mdrejhon
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The CATenary does, shockingly so.
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Hamilton LRT (Metrolinx/City of Hamilton, Revived)
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Allandale25
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Metrolinx to continue demolitions along LRT route
The transit agency has already knocked down 23 buildings of the 60 it purchased before the end of 2019.
Allandale25
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More vacant properties slated for demolition as Hamilton LRT project moves ahead
More vacant properties slated for demolition as Hamilton LRT project moves ahead
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innsertnamehere
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King street is going to look like a war zone with all the demolitions scheduled. I wouldn’t be surprised if Metrolinx is planning to demolish 1/4 of the properties on the street.
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Almost all of the buildings acquired and to be demolished are at stop locations or at the Belt Line railway crossing near Gage Avenue. There are a few along King at awkward curves, such as an apartment building on Holton Avenue, that are coming down as well. Most of the properties are in the lower-income East Hamilton area, which makes me a little worried that the affordable apartments taken out will not be replaced: the east side of Hamilton is still very working class, especially north of Main Street.
mdrejhon
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It seems that most of the mass of building demolitions have now already occured earlier, so the remainder of building demolitions is smaller than the number of buildings demolished already.
Instead, the war zone is the construction site to come, and the major bus & car traffic detours needed for all motorized transport.
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Allandale25
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Canada’s parliamentary budget officer will not probe Hamilton LRT funding
Yves Giroux will report on a broader analysis of federal infrastructure spending early next year, but a LRT review requested by former MP Bob Bratina will not go ahead ‘at this time.’
Amare
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And with that hopefully little Bobby goes into the sunset, never to be heard from again.Canada’s parliamentary budget officer will not probe Hamilton LRT funding
Yves Giroux will report on a broader analysis of federal infrastructure spending early next year, but a LRT review requested by former MP Bob Bratina will not go ahead ‘at this time.’www.thespec.com
Allandale25
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innsertnamehere
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Looks like a spelling error and it’s for the LRT, later in the description it says LRT instead of BRT.
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ It might not be well-worded or clear enough but apparently the role is for the Hamilton LRT and Hurontario LRT, as well as several BRTs like Dundas and Viva's. So if anyone here is going to apply it just means you get to be involved in more than one project 
Woodbridge_Heights
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Ford cancelled it only so that he could revive it, except hoping that everyone forgets and he can convince people that HE brought the LRT to Hamilton.
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Allandale25
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Hamilton LRT came up in response to a question asked here starting at the 8 min 39 second mark.
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KevinT
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I know diddly-squat about major public works contracts, but that sounds like a really smart idea to me. I know that Waterloo Region's ION was once described as a public utilities project with a railway on top.