Statement by William Downes
I am a Hamiltonian born and bred and have followed the city as closely as I can over many years. I have visited annually until the covid made this impossible.I want to add my voice and urge city council to finally approve and move quickly on achieving the Light Rail Transit. As one born on the old BELT LINE it is clear to me that fixed infrastructure provides the skeleton for development in every important city, linking the key nodes of a conurbation. It also makes key commercial nodes connectable with huge dead spaces - and fairly low profit - urban spaces given over to parking. It also gives dynamism and cultural life to the whole 'Greater' area, helping to make the Hamilton-Burlington conurbation an even better place to live. It will benefit all the residential suburbs, as transit does elsewhere. Hamilton deserves the best and the opportunity on offer is fantastic - once in a lifetime. And its only a beginning. Please commit to it on Wednesday (take two). All the best to the mayor and everyone representing all Hamiltonians, absentees or not, on city council. Bill.
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