I am really impressed with Mississauga. They are really showing some serious maturity and foresight. What a contrast with their past....and with Brampton.
The real hilarity starts when this thing goes into service and Mississauga becomes a more attractive destination for residents and business as Brampton starts falling further behind and they wonder why.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Mississauga benefits from being completely overshadowed by Toronto. If most of Mississauga actually knew about the LRT plan, there would be a huge fight against it. The lack of media in Mississauga means that this can sail right through to construction without the opposition having a platform to spread untruths and stoke fears.
At the same time, those who do know about the plan and are well informed of what is happening in Mississauga are showing up to public meetings and are excited for these plans, giving Councillors the impression that there is very little opposition. I think we will start seeing the immaturity come out once shovels hit the ground and people in Mississauga finally notice what is happening.
I guess there is a benefit to having no daily paper or TV stations afterall.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Mississauga benefits from being completely overshadowed by Toronto. If most of Mississauga actually knew about the LRT plan, there would be a huge fight against it. The lack of media in Mississauga means that this can sail right through to construction without the opposition having a platform to spread untruths and stoke fears.
At the same time, those who do know about the plan and are well informed of what is happening in Mississauga are showing up to public meetings and are excited for these plans, giving Councillors the impression that there is very little opposition. I think we will start seeing the immaturity come out once shovels hit the ground and people in Mississauga finally notice what is happening.
I guess there is a benefit to having no daily paper or TV stations afterall.
How do you explain the fight against LRT in Brampton?
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Mississauga benefits from being completely overshadowed by Toronto. If most of Mississauga actually knew about the LRT plan, there would be a huge fight against it. The lack of media in Mississauga means that this can sail right through to construction without the opposition having a platform to spread untruths and stoke fears.
At the same time, those who do know about the plan and are well informed of what is happening in Mississauga are showing up to public meetings and are excited for these plans, giving Councillors the impression that there is very little opposition. I think we will start seeing the immaturity come out once shovels hit the ground and people in Mississauga finally notice what is happening.
I guess there is a benefit to having no daily paper or TV stations afterall.
We can compare it to Eglinton LRT in Toronto; lots of coverage, and still no opposition.
That's an interesting and elaborate theory; but more often than not, the simplest explanation is the right one.
There is no opposition to Hurontario LRT, because it is being planned in the right place, and with the right stop spacing.
We can compare it to Eglinton LRT in Toronto; lots of coverage, and still no opposition.
No opposition? It would have been up and running already if that were the case. The project was on hold for some time and nearly canceled under Ford, not to mention the Province also pulled and delayed funding. A good portion of the planned route was also cut, so we are getting a trimmed line similar to the HuLRT. This was all enabled by the anti-LRT backlash. The only thing that saved it was the fact that a good portion of it is underground.
Edit: Just noticed @Allandale25 said pretty much the same thing.
Also, I seem to recall (with the risk of going off topic), that some internal folks wanted to use non-LRT technology for Crosstown. Again, this just shows that the notion of "no opposition" or Crosstown have an easy ride, is problematic.
No opposition? It would have been up and running already if that were the case. The project was on hold for some time and nearly canceled under Ford, not to mention the Province also pulled and delayed funding. A good portion of the planned route was also cut, so we are getting a trimmed line similar to the HuLRT. This was all enabled by the anti-LRT backlash. The only thing that saved it was the fact that a good portion of it is underground.
Edit: Just noticed @Allandale25 said pretty much the same thing.
I am really impressed with Mississauga. They are really showing some serious maturity and foresight. What a contrast with their past....and with Brampton.
The real hilarity starts when this thing goes into service and Mississauga becomes a more attractive destination for residents and business as Brampton starts falling further behind and they wonder why.
I concur. Lots of people are still mightily pissed off that the Eglinton East right-of-way of the Crosstown is not going to be grade-separated despite the fact that it would have been very feasible to do so.
Karen Stintz and John Parker aren't even in politics anymore, why we're sticking rigidly to their plan is ridiculous.
Brampton just wants the line tunnelled (roughly for a 1 kilometre stretch) through their downtown core where the roads are incredibly narrow and congested. Is that too much to ask? I don't see how they're really being anymore difficult or unreasonable than other jurisdictions. Even further down the line HuLRT is going to be tunnelled through Port Credit now.