Hamilton Development

[ijmorlan]

Do we think that the building boom in Hamilton that was spurred by the potential LRT will stop, for instance projects like the replacement of City Centre etc.? Their downtown was starting to really turn the corner from what I remember it being like years ago.

Part of that sort of building boom (or crashes, for that matter) is an assessment of what everybody else is doing. So to some extent people may see that the downtown is doing well and plan to build or invest there. However, that will just make worse the traffic problems that LRT is meant to ameliorate, so before long there will be an obvious need for more road construction. To people who actually understand, however, it will be even more obvious that the LRT should have been built, and that more and more roads are not a feasible solution.