Opinion: Revolving door at Transportation is the reason for the Metrolinx mess
Toronto Sun Columnist Brian Lilly has a front-page opinion piece today speculating that Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney may be on her way out. The piece goes on to talk about the...
View ArticleHamilton’s LRT operating model still up in the air
City staff have presented a timetable to the LRT subcommittee that will determine who does what between the City and Metrolinx in the proposed LRT system. There still has not been a decision made on...
View ArticleOpinion: Still clueless on LRT after all these years
They call it rapid transit, but there is nothing rapid about the pace at which Hamilton is inching towards making key decisions about the proposed LRT. The purpose of this week’s meeting of the LRT...
View ArticleKing Street property owner pushing back against Metrolinx expropriation for LRT
Up until now it appears Metrolinx has been able to either purchase or expropriate properties along the proposed LRT route in Hamilton without much public fuss, but this week comes word of a local...
View ArticleCouncil will see LRT operating and maintenance models but still no costs
Hamilton Councillors will get another look at possible operating and maintenance models for the proposed LRT system on Monday. Staff have developed four models, ranging from having Metrolinx...
View ArticleMetrolinx opposed to having HSR maintain the proposed LRT system
Several delegates to Hamilton’s Light Rail Transit Subcommittee were unanimous that they would like to see the proposed LRT operated and maintained by City staff. Nonetheless, a staff report described...
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Calls for Phil Verster’s head as Metrolinx unable to set date for Eglinton...
Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster says he still cannot provide a reliable opening date for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT as new problems are being discovered weekly. Everyone expected to get a firm date for the...
View ArticleGo Train Schedule Changes this weekend
Metrolinx has announced some train schedule changes for the coming weekend. The changes are necessitated by a grade separation project at Burloak drive as well as Sunday’s Toronto Santa Claus Parade...
View ArticleLooking at Hamilton’s LRT from two very different perspectives
Hamilton’s LRT Subcommittee will get a look at two reports next week that couldn’t be more different in their perspective on the $3.4 Billion project. A Metrolinx report titled “Hamilton LRT Project...
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Opinion: More properties to disappear for LRT, whether needed or not
Nobody is going to try to claim that the latest list of Hamilton properties that Metrolinx wants to expropriate have great historic or cultural value in the classic sense, but some of them are...
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