Hamilton's B-Line LRT construction

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

The only logical way a private operator should be considered is if the entire project delivery is structured around a design-co-finance-build-operate-maintain P3 model (i.e. the Canada Line) with the many lessons learned from that project incorporate into the contract.

To be clear, you don't add a profit-seeking partner to public transit without a really good reason.

Not having experience running a train (a bit rich for a system with 'railway' in its name, incidentally) is not a good enough reason to do a P3.

Not knowing how to build one could be a good reason, but, fortunately, Hamilton isn't building the thing. Metrolinx is. And they've done this before, so no P3 is needed.

A major funding shortfall is a good reason, and the City sure couldn't afford this on its own dime, but the Province is picking up the tab, so no P3 is needed.

I don't really have a lot of confidence in the HSR.

"To be clear, you don't add a profit-seeking partner to public transit without a really good reason."

I don't think that's much of an argument. Public sector productivity is poor. I don't think we want more of it.