TOareaFan
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nfitz, you are greatly mis-informed about Weston.
Weston residents want the line electrified. This is for everyone in Toronto.
but is it your position/right/job to speak for the rest of us by demanding perfect transit if some of us are happy with better transit?
We are not NIBMY.
We just do not want a train passing every 5 minutes through ALL the communities along the Georgetown corridor in Toronto.
Since the rest of the communities have not levelled anywhere near the sort of outrage or protest as the Weston community, you really are, either, just extrapolating your own viewpoint over the rest in the hope of it seeming less "NIMBY" or are attempting to tell the rest that they are wrong by supporting increased transit on this line.
We do not want John street closed. It would cost $300 million to keep John Street open, and to bury the train right through most of Weston. There would be no need for a pedestrian bridge (which Metrolinx has not confirmed if it will be wheelchair accessible), there would be no need to move the Weston GO station.
You have the right to strive for the perfect local solution....just as the rest of us have the right to say "we like the compromise that has been offered to Weston and I would not support spending another $300 million trying to get them that perfection they seek".
I belive Blue 22 project will be changed and altered to better reflect the needs of the residents along the track, and serve not only tourists, but Toronto residents as well.
The usage, at the cost outlined, would not make sense for many people that begin their journey any further west than Union. Ultimately I think you will see the train stopping at Weston, no one getting on or off and, after a short period of time, the train will stop stopping at Weston....that is just my opinion....but I feel pretty confident about it. If it is right, the Weston people will have delayed this line (and the local transit improvements that go with it and have also been delayed) for minor changes which will change the proposal very little (if at all).
When you talk about the other communities along the line....are you including the people of Rexdale, Malton, Brampton and Georgetown who have had to wait longer than planned to have civilized levels of commuter rail?