rbt
Senior Member
I'm more concerned about the employment cluster south of the airport than about the air travelers. For the southern employment cluster, the LRT + GO option is far less appealing:
Indeed, that south bit is useful.
Sure, if selecting Option 1 is the only chance to get this thing built at all, then we should go with Option 1. It is a good option in many ways, just not the optimal IMO.
That said, we don't know when and how this project will get funded, even if the cheapest option was selected. Hence, all possibilities remain open.
Agreed. There are 75 unfunded expansion projects on Metrolinx's TODO list in addition to a massively expanded SOGR load (after TTC subway upload) and ultimately it's up to the elected politicians to decide which gets funding. I think an extension of the Mississauga BRT (configured like Highway 7) with no airport connection at all would slip through on a conservative watch.
LRT, in any form, is going to be strictly up to the city. Based on capital finances, I don't think the city can take on more than about $3B in projects with federal assistance and Smart Track, LRV, and Bus orders need to fit into that.