Dispatches from Hamilton’s light-rail limbo GlobeToronto
An apartment building at 832 King St. East in Hamilton, Ont., seen here on on Feb. 12, 2020, was expropriated for a proposed LRT line.Scattered throughout Hamilton are scores of derelict buildings, the legacy of a cancelled transit plan that was, ironically, intended to help revitalize the city’s struggling centre.
“These for the most part are not high-income areas; these are marginalized communities and marginalized people,” said John-Paul Danko, a pro-LRT Hamilton councillor. “Imagine what you would think if you … [lost] your house on the premise of this project and then the project never happens. It’s just a huge slap in the face”Fred Lum
The government argues that the price tag for the project had gone up more than five times, to $5.5-billion, but has refused to release the third-party assessment it said had produced the figure. It would provide better service on a key east-west route, yes, and free up buses now being used on the corridor to be re-deployed elsewhere in Hamilton. The effect, they argue, is that a downtown LRT would mean better transit all across the city.
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