Statement by Rich Pascoe

I reside in Waterloo, but lived in Hamilton at one time. The LRT project here (ION) is transforming this community. While traffic can be challenging at times, GrandLinq Consortium, builders of ION, inform the public regularly about road closures and alternate routes.
We have seen and continue to see major development projects completed, under construction and planned/announced all along the LRT line. And when completed, Upton Waterloo and Downtown Kitchener will be vibrant, people oriented destinations for work, shopping, eating out, cultural events, etc.
The next phase of ION, extending the LRT through Cambridge is already in the planning stages and will be extended to include that community once Phase 1 is completed.
Hamilton is a larger, more densely populated city than K-W. An east-west LRT line through downtown Hamilton will be successful, no doubt, and it will also transform your community.
Get going on this important project. Be ambitious. Take the provincial funding. Don't think small and let this generational opportunity slip away. And then get planning started on the next LRT line up the mountain.
Those in Hamilton who say LRT is not currently necessary fail to see that the planning & development of major transportation infrastructure must be done 30 to 40 years in advance of it's need. Witness Calgary, Edmonton & Ottawa Waterloo Region is now following those models.
An LRT line will be the best thing to happen to Hamilton in a very long time.

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