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WATEmmCHmNIag-Wedimday,0ctobera.muos Regional cou ncil candidates split on soupprt for new Ion Bv Inns JACKSON has been a vowel opponent of LRT. But in an councillors and by the public. cation in the city cores, but family-fride Ch'vm'cleh'mfl interview last week. he conceded the project Strickland said it's about connecting the m in the suburbs azimuth-said. adding likely won't be stopped and it will be up to dots in how HIT can help the region achieve LR’l'will abo bringjobstothedtyool'ea one of the six candidates running the newcouncil to manage it eflectively. manyot‘itsgoals Scian, a two-term wind“ in Waterloo. for regional council in the City of “It’s done. These contractsaresigned. now “LET will improve traffic flow and help said she would become an advocate for r Waterloo would immediately seek to you've got to find ways to pay for it,” said curtail future traffic jams. and we're already increased transparency at the ”on. Right cancel the light rail transit project. ()berholtzer, who is campaigning on a zero seeing a return on our investment and a nowthereisa top-downnpptoadiwhere r6â€" Their suppon for the project. however, is per cent tax increase in the region. If elected recent report indicates there has already idents are told what is happening. and she split. Three candidates â€" incumbents Sean he would still consider voting to cancel UU' been a billion dollars in development com- aims to reverse that. She will also push to Strickland and lane Mitchell and former but would have to see the costs first to deter- mitments to the central transit corridor,” make Wastransparentaspossible. Waterlm) City councillor Karen Scian â€" said mine if it can or should bedone. Strickland said. 'l don't like how the process has been the contracts are signed and costs must now ’l’elegdi, who in addition to his is years as Mitchell. who also sits on the board of the handled at all.” said Scian. 'lt motivated me be managed. MP, has also spent time around the regional Grand River Conservation Authority, said the to mn because of the gaps l see in the work The other three â€" former MP Andrew and the city horseshoes as a councillor. said election is about the vision Waterloo Region that has been done. I think we need fresh 'l‘elegdi and local businessmen Edwin the region should be implementing rapid bus _ has for its future. That future involves LET. faces and people who are critical thinkers Korschewitz and Bob Oberholtzer â€" want to service instead of UN. It would be more flexi- “ln my vision, we’re stopping sprawl. we're instead of cheerleaders at the table to make look at what the cancellation costs might be ble and could also serve the townships keeping our farmland, we're having intensifi- sure the delivery is done well.” before committing to cancelling it. Telegdi is “I'm concerned with the costs and that in favour of rapid bus service over ”(I and the region is trying to downplay it.” he said. Korschewitz wants whatever option will have ln 3 repon released at the end of Septem- the least impact on taxes her. the region indicated that by this . The City of Waterloo will elect three repre- past August $739.3 million. representing 90 7 sentatives at the regional level â€" the mayor per amt of the LR’Fconstruction budget. had / i and two councillors. been committed. The region has actually , Korschewitz said the public is not happy spent $146.3 million, or 18 per cent of the t 1' - . _ a : 11 “ . . with the amount of information that has saw-million budget. . K 2 , ‘ ' ', been kept private by Grandljnq, the consor- Die amount spent could increase to as \ tium responsible for building the [RE much as $250 million by the end of this year. \\ , " Y “Let's get an independent assessment regional stalf said. but no potential cancella- “ \._ _\ done on the cost of our different, various tion costs have been revealed. ‘ " e options.” said Korschewitz. If the costs show Three of the four City of Waterloo mayoral LRT is still the best value for taxpayers then at mndidates â€" Rarni Said. Dave laworsky and least the region has done the work and has ErikaTtaubâ€"havesaidcancellingLR’risnot DESIGN YOUR OWN SOFA, been transparentabout it. he added. an option. while Dave MacDonald has Oberholtzer. who initially filed to nm for recentlyrenewed his push to scrap it. . 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