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LRT: Now the difficult work begins
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It's time to find out how much heavy lifting goes into light rail transit.
City manager Chris Murray will present a report Aug. 10 on the next steps to turn $1 billion in provincial cash into an 11-kilometre LRT on the Main-King corridor.
The city must now nail down an agreement with provincial transit agency Metrolinx on potentially thorny issues like construction phasing, local costs, operations and revenue sharing.
Council is on a summer schedule, but work on LRT continues behind the scenes, including meetings for councillors with Murray and Mayor Fred Eisenberger. (Staffers even took a bus tour Thursday of the LRT route from McMaster to the Queenston traffic circle.)
Expect the report, to be posted Wednesday, to focus on details such as who is in charge, who pays for what and when politicians and the public weigh in.