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Originally Posted by johnnyhamont
This is such a car-dependent location, there's no way 650 units of housing will create sufficient demand for public transit. Even if a bus route brought people between GOTL and downtown Stoney Creek every 15 minutes all day, stopping here on the way, I don't think more than a handful of people could make a go of life here without a car. I'm a big advocate for density, and this will propel our community in the right direction regarding housing needs, but in the wrong direction regarding environmental sustainability.
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Maybe not this one alone,
but there are other developments planned between Hwy 8 and the QEW east of Fruitland Rd.
The article I linked notes 15,000 more people will be living there, and this is a 20-year "vision" so who knows how long before regular transit service becomes feasible, but it will be needed at some point. The stuff proposed and planned north of the QEW will create demand for it too.
There will likely be the same debate over who pays for that service, if the area-rated-transit issue isn't put to bed (as it should have been years ago!)