transit and connectivity of the city as a whole, that whole transfer from BRT is an awful experience. At this point, the big concern for any ward councilors in Ottawa for Stage 3 is ensuring the projects are managed properly and are effectively implemented (aka with better testing and trials). Densification is already seen all over the city near stations and taking that away from the major areas of the city outside of the core would just create more sprawl and car dependence.

Rant over but IMO, I hope any councilor in any ward never wins if that really is the platform they want to commit to.