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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Cambridge LRT a long way off

Quote:Coun. Karl Kiefer says the sooner he has answers for Cambridge residents on extending light rail to the city, the better — but regional staff say it will be more than a year before they can offer hard information on the project.

"The folks are hurting in Cambridge because of this whole thing, they're not happy, and I think if there's some headway made that would be great because I'm hearing on the street that people are saying it'll never happen, we'll never get it," said Kiefer, who represents Cambridge on regional council.

Thomas Schmidt, commissioner of transportation and environmental services at the Region of Waterloo, said an environmental assessment for the project will start in mid-2015.

It would take at least 18 months to then complete the study.

And even that isn't a guarantee.

"I wouldn't take it as a hard and fast number," Schmidt said.

So they'll study the matter, and if all goes well they'll build light rail to Cambridge whenever they feel like it. Nothing new here.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by DHLawrence - 12-18-2014, 09:57 PM
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