[GREN-Exec] LRT position

[John Jackson]

I agree that it is best to go with option B.

On the meeting with the Region, I¹ll send them a reminder e-mail today.

John



On 11-01-16 1:53 PM, "Kevin Thomason" <kevinthomason at mac.com> wrote:

> John,
> 
> Good question.  I met with Jane Mitchell (who has just been elected GRCA
> Chair!) earlier this week about the LRT.  She said that the Region will be
> releasing their revised LRT plan on Tuesday, Jan 25th.  She had no idea of its
> contents but felt pretty positive about it.
> 
> GREN has already approved and passed a position on the importance of Rapid
> Transit.  I wonder if we should:
> 
> a) await the Region's updated plan and then get GREN to review/revise our
> support document
> 
> or
> 
> b) anticipate a positive event on January 25th and be out there in the public
> and media with our support and position right at the onset.
> 
> As I ponder things I feel that Option B is best and that really there isn't
> anything that needs to be changed in our original document - it is still quite
> relevant and valid.  Even the point you raise below has been agreed to by the
> other levels of government and is proceeding.  I think that we should keep
> moving forward as I have yet to see anything that would change our approved
> position and really only makes it more relevant and important than ever.
> 
> Were we ever able to get a meeting set up with Nancy Button or any of the
> other Transit planners?
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin.
> 
> ----------------------------
> 
> On 2011-01-16, at 1:05 PM, John Jackson wrote:
> 
>> In preparation for Tuesday¹s meeting, I am reviewing our position on LRT. I
>> have attached our existing position. I¹ll also bring a few with me Tuesday
>> night.
>> 
>> Do we need to have our membership change anything in this position Tuesday
>> evening to make it valid for us to proceed? It is the 5 points on the first
>> page that are the position that we have to have agreement on.
>> 
>> The one that I am wondering about is number 5: ³NOT be built without the
>> written commitment of both the provincial and federal governments to cover
>> the pledged 2/3 of the cost, with every effort made to not exceed the
>> projected cost of $790 million for the 11 km of LRT and 13 km of adapted BRT
>> (Bus Rapid Transit - no separate bus lanes).² Do we need to have this changed
>> by the membership on Tuesday night?
>> 
>> Please let me know what you think.
>> 
>> John
>> 

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John Jackson
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Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1
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