Raise the Hammer

"No reason for it to go over budget?" Obviously you chose to ignore E-Health, Orange,cancelled gas plant costs estimated by Liberals & off by almost $1B, Pan Am Game budget constantly increased so in end showed under budget & Execs received huge bonuses for under budget. Liberal's have a horrible track record for estimating costs or tracking project budgets! Figures lie and liars figure! Not a single construction quote rendered, what could go wrong with a Liberal estimate of $1B? Hope it wasn't written on a napkin during lunch?

• If you believe Waterloo-Kitchener-Cambridge businesses are happy with construction, you must be only reading Liberal Weekly News Letters:) Plus, this line is totally different, it actually connects three communities.

-Operational & Maintenance Liabilities(who pays what) not decided! If you were in private business, would you give full approval go ahead without knowing your ongoing never ending costs? Oh ya,you mentioned Metrolinx & Liberal's say, "just trust us"

• I'm in a bit of a hurry, so last item I'll address is McMaster students. I'm led to believe, once the twice daily student rush is over, ridership drastically falls. In fact, people surmise the vast number of riders during the two rush periods are students. Are you aware McMaster students depending on their program pay ONLY $138.65 or $182.70 for an annual (12 months) HRS pass to use bus service unlimited! No wonder Hamilton Property taxpayers pay to subsidize HRS as students are virtually free ride. Who is going to pay an actual LRT fare? Several studies state Hamilton is no where near a paying ridership to support LRT & won't be for many years.

-Afraid we will have to agree to disagree, you believe LRT is the savior of Hamilton, I believe it's a money pit legacy our kids & grandkids will pay for many, many years. I guess, in about 7 or more years we will find out who is right?

Comment edited by bobby2 on 2016-10-23 14:19:47