2010 Mayoralty race to be fought on LRT again

[Kitchissippi]

Also, let's put it in perspective. The costs for the tunnel peg it at about triple of what is being spent on Baseline station at the moment. There's a lot more fat to be trimmed elsewhere and stupid short term transitway expenditures should be cut first.

I'd love to see a ward by ward pie chart of where the city's tax revenues (commercial and residential) come from, and I'm sure the core wards (Sommerset and Rideau-Vanier) probably pull in more than their fair share. Contrast that with transit infrastructure expenditure, they'd probably be in the low end of the scale.

The tunnel will be a 100+ year investment, and the sooner it is built, the sooner it gets amortized in today's cheaper dollars in hindsight. Enough talk, consultation and discussion has gone on in the last few years, and anyone who is sour because "their idea" was not considered is just confusing the issue.

I find it disturbing that the tunnel is becoming a filibustering point. Its only downside is the cost, which when factored beyond transit issues (yes, aesthetics, noise and surface pedestrian/cycling environment are worthy factors) make it worth every penny even at twice the projected cost in my opinion.