All Statements of Support
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Susan Joanis says,
I was shocked and appalled when the provincial government suddenly cancelled this major and important project with no notice. Please ressurect this essential transportation development for Hamilton!
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DAVE BEYNON says,
Put LRT back on track
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Wade Zacharias says,
Hamilton has made plans, and purchases for LRT. It is what Hamilton needs. No other planned version has the benefits that LRT does, and not just for the downtown core. When the lower city does well, the entire city does well.
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christina Karney says,
Working as an architect in Hamilton, the benefits of the LRT are numerous and is critical infrastructure to enable sustainable growth and development of the city. Given the investment that has already been made, I strongly support efforts to revive this plan. Bring back the LRT!!
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John Thompson says,
March 6, 2020
To whom it may concern:
As a Hamilton taxpayer, I am a strong LRT supporter and want to see the project reinstated at once. It has been proven in many other cities in Canada and the US that LRT is welcomed by transit riders as it is smooth, quiet and clean, as in Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto. Also, Hamilton is in dire need of resulting development. I do not want to see the large amount of money already invested in LRT to be wasted. It is apparent that the figures quoted for construction and operating expenses of our LRT are greatly excessive. Given that the Federal Government has offered to fund the difference, I strongly urge that this offer be taken up, and political rivalries side tracked in the interests of civic progress in Hamilton. It could be a wonderful legacy for the Ford and Trudeau governments, working co-operatively for the greater good. Hamilton, wants, and deserves, LRT NOW.
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Jane Cudmore says,
I wholeheartedly support LRT in Hamilton. I think it is vital to the next phase of city building and will help Hamilton capitalize on the momentum which has been building over the last five years or so - the economic benefits of LRT are well documented. Council's position, which supports LRT for the city, was unanimously approved, despite what Mr. Bratina keeps saying publicly, and I'm sure, behind closed doors. I see the crowded buses and the obvious need for LRT. I will be using it and I urge you to commit to LRT for Hamilton. Thanks!
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Janice Brown says,
Choose LRT!
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Frances Murray says,
Please return to Hamilton's LRT plan, debated and dissected over many years and the plan voted on by a vast majority in the last municipal election. We deserve a home-grown transit project, not one imposed by a non-elected body.
thanks
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Angela Haas says,
Hamilton is growing and business is booming! Many people need to have quick and efficient transportation to get to Toronto etc. It is 2020! It is imperative that LTR happens now as Hamilton will continue to grow. What we have now is not enough! Ma
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Richard Brooks says,
The Hamilton LRT project offered our only opportunity to build our tax base. The days of relying on a once flourishing industrial tax source are gone. The LRT would have caused a building boom of highrise condo/apartment buildings with accompanying tax revenue with little other infrastructure costs.
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Daniel Caron says,
There is abandoned houses , our neighborhood look like a war zone. Please go forward with the project as it will also bring people downtown more easier.
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Ahmed Sheeno says,
LRT works in every major city in the world but apparently it won’t work in Hamilton right? Come on. Let’s get it done!
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Michael Casarin says,
With 12+ years of planning, extensive pre-construction work complete, over $160 million already spent and over 60 properties expropriated, cancelling the LRT project is of no choice! That amount of money alone being flushed down the toilet makes me sick.
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Claudia Leduc says,
I have lived in this great city all my life and have seen it go from a vibrant and prosperous city to its economic slump and more recently its rise from the ashes. Do the right thing show the community that you are innovative leaders and vote LRT!!!!
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Barry Reid says,
I support the LRT and the positive impact it will have in this city. I know personally it is a mode of transport that I will use and I think the benefit to low income people, businesses, reducing congestion and making the city more accessible are some of the reasons that the government should move forward with this project as a positive investment in Hamilton and its future growth.
Barry Reid
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Roberta Hunter says,
The right decision was not made to cancel LRT.
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Harry Gow says,
I am a retired public transport consultant, an active member of various Boards and a municipal councilor. I have long made it a practice of gathering information on urban and rural transit and visiting LRT systems. I am impressed by the capacity, comfort and quietness of light rail transit in urban settings, and consider it would best meet the needs of Hamilton transit users and of visitors in getting about in the city, at a lower operating cost and less environmental impact than say, a bus system.
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Chris Schotsman says,
I strongly believe we need to move forward on LRT now. I travel all over the world and North America. I've seen and used LRT systems in Europe, SanDiego, Seattle, Minneapolis, Jerusalem to name a few. It's a great solution for today's urban realities, and a great solution for city of Hamilton's size.
