Statement by Bob Manojlovich
I am a ward 5 resident, 55 years old, soon to retire, wife already retired. We are drivers and pretty much drive everywhere. WE SUPPORT LRT in Hamilton.
Having learned about the other 11 LRT lines being planned and built across Canada, it makes sense on many, many levels to move forward with this. There are so many wonderful outcomes in the other cities to copy and learn from. Billions of dollars of both public and private investment has happened, and will happen. Why would we, as a city, chose to be left behind all these other cities and eny ourselves such investments?
Having all of our aging sewer and water lines and roads replaced with brand new infrastructure all along the miles of the B-Line corridor alone is a HUGE savings for us municipal taxpayers.
So many local jobs to be created for years as well as procurement from local business will be a big boost for Hamilton.
Yes, there are concerns like business disruptions, and it is important to mitigate that as best as possible, but we can see that the benefits far outweigh the concerns.
I respectfully urge council to be ambitious and look towards our future.
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