[All] Fwd: Stage 2 ION Update

Wed Jun 14 19:22:36 EDT 2017


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> From: ION rapid transit <rtinfo at regionofwaterloo.ca>
> To: neiletaylor at sympatico.ca
> Date: June 14, 2017 at 2:11 PM
> Subject: Stage 2 ION Update
> 
> 
> Stage 2 ION Update
> June 14, 2017
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> Notice of Status Update Report to Council
> Stage 2 ION: LRT from Kitchener to Cambridge
> In June 2011, Region of Waterloo Council approved a staged approach to light
> rail
> transit (LRT). Stage
> 1 ION, currently under construction, includes LRT from Kitchener to Waterloo
> and
>  bus rapid transit
> (BRT) between Cambridge and Kitchener. ION BRT service began operating in
> September
> 2015, while
> Stage 1 ION LRT will launch in 2018. Stage 2 ION will see BRT replaced by LRT,
> creating
> a seamless
> LRT service across Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo.
> The Stage 2 ION study commenced in 2015, and the first round of Public
> Consultation
> Centres were
> held in November 2015. During the first Public Consultation Centre, various
> route
> options were
> introduced along with the criteria to be used during the evaluation process of
> these
> route options.
> In February and March of 2017, a second round of Public Consultation Centres
> were
> held in Kitchener
> and Cambridge to present and receive feedback on the route evaluation results
> as
>  well as the
> Preliminary Preferred Route for Stage 2 ION. Region staff received feedback
> during,
> and after, these
> Public Consultation Centres.
> On June 20, 2017, a project update report will be brought to Regional Council
> for
> information
> purposes only. This report will summarize the feedback received during the
> recent
> round of
> public consultations and will outline additional work proposed as a result of
> the
> recent
> feedback. No decisions are being made at this time on Stage 2 ION.
> As the study for Stage 2 ION progresses, there will be many more opportunities
> for
> residents to provide
> input and comments, including additional Public Consultation Centres planned
> for
>  early-2018.
> The Stage 2 ION Update Report will be available as part of the Planning and
> Works
> Committee
> Agenda on the Region of Waterloo's website at 4 p.m. on June 16, 2017. It will
> also
> be available on the
> Region's Rapid Transit website.
> All information on Stage 2 ION is available at www.stage2ION.ca
> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZhGiLg6Ki8oTp75K_L6hrhejeSxiHT5fxRZ78OPuDoG5iU902auVAW5o8zRAHA1ngwNV1bK8SUlMaDCooS0eh-diBk3tHcdD_BPz1JN9ziAy8PJr0RbeBvfPDYyYcewSMy6VqYyDZGGLHQ7mDL6s_VO5IpOv9hXEeFGx5AL-HK-NOK8f-fkmw-hqKxo39ZWDnOsN4kF8MYV26FWg-pBKjx9lTak942ItTvstEwwp6Ds=&c=lgcFexr7Lr9s5fbZeEF3Cm7rofFO0UWh8gooF8cnklrXLnMdidAL9Q==&ch=vfVt7Xdu6qZMGx3vKT3xauKhnxNmFL7S1Zs17ZwiRAdnoVk7Z_1rlA==],
> and from the Region's Administrative
> Headquarters located at 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener.
> For additional information, contact:
> Matthew O'Neil, P.Eng.
> Project Manager
> Rapid Transit
> moneil at regionofwaterloo.ca
> 519-575-4757 x3462
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> About ION
> 
> ION, the Region of Waterloo's rapid transit service, which was approved by
> Council
> in June 2011, is a visionary plan that will help shape our community for the
> future
> by bringing LRT to the region in two stages.
> Stage 1 includes a 19 kilometre LRT route from the Conestoga Mall transit
> terminal
> in Waterloo to the Fairview Park Mall transit terminal in Kitchener.
> Construction
> of ION LRT is underway, with the service set to launch in 2018.
> Stage 1 also features a 17 kilometre route of BRT from the Ainslie Street
> transit
> terminal in Cambridge to the Fairview Park Mall transit terminal in Kitchener.
> ION
> BRT service began operating in September 2015.
> Stage 2 ION will see the Region replace the BRT line with LRT, creating a
> seamless
> LRT route across the community's three urban centres.
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> Contact Us
> 
> ION
> 50 Queen Street North
> Kitchener, ON N2H 6P4
> 
> Phone: 519-575-4400
> rtinfo at regionofwaterloo.ca
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