I'd also like to eventually see an LRT connection between the mountain and downtown (not a new concept) - the city is growing south RAPIDLY. -
Ellen Morris says,
I’ve been a supporter of the LRT since day one. LRT is a part of the plan to move Canada into the 21st Century, away from the car culture towards modern mass transit. Please help Hamilton modernize! Do the right thing.
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Robert Koszegi says,
The LRT is very important part of the initiative of improving Hamilton. Cancelling a project of such scale and promise this far in its development would be irresponsible and wasteful. And it speaks volumes about our current provincial government's priorities, which is clearly not the interest of the people of Ontario.
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David Wootton says,
As an Ontario taxpayer, I feel that the very best solution for my hard-earned money is to complete the L R T in Hamilton as planned!!! I feel that the Government of Ontario has, as usual, been totally unfair to Hamilton over the last 60 years of my observation in many ways. You are spending over $ 9B for Ottawa's L R T and untold billions for Toronto's. Meanwhile, Hamilton has been criticized for not providing the homes and economic possibilities for the millions of new immigrants who choose to live in Ontario. I cannot think of a better way to beat Hamilton's 50 years of misfortunes at the hands of senior governments - free trade is and example that devastated our city. Meanwhile,, King St is beginning to look worse than Barton St with all of the boarded-up structures and billions of dollars of potential high-rise homes are still on the drawing boards or completely abandoned. i have been following this closely for 10 years and I have seen a disastrous downturn in construction downtown recently. Even $ 500 M of already started construction projects have been stalled since December.
I would also well recommend building the L R T from the airport to downtown as soon as possible. As a frequent traveller, I am absolutely tired of Pearson Airport and its horrible congestion and delays. 2 000 000 need Hamilton's airport on this side of Toronto -
Dan Gismondi says,
I am in support of the LRT in Hamilton! This transportation mode is just a start to keep moving our city forward. No more excuses just build this!!!!!
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Thomas Shepherd says,
The city of Hamilton has spent over 10 years investigating how our HSR system will need to look to accomodate Hamilton's steadily increasing population. The result of this was the development of the BLAST network as the whole city solution to implement high order transit.
And the first piece of that network is the Bline LRT.
Please make the right choice, the one supported by professionals by the research, by a huge number of area employers and by the majority of Hamilton's population across multiple election cycles. -
Marie Zilik says,
Hamilton was promised LRT. Hamilton needs LRT to be completed. Most of the preliminary work has been done and a lot of money has been spent on getting this project underway.
Please reverse your decision on cancelling LRT.
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Evan Aagaard says,
The LRT option is the most viable and economically beneficial choice for the task force to make. Anything less would demonstrate a clear attempt to ignore the facts. With the Feds offering to step in to support major transport projects the province has no other reason to cancel this project or to look for less effective alternatives.
LRT has the highest positive impact for Hamilton in terms of economic, social and environmental benefits. Multiple studies show the massive benefit this project will bring and Metrolinx's own comparisons show Hamilton LRT has higher net benefits compared to other projects in Toronto.
Hamilton LRT is the only project of its size that is ready to be implemented. With 12+ years of planning, extensive pre-construction work complete, over $160 million already spent and over 60 properties expropriated, the LRT project is well underway.
The federal government has offered to cover the funding gap for Hamilton LRT, which was the only reason Mulroney cited for cancelling the project in the first place.
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Bob Empringham says,
LRT will give Hamilton a new look, a new future, a new service. We need commitment, stop the mired in the mud fuddle duddle.
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Alexandra Mazza says,
I believe that it is an absolute disgrace that this project was halted at this point. While driving (as a passenger) along the route yesterday it was so obvious how much property has been bought and boarded by Metrolinx in preparation for building the LRT. How can Metrolinx expect to recoup the cost as its value must now be considerably less than they paid? It will take many, many years for redevelopment and in the meantime Hamilton lost much needed low rental housing.
Ontario taxpayers have paid for the ugly streetscape. Wasted tax money. But Hamiltonians have to live with this. -
Tordis Coakley says,
Dear LRT Committee members: Please recommend that the LRT for Hamilton is put back in the transportation plan for Hamilton. It makes sense in every way, the economic gain and other evidence supports it, and the Federal Government will put money into it. So go for it and build the LRT. I am a senior who lives near the proposed LRT line. Can hardly wait to use a fully accessible, modern, stream lined public transportation mode suitable for all of us. Seamless transportation for all abilities right here in the city. I have used LRTs all over the world, including in Amsterdam and Casablanca. It is great. Many thanks.
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Kevin MacKay says,
No transportation plan is perfect, but LRT does the most to move Hamilton toward a sustainable transit system.
LRT should happen, and it should be run by the HSR and staffed with ATU members.
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Robert Bowers says,
Please do the right thing and support the LRT.
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