<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Hi Lulu:</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">
</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Thank you for submitting the article and contacting the Region. I am sure the regional councillors who support the plan and others who will campaign in favour of the LRT appreciate your comments. I am afraid that the public has seen far too many negative articles across the Region, and it is important that we balance those opposing views with facts that cannot be ignored.</div>
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Thanks again,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default"> </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">
Deb Swidrovich</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><a href="tel:519-746-8403" target="_blank" value="+15197468403">519-746-8403</a></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Louisette Lanteigne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com" target="_blank">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:59:51 PM, Louisette Lanteigne <<a href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com" target="_blank">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div>
<div><div><div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="background-color:transparent">Dear Council members</div><div style="background-color:transparent">
<br></div><div style="background-color:transparent">Here is a letter to the editor<span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent"> I submitted to the KW Record regarding the LRT. Thought I would relay to you for your reference. I do support the project.</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><div style="background-color:transparent">LRT: Legacy of Resilient Transportation </div>
<div><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent">Light Rail Transit systems are electric and can be powered<span style="font-size:10pt"> by
solar, wind and hydro. With Ontario having to sell surplus energy, projects like our LRT can provide renewable </span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent">energy storage capacity saving taxpayers money. </span></div>
<div style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">In reducing emissions, the LRT can reduce the illness costs of smog saving on Regional healthcare.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">Each Train can carry 5 times more passengers than a bus: less drivers to move more people. Again, tax savings. </span></div>
<div style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">LRT's do not require tire changes, tune ups,</span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent"> paving of roadways needed to function. The life span of a bus is 15 years. The lifespan of LRT is over 30. Again, tax dollars saved.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">Waterloo Region's water supply comes from groundwater. Unlike buses, LRT's don't require road salts. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent">Less pollution, less water treatment and associated health care costs. </span></div>
<div style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent">In <span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent">the age of climate change we could see physical disruption of oil supply or massive price swings. Investing in an LRT is a great way to bypass long term economic risks so we can offer mass transit at reasonable, predictable prices. </span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent">Although some say </span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent">they won't use it, the investment now would be a stitch in time that saves nine. We all need clean water. We all need the clean air no matter where in the Region you live. If oil supply chains are disrupted, we need choices to adapt and it's cheaper to build the system now, than it is to delay. </span></div>
<span><font color="#888888"><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent">Louisette Lanteigne</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent">700 Star Flower Ave.</span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent">Waterloo Ont.</span></div>
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