Statement by Barry Diacon
The one-way near-expressway roads through the centre of Hamilton have contributed to the hollowing-out of downtown Hamilton. They belong to a time when factory workers wanted to get out of the North End as quickly as possible to get to their homes in the suburbs. Now the factories are mostly a shadow of their former selves, but they continue to cast a pall on Hamilton. The new economy depends on small-scale enterprises springing up like new shoots in the midst of the brownfield wasteland. To assist this rejuvenation process, the LRT will help bring riders TO the downtown instead of just through it. It will help tie Hamilton into the regional commuting network to the rest of the GTA so that Hamilton will participate in and contribute to the growth of the most vibrant urban centre in North America. The councillors who distrust LRT are holding on to an outmoded view of the economy when, for the good of their residents and all of Hamilton, they should be championing this transformative transit technology.
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