ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[ijmorlan]

I wonder if this is a wink-wink-nudge-nudge extension of the Laurel Trail.

This was my thinking as well, of course, it's a shame to have to ride *along* railway tracks.

It can’t be an extension of the Laurel Trail, because the trail formerly went through the park, then extended parallel to the tracks through Waterloo Town Square, and continued east of Regina. However, it wasn’t clear exactly what was the route of the trail before — that is, exactly which bit of pavement in the Waterloo Town Square parking lot was the trail? So the question is what sort of reinstatement of the already-sort-of-existing trail there will be.

Now it appears there will be a continuous concrete path immediately south of the track, all the way from Caroline to King. Additionally, the freight track will now be paved flat, from the first crossing in the parking lot all the way out to King and indeed through to Hughes Lane. But it doesn’t appear there will be a proper link on the north side of the tracks from Erb/Caroline to the first crossing. So it’s still a little unclear what is intended. I just want to see how many cars drive along there. I’ve already occasionally seen people driving through between King and Hughes Lane.