Metrolinx and MTO will pitch Hamilton LRT to city next week
- Craig Clark
- 27 May 2021
A plan to build a light rail transit system in Hamilton might not be dead like we originally thought.
Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation will present a plan to the city council to build the LRT system in the city next week.
Federal and provincial governments are providing about $3.4 billion to build a rapid transit system in Hamilton. But, city councillors are split on the topic with some questioning the overall expense of the service.
I emailed @cityofhamilton City Manager's Office to request they stream next week's LRT meeting in high-definition so we, the residents of Hamilton, can read the slides being presented by the MTO. #yhmcc #HamOnt pic.twitter.com/anfTpUup1U
— Joey Coleman (@JoeyColeman) May 26, 2021
Both governments have made it clear that the money is only for an LRT system and if the deal isn’t taken, then the money disappears.
The idea is that the LRT would be a 14-kilometre line that stretches from McMaster University to Eastgate Square. An adjacent line would run down King and Main streets.
Word of an LRT system began around 2007 when the city used a Metrolinx granny from an environmental assessment.
The provincial Liberal government provided $1 billion for the project in 2015 after the current Conservative government cancelled the project in December 2019.
In February, the Ontario PC provincial government pledged $1 billion if the federal government also tossed in an equal or greater amount of funding.
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