Tuesday, November 6, 2007

$1.3 billion is worth thinking about

Today, City Council is debating in an emergency meeting whether to fund two of the Mayor's campaign promises -- recreation centres and an investment in LRT expansion. While no one is a bigger proponent of better transit than we are, we are deeply concerned that these investments are going forward in the absence of a real strategic plan for transit. We strongly believe that stopping for six months to think about what kind of a transit network this city needs is the right way to go, and we have suggested as much to Council members. Let's see what they do...

2 comments:

DJ Kelly said...

Don't these plans already exist? Shouldn't council simply be voting on a proposal rather than debating where the darn thing should go?

Bob McInnis said...

Seems more study, debate and discussion were unnecessary as Global is reporting that Council voted unanimously to spend more than $1.3 billion this afternoon.