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Transportation master plan update & OP update now before council. Some interesting tidbits from it:

-Kingston expects its population to grow slowly over the next 20 years, then start declining around 2035. The prediction is that the city will not attract enough newcomers (both domestic & international) to offset the deaths of the local baby boomers
-No new land is added to the urban growth boundary until at least 2031
-The new official plan opens up the former Collins Bay Penitentiary Prison Farm lands to development, with about 10,000 residents accommodated there
-Transit mode share to be increased from 5% to 9%, total non-auto mode share to be increased to 26%, by 2034.
-Transportation master plan proposes improving frequency on express routes to 7.5 minutes at peak, 15 minutes off peak, and increasing evening/Sunday frequencies to match that of Saturday & midday service