smallspy
Senior Member
Less maintenance required in the long run this way.You'd think the'd just put in ballasted track through the field section.
Dan
Less maintenance required in the long run this way.You'd think the'd just put in ballasted track through the field section.
Yes. It's absolutely crazy spending an incremental $1.2B on a tunnel through a quant little downtown in Brampton while claiming the cupboard is bare on more important investments, such as Milton Line.![]()
Ontario finance minister says Brampton downtown LRT funding will depend heavily on ‘business case’
Brampton city council is expected to make a final decision on its vision for a long-awaited light rail transit (LRT) line on Main Street through the downtown core, but whetherwww.thestar.com
Reading between the lines, it does not look like the downtown Brampton LRT extension as currently preferred (tunneled) is long for this world.
Fully agree that the tunnel is a waste of resources as well slowing the completion date down. Considering what the surface route would do in haft the time being built as well haft the cost of a tunnel. Oh me, my single driver car going to take a few minutes longer to travel that section of the road with those old fashion streetcar in my way.![]()
Ontario finance minister says Brampton downtown LRT funding will depend heavily on ‘business case’
Brampton city council is expected to make a final decision on its vision for a long-awaited light rail transit (LRT) line on Main Street through the downtown core, but whetherwww.thestar.com
Reading between the lines, it does not look like the downtown Brampton LRT extension as currently preferred (tunneled) is long for this world.
Yes. It's absolutely crazy spending an incremental $1.2B on a tunnel through a quant little downtown in Brampton while claiming the cupboard is bare on more important investments, such as Milton Line.
Yes. It's absolutely crazy spending an incremental $1.2B on a tunnel through a quant little downtown in Brampton while claiming the cupboard is bare on more important investments, such as Milton Line.
Whatever option is chosen for the Brampton extension, mixed traffic lanes should be a non-starter (like the plan before it was cancelled). LRT mixing with traffic is no better (and in some cases worse) than a bus.
Yes. It is entirely reasonable to have car traffic bypass around the downtown Brampton area of Main, with one one-way lane of pedestrianized vehicle access for the 400m between Wellington and Nelson.Whatever option is chosen for the Brampton extension, mixed traffic lanes should be a non-starter (like the plan before it was cancelled). LRT mixing with traffic is no better (and in some cases worse) than a bus.
So this whole thing was delayed needlessly and the price of everything has gone up. Great use of limited funds. It doesn’t even look like voting against these things helped the peoples political careers. Pretty pathetic.