Statement by Cathy McPherson

Council members - I strongly urge you to stick with the plan to build a light rail system in Hamilton. There are many reasons why this is important. Here are a few key ones:

- we need to ensure we have effective transit so we don't end up with a caotic bottleneck situation like Toronto in the future
- studies have shown that LRT systems attract investment and business along those lines as they cannot be moved or changed like bus systems - we need those jobs and investment for young people who live here
- the 1 billion includes upgrades to the infrastructure under King Street which are old and would have to be paid for by taxpayers here if we don't take advantage of this opprtunity
- cancer care Ontario came out with a report last year that downtown Hamilton had the worst air pollution of all cities in Ontario. We need to develop and use more public transit systems like the LRT in Hamilton to reduce the pollution in this city and lower the cancer risk to residents.

Enough said.

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