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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 Nov 2009, p. 4

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'3 / tent and helped derail art llII pie .\t i ouni I \ aluation Ioial l Ill plan. \\IlIl h is sit“ ‘ - is?" ' tial plan for light rail transit report that the region based awaiting Iederal and promo _ _ ‘ f1}, /. / in the nations capital. “I had its Iinal det ision on flawed. rial funding, would sohe the Q3 s a; H. . . otie. and I think were inai saying that it should ha\e probIeins that Ottawa‘s own ‘1‘”‘3- " "' ried to that Isexyi image of been based on direct proteil IiItI s\‘stt‘ttl tar es \\IIII W A??? 3 _l the train.” tosts Prey iouslt other intreasing traffit congestion g ’ !! 1 135 e‘ ., ‘ ‘fi Haydon was brought to reports done by the region Io rettiI_\ ()ttana‘s lfilliit I a“ ‘9 £315 is ‘. :4 3 the region by a group called showed that buses far out problems. that Iillllllt'lpdllU . if?! i: ‘_ ‘ j ‘ Iaxpayers for Sensible Iran: stripped trains in a number is looking at building a SI 1 2}: .1551. i sit. I'he group is opposed to of perforniant e categories. billion transit tunnel and a A. if“ ,. if iv I Waterloo Regional councils Hayden said the filial modified l RI plan to theone ‘ t" ' ‘ . plan to build a new light rail report skewed the findings it originally proposed -“ ‘ k g _ transit system connecting and leveled the glaringdifler \Iollison said the lot iii I 5 ., (’otiestoga Mall to I‘airview ences between the two Iran: | RI atoids those lssllt‘s. . " E Park Mall down the King sit models. He also said the drst the intensification of o r; y 'fiufigl‘g‘f‘fi‘ t ‘ Street corridor. report states the data is the tity tores and builds the Eyes; ’ ' .‘il lhe group held a public based on assumptions, and II ridership that the region ' meeting that drew more than is dangerous to make multr requires to take pressure on ' 90 people to the Delta Hotel tnillion dollar decisions its busy road network. 7! in Kitchener last I‘hursday to based on assumptions “The doaiothing option ls : g " hear his conclusions about "In my View the report not Viable, and make no [HIV #7. the region's LRT and his sup: should be called misleading. take: Transit for Sensible '4 t ‘ port for a bus rapid transit anemic and erroneous." he Transit are proposing a do: I“ I’ system. said. nothing option." .said AIUIII' He says it would likely Much of the rest of the son. who attended last bring a $300 million price world, including Europe. Thursday's meeting. " I‘he tag. compared to the project- Australia and South America. bottom line is we‘re going to ed $790 million forligbt rail. are going with a bus rapid see increased traffic conges» 0 fl Haydon said he was transit system. Haydon said tion. The only alternative to DEPOSITS AS LOW AS 10 / a" charmed by the concept of it improves public transit ata being stuck in traffic is to 0 trains himself when he origi- third ofthe Capital and oper» separate it from the rest of nallyproposeda rapid transit ating costs. the traffic and put it on a system for Ottawa back in “Before they couldn't fixed rail system. because the HST INCLUDED Q. 1979. He was of fan of the afford anything," said Hey vehicles are larger and can Metro system in Montreal. don. “Now that they can carry more people." NEW PRICING STARTING AS LOW AS _,, . , so; -- PM“? 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