<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi folks</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Here is the Article addressing the costs of the ION and the idea of delaying the second part of the track system to Cambridge. It makes reference to the River Road Extension in Hidden Valley and mentions some of the funding issues. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><a href="https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news-story/9748560-region-considers-scaling-back-public-transit-expansion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_6492397626">Region considers scaling back public transit expansion</a></span><div><br></div><div id="ydpd90028bfenhancr_card_6492397626" class="ydpd90028bfyahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpd90028bfymail-preserve-class ydpd90028bfymail-preserve-style" style="max-width: 400px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative;" data-url="https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news-story/9748560-region-considers-scaling-back-public-transit-expansion/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news-story/9748560-region-considers-scaling-back-public-transit-expansion/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydpd90028bfyahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpd90028bfcard-wrapper ydpd90028bfyahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydpd90028bfcard ydpd90028bfyahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydpd90028bfcard-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/DwIscVNUXzXJzgC4OtdMwA--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://dynamicmedia.zuza.com/zz/m/original_/b/c/bc9d9d15-8400-45e5-babb-a6c52d5af9ec/B88964133Z.1_20191202174859_000_GL9QGTEQ.3-0_Super_Portrait.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Region considers scaling back public transit expansion</h2><p class="ydpd90028bfcard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">Staff-recommended option would add 15,000 hours of service, primarily to Galt routes</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a><div class="loadingSpinnerContainer" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);"><div class="D_F F_n gl_C ab_C H_6MGW o_h"><div class="W_6MGW H_6MGW D_X ah_1PEzoz" data-test-id="loading_indicator"><svg class="W_6MGW H_6MGW ah_Zq6hUs" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"><path class="cdPFi_n cZ13pKbK_Z2aVTcY cZ1XO2Ji_dRA c2abBOT_EY cZ1vNhDV_rd cZV8aCd_pI ah_14s73" d="M12,22C6.477,22,2,17.523,2,12S6.477,2,12,2"></path><path class="cdPFi_n cZ13pKbK_Z2aVTcY cZ1XO2Ji_dRA c2abBOT_EY cZ1vNhDV_rd cZV8aCd_pI ah_14s73" d="M12,2c5.523,0,10,4.477,10,10s-4.477,10-10,10"></path></svg></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3">Here is a report suggesting the planning of the River Road Extension actually went back for 40 years .<span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "UniversLTStd Cn", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The need for a new east-west route to ease traffic congestion was first identified in 1979. But environmental concerns delayed the project and forced the region to rethink the route. </span></span></font><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "UniversLTStd Cn", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Considering the fact we have a climate crisis now, one would thing that concern would be revisited. Costs are estimated to be 72 million currently. </span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9241803-kitchener-s-river-road-extension-to-go-ahead-after-40-years-of-planning/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9241803-kitchener-s-river-road-extension-to-go-ahead-after-40-years-of-planning/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The need is there to update the costs of the second section of ion and to review the delays and additional costs of the first section to have a look on how much the second section could actually cost us. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Now here is an old video I took at the open house with an area resident of Hidden Valley name Luanne sharing concern that the map as shown to the public at the open house may have been false. She states the wetlands extend all the way to the area along the roadway. She also notified me off camera that a planner, who will not be named, was making door to door visits with area residents about the project and he made sure to tell people I was actually crazy. Apparently he was informed of the fact I had post partum psychosis after the birth of my last child (who is now 15) Apparently he tried used that illness to try to discredit my efforts to protect this area. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y658WxC_1eU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_6612360052">Luanne re: Hidden Valley May 17 2011.</a></span><div><br></div><div id="ydp8da9f7cbenhancr_card_6612360052" class="ydp8da9f7cbyahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp8da9f7cbymail-preserve-class ydp8da9f7cbymail-preserve-style" style="max-width: 400px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative;" data-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y658WxC_1eU" data-embed-url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y658WxC_1eU?feature=oembed" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y658WxC_1eU" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydp8da9f7cbyahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp8da9f7cbcard-wrapper ydp8da9f7cbyahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp8da9f7cbcard ydp8da9f7cbyahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp8da9f7cbcard-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/7WrrQ1NzOpe8wzIsxoTrdg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y658WxC_1eU/hqdefault.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Luanne re: Hidden Valley May 17 2011.</h2><p class="ydp8da9f7cbcard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">Area resident Luanne lives adjacent to a wetland complex identified at the end of the rather "phallus like" map ...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a><div class="loadingSpinnerContainer" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);"><div class="D_F F_n gl_C ab_C H_6MGW o_h"><div class="W_6MGW H_6MGW D_X ah_1PEzoz" data-test-id="loading_indicator"><svg class="W_6MGW H_6MGW ah_Zq6hUs" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"><path class="cdPFi_n cZ13pKbK_Z2aVTcY cZ1XO2Ji_dRA c2abBOT_EY cZ1vNhDV_rd cZV8aCd_pI ah_14s73" d="M12,22C6.477,22,2,17.523,2,12S6.477,2,12,2"></path><path class="cdPFi_n cZ13pKbK_Z2aVTcY cZ1XO2Ji_dRA c2abBOT_EY cZ1vNhDV_rd cZV8aCd_pI ah_14s73" d="M12,2c5.523,0,10,4.477,10,10s-4.477,10-10,10"></path></svg></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Senior Economist Robyn Allen was a delegate of the Trans Mountain pipeline, I learned from her that the NEB can't decide if we allow a species to go extinct like the Orcas. She said those kinds of decisions have to come from Cabinet by law. Is what Mr. Ford doing with the Endangered Species Act actually legal.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Lulu </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></div></body></html>