05-20-2016, 11:05 AM
I would always expect that there is a preferred option by the time it's being presented. All the things that would make them prefer an option will come out at one point or another, and it's great to be able to present that information to the public. I'd rather know ahead of time that a ramp would make certain vehicle movements impossible than get excited about that option, or know that some/all of an underpass would be 4m wide rather than think we could have it be a shops-lined Toronto-style PATH setup.
Regarding Hespeler LRT, sometimes changes still do come up. They're finding now that to get to Eagle/Hespeler, you have to cross a rail line twice. So in order to put a stop right there, rather than stops at Eagle and the rail line, and Hespeler and the rail line, it will cost 8-9 figures for each of those crossings. To do all that in order to have a stop just a bit closer to Eagle/Hespeler, might not be a good idea financially.
Regarding Hespeler LRT, sometimes changes still do come up. They're finding now that to get to Eagle/Hespeler, you have to cross a rail line twice. So in order to put a stop right there, rather than stops at Eagle and the rail line, and Hespeler and the rail line, it will cost 8-9 figures for each of those crossings. To do all that in order to have a stop just a bit closer to Eagle/Hespeler, might not be a good idea financially